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BMT Welcomes Adam Northover as Senior Account Manager of Ports

Published Jan 13, 2026 6:08 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Corporate News

[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

Published Jan 13, 2026 5:39 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Business

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

Published Jan 13, 2026 5:20 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Shipping

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”

Published Jan 13, 2026 4:10 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Tugs & Salvage

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

Published Jan 13, 2026 2:45 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Government

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

Published Jan 13, 2026 1:49 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Shipping

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

Published Jan 13, 2026 12:56 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Corporate News

[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

Published Jan 13, 2026 2:06 AM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Shipping

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

Published Jan 12, 2026 11:18 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Government

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

Published Jan 12, 2026 11:06 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Tugs & Salvage

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...

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