When Compliance Becomes Performance

Published Jul 21, 2026 1:31 PM by Capt. Volodymyr Smirnov

Posted in: Shipping

The modern shipping industry has become increasingly proficient at demonstrating compliance. Documentation is available. Procedure...

Autonomous Technology Makes it Possible to be a Mariner - On Land

Published Jul 19, 2026 8:59 PM by Gemini News

Posted in: Government

[By Henriette Louise Krogness] Uncrewed vessels that navigate themselves and notify operators when they need support from shore-ba...

Covert Maritime Intelligence and Russia’s Shadow Fleet

Published Jul 19, 2026 1:34 PM by CIMSEC

Posted in: Government

[By Catherine Marie Abbott] It is widely documented that Russia has leveraged various threat vectors to employ coercive and ancill...

The MASS Code

[By Priyatham Sanjeeva Reddy, Ramidi] On 1 July 2026, the International Code of Safety for Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS...

The Eight-Hour Test: How Cruise Ships Complete a Turnaround Day

A cruise ship's turnaround day is often viewed from the passenger side as the end of one holiday and the beginning of another. For...

Hot Weather and Politics Bring Yemen Back to the Brink in the Bab el Mandeb

Published Jul 16, 2026 3:52 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Government

Weather rarely has a direct impact on political tensions, but the ultra-extreme heat of the summer in Yemen is an exception to the...

No Time to Stop: Maintenance & Machinery Reliability in Cruise Operations

In cruise shipping, reliability is not simply an engineering target. It is the foundation of the entire voyage experience. A cruis...

U.S. Navy Outperforms in Mideast, But a Pacific War Would Test Endurance

Published Jul 15, 2026 12:46 PM by CIMSEC

Posted in: Government

[By Captains Al Collins and Kevin Eyer] Recent naval operations in the Red Sea and the Strait of Hormuz have demonstrated that the...

The Cost of Abandoning Taiwan

Published Jul 12, 2026 9:04 PM by CIMSEC

Posted in: Government

[By Josh Richards and Joseph Hanacek] Foreign policy debates are often framed around a single question: what causes are worth figh...