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Chinese Space Firm Launches Commercial Rocket From E. China Sea

Published Jul 23, 2026 3:39 AM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Shipping

China's Gravity-1 launch vehicle, the world's most powerful solid-fuel rocket, has successfully launched from a sea-based platform...

Antarctic Discovery

Toxic Rotting Fish Nearly Killed Three Crewmembers on Australian Longliner

Published Jul 22, 2026 11:48 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Tugs & Salvage

Marine investigators in New Zealand are yet again highlighting the dangers that fishing vessel crews continue to face from toxic g...

Galveston Texas

Port of Galveston’s Newest Cruise Terminal Earns LEED Silver Certification

Published Jul 22, 2026 11:36 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Corporate News

[By Galveston Wharves] The Port of Galveston’s Cruise Terminal 16 has been recognized for meeting high standards for environmental...

PLA Navy destroyer Kaifeng (124) takes aim at a floating target in the Philippine Sea, July 19 (Japan MOD)

Japan Protests Chinese Live-Fire Drill Inside its EEZ

Published Jul 22, 2026 11:07 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Government

The government of Japan has expressed its displeasure with PLA Navy's decision to conduct a live fire exercise off the coast of Ok...

Then-Defence Minister John Healey welcomes home a Vanguard ballistic missile submarine after a 203-day patrol (UK MoD)

Mixed Messages for Maritime in the Refreshed UK Government

Published Jul 22, 2026 8:12 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Government

There are mixed messages for the maritime community in the appointment of ministers to the government of the UK’s latest Prime Min...

Kavomaleas

Stricken Greek Product Tanker Appears to Be in Iranian Custody

Published Jul 22, 2026 7:43 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Tugs & Salvage

A Greek-operated product tanker that was hit by an Iranian strike last weekend appears to have been towed to the north side of the...

river container vessel damaged by explosion

One Seafarer Missing After LNG Barge Rocked by Explosion in Chinese Port

Published Jul 22, 2026 7:40 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Ports

[Brief] Chinese officials are confirming a small feeder ship used to transfer containers on the Yangtze River was rocked by an exp...

Fujairah, UAE

Dubai and DP World Confirm Plans to Expand Fujairah Port to Bypass Hormuz

Published Jul 22, 2026 6:46 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Business

DP World, the government-controlled ports and logistics giant, confirmed it is pushing forward with a plan to build a new port for...

Encelia (Marcel Coster / VesselFinder file image)

Video: Houthi Forces Claim Strikes on Two Saudi Tankers

Published Jul 22, 2026 6:13 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Tugs & Salvage

Yemen's Houthi rebel forces claim to have attacked two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea, the first time that the group has launche...

Great Lakes bulker aground

Laker Grounded in Ontario Becomes Local Tourist Attraction

Published Jul 22, 2026 6:13 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Tugs & Salvage

While it can happen a few times a year along the busy shipping lanes of the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence, every time one of th...

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