The Maritime Executive
Articles posted by the international team of staff writers at The Maritime Executive.
Report: Some Foreign Ships Aren't Reporting Jones Act Waiver Voyages
In a new review of federal records and port call data, Bloomberg discovered that at least a dozen foreign-flag tankers have engage...
Finland, Sweden, and EU Work Together to Improve Baltic Security
Commanders from the Finnish and Swedish navies met on Thursday, September 17, reaching key agreements about efforts to enhance sec...
Scotland Plans Stopgap Work to Save Troubled Ferguson Shipyard
The Scottish government announced in Parliament that it has a new stopgap plan to keep the financially troubled Ferguson Marine sh...
After Mass-Casualty Capsizing, Lawmaker Calls for a Look at Ferry's Age
More than 120 people disappeared when the lost ferry Virgo Transport 8 capsized on September 13 in the Java Sea, and an investigat...
Japan, Korea, and Russia Coordinate to Rescue Three North Korean Seafarers
In a rare example of maritime cooperation among unlikely participants, three North Korean seafarers were rescued from their sinkin...
Turkish Owner and Crew File War Crimes Complaint Over Ukrainian Ship Attack
A Turkish shipowner, along with the family of a crewmember who was killed in a Ukrainian attack and the surviving crewmembers, too...
French Fishermen Block Med Ports in Fuel Protest, Disrupting Ferry Service
FFrance’s fishermen have taken to the waters in a protest over fuel prices that was reported to be growing and disrupting Mediterr...
A Divided Libya Supports Both Ukrainian and Russian Naval Operations
A number of geospatial intelligence firms have tracked the departure of a Russian convoy from the Baltiysk naval base in the Kalin...
Pakistan Accuses India of “Belligerent Action” After Warships Collide
Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs rejected India’s version of the incident on Wednesday when the two nations’ warships made c...
Drone Attack Kills Master, Injures Three Crewmembers in Black Sea
Overnight Wednesday, Russian and Ukrainian forces traded drone strikes against each others' shipping in the Black Sea. On one Ukra...