The Maritime Executive
Articles posted by the international team of staff writers at The Maritime Executive.
BMT Welcomes Adam Northover as Senior Account Manager of Ports
[By: BMT] We're delighted to announce the appointment of Adam Northover further strengthening our commitment to delivering innovat...
China Begins Enforcing its Ban on Shipboard Starlink
China does not allow the use of Starlink internet connectivity in its waters, and prefers to route all traffic through networks th...
Iran Releases Greek Tanker Seized Two Years Ago
A Greek-owned tanker that was caught in a series of back-and-forth maneuvers between the United States and Iran in 2023 and 2024 h...
Prosecutors Assert Stena Immaculate Collision was “Entirely Avoidable”
The jury hearing the gross manslaughter charges against the captain of the containership Solong was told by prosecutors that the c...
Two Men Linked to Russian Military Were Aboard Shadow-Fleet Tanker Qendil
Suspicious men with military bearing have been spotted on shadow-fleet tankers many times in the Baltic, giving Western security e...
Drones Hit Greek Tankers Waiting to Load Oil in Kazakhstan
Reports indicate that multiple Greek-owned tankers waiting to load Russian oil at the terminals in Kazakhstan were struck by drone...
DSTA and KR to Advance Verification and Validation for Autonomous Systems
[By: Korean Register] Singapore’s Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) and the Republic of Korea’s Korean Register (KR) ha...
Pirates Kidnap Chinese Crewmembers From Fishing Vessel off Gabon
On Monday, armed pirates boarded a trawler off the coast of Gabon and kidnapped multiple foreign crewmembers, according to the Gab...
Former U.S. Navy Sailor Gets 16-Year Sentence for $12,000 Worth of Spying
A former U.S. Navy sailor who was paid a mere $12,000 over an 18-month period for spying for China has been sentenced to more than...
Wrecked Crab Boat Spills Diesel off St. George
The rough winter weather of the Bering Sea is getting in the way of the response to the wreck site of a crab fishing boat that gro...