Missing $8 Billion in Shadow-Fleet Oil Revenue Primes Iran for Revolt

Published Jan 4, 2026 7:06 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Government

Early readers of the Maritime Executive magazine’s Nov/Dec edition will have been pre-warned about Iran’s Velayat-e Faqih regime b...

Indonesia's Sea Lanes Give it Strategic Leverage Over China

Published Jan 4, 2026 2:02 PM by The Strategist

Posted in: Government

[By Alfin Febrian Basundoro and Trystanto Sanjaya] The power dynamic between Indonesia and China is more complex than the one-way...

Hydropower Can Give Fish Decompression Sickness. New Tech May Help.

Published Jan 1, 2026 1:46 PM by Gemini News

Posted in: Environment

[By Sølvi Normannsen] Hundreds of Norwegian hydropower plants threaten fish and bottom-dwelling animals by exposing them to water...

Analysts Question Whether Trump-Class Battleship Will be Built

Published Dec 30, 2025 8:33 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Shipbuilding

The announcement of a new Trump-class battleship design last week prompted considerable commentary about its equipment, capabiliti...

NOAA: Higher Temps and Less Ice in a Changing Arctic

Published Dec 28, 2025 10:58 PM by The Conversation

Posted in: Government

[By Matthew Druckenmiller, Rick Thoman and Twila Moon] The Arctic is transforming faster and with more far-reaching consequences t...

Could Northeast States Trade Pipeline Access for Offshore Wind Permits?

Published Dec 28, 2025 4:31 PM by William P. Doyle

Posted in: Offshore

In mid-December 2025, the Trump Administration halted offshore wind projects from New England to Virginia, placing development on...

The Maritime Executive's Most Popular Editorials of 2025

Published Dec 28, 2025 2:13 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Shipping

Guest posts and opinion pieces are an important part of the content we share with readers at The Maritime Executive. We are gratef...

Op-Ed: Maritime Surveillance Would be Key to an Indo-Pacific Conflict

Published Dec 28, 2025 1:06 PM by The Strategist

Posted in: Government

[By David Axe] The notable thing was the timing. In back-to-back strikes on Russian air power from 18 to 20 December, the Ukrainia...

China’s DF-27 Missile: Threatening Pacific Ships and the U.S. Homeland

Published Dec 26, 2025 2:40 PM by Andrew S. Erickson

Posted in: Government

Among the 2025 Pentagon report’s greatest revelations, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has fielded a conventional intercontin...