Ukraine Attacks Iranian Arms Shipments on the Caspian Sea

Published Jul 27, 2026 10:21 AM by The Maritime Executive

Details of Ukraine’s attack on shipping in the Caspian Sea over the weekend are still not clear. However, the Iranian reaction sug...

Chinese South Pacific Missile Test Unites Opposition

Published Jul 26, 2026 10:54 PM by The Maritime Executive

A Chinese Peoples’ Liberation Army (Navy) test of a submarine-launched nuclear-capable missile, fired from the South China Sea int...

Published Jul 26, 2026 8:06 PM by The Maritime Executive

On Saturday, a Turkish-operated freighter was hit by Russian drones on the northern branch of the Danube, leaving two crewmembers...

Published Jul 26, 2026 7:41 PM by The Maritime Executive

On Saturday, U.S. forces intercepted the falsely-flagged product tanker Charminar for a flag verification boarding, part of the ne...

Published Jul 26, 2026 2:27 PM by CIMSEC

By Dr. John P. Cordle, Captain, USN (Ret). The first week of June 2026 marked a seminal event in the history of sleep and fatigue...

Published Jul 26, 2026 2:04 PM by The Maritime Executive

On Sunday, Iranian state media claimed that a "violating" oil tanker hit a mine in the Strait of Hormuz while navigating outside o...

Published Jul 25, 2026 4:45 PM by The Maritime Executive

After the Houthis’ first two attacks on Wednesday against Saudi-associated shipping, in which the Saudi-flagged tankers VLCC Layla...

Published Jul 24, 2026 11:15 PM by The Maritime Executive

Yemen's Houthi rebels claim to have attacked the port city of Jazan, Saudi Arabia with ballistic missiles. Saudi authorities have...

Published Jul 24, 2026 2:56 PM by CIMSEC

[By Crispinus Lee and Joe Schwartzstein] Guam is the westernmost territory of the United States in the Pacific region. The Congres...

Published Jul 24, 2026 12:16 PM by The Maritime Executive

The medium icebreaker USCGC Healy had a significant engineering casualty during recent operations off the coast of Port Angeles, W...