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The plot reportedly involves deployment of cheap Gerbera attack drones from a Russian cargo ship (Russian social media)

Report: CIA Warns of Russian Plans for Ship-Based Drone Strikes in the Med

Published Sep 24, 2026 6:01 PM by The Maritime Executive

The U.S. intelligence community has quietly warned European nations that Russia may attempt an unexpected provocation: launching ship-based drones to intimidate and harass countries along the Mediterranean, a diplomat close to the matter has informed El Mundo. "They will use drones launched from the sea, hidden in a shipping container; it's not difficult at all," a source with connections to the Lithuanian defense ministry told the Spanish outlet. The warning appears linked to CIA Director John Ratcliffe's widely-reported and unusual...

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Italian Navy

Italy Signs $4.2B Contract for Two Next-Generation DDX Destroyers

Published Sep 24, 2026 5:40 PM by The Maritime Executive

Italy is officially moving forward with what is being called Europe’s most ambitious and technologically advanced surface combatant program. Equipped with a digital brain, the new destroyers are being billed as a milestone in Italy’s naval modernization efforts and one of the most significant programs for the future of Italy’s naval defenses. The Italian Navy, working through OCCAR (Organisation Conjointe de Coopération en matière d’Armement), which organizes procurement for Europe’s militaries, signed the contract valued at approximately €3.7 billion (including...

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World Maritime Organization

On World Maritime Day, IMO Highlights Need to Put Rules Into Practice

Published Sep 24, 2026 4:50 PM by The Maritime Executive

Both this year and next, the International Maritime Organization is focusing its World Maritime Day message on an issue of growing concern: getting its hard-won regulations into use on the waterfront, everywhere that ships go. It's not enough to pass a convention, even one as useful as SOLAS - each IMO rule also has to be implemented in each member state. That means translating the convention into national law, then training up officials to put it into practice, then using...

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Yemen

Houthis Consolidate Gains and Pause Before the Next Push

Published Sep 24, 2026 4:42 PM by The Maritime Executive

A week after Yemen's Houthi rebels broke through the forces of the Internationally Recognized Government (IRG), the situation in South West Yemen appears to have settled. Having taken Perim Island and captured the Ras Menhali peninsula overlooking the Red Sea at its narrowest point, the Bab el Mandeb, and having faced some limited push-back, the Houthi forces are now consolidating their positions. The Houthi hold on the Ras Menhali peninsula is for the moment still tenuous, as will be their...

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Report: Saudi Aramco Achieves Partial Restart on Strategic Red Sea Pipeline

Saudi Aramco has achieved the technical means for a partial restart on its strategic East-West Pipeline, which was significantly damaged in a drone attack on September 11, according to multiple outlets. The pipeline is now operating at reduced capacity or will be soon, industry sources confirmed to Reuters, Bloomberg and the FT. The interim objective is to achieve a pipeline transfer rate of about four million barrels per day - enough to supply Saudi Arabia's own refineries along the Red...

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Shipbuilding

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Stena Extends Ferry Class with Order for Hybrid-Battery Vessels

Stena Line has ordered two hybrid-powered ferries that add battery capabilities to the company’s already successful hybrid E-Flexer ferry platform. Developed a decade ago by Stena RoRo, it is an adaptable class design that has seen a total of 17 vessels ordered, including seven operated by Stena Line and 10 on long-term charters to Stena RoRo customers. The latest adaptation of the design was developed by Stena RoRo to enable future operation solely on battery power. It will be based...

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Environment

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Executive Interview: Carleen Lyden Walker, Co-Founder & CEO, NAMEPA

Carleen Lyden Walker is one of the best-known figures in maritime – founder of her own marketing business, co-founder of NAMEPA, former IMO Maritime Ambassador, Chief Evolution Officer of SHIPPINGInsight and a fierce advocate for all things maritime. She's a frequent speaker and participant at maritime conferences around the world, advocating for seafarers' rights, environmental stewardship and the role of women in maritime while raising the profile of an industry that touches every aspect of human life. Welcome, Carleen, we're...

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Business

Zim containership

Hapag-Lloyd and FIMI Submit Framework of Revised Structure for Zim Israel

Israeli media is reporting that Hapag-Lloyd CEO Rolf Habben Jansen flew to Israel and that, today, September 24, with Ishay Davidi’s FIMI Opportunity Funds, they submitted what they are calling a “significantly improved framework” for their proposed takeover of container carrier Zim. The companies are saying they understood the concerns raised by factions within the Israeli government and that they have addressed the issues, creating a stronger Zim Israel as the surviving Israeli company. The Israeli government had indicated that...

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