Russia is Fitting its Drone Boats With Illicit Starlink Terminals

Published Jun 23, 2026 9:59 PM by The Maritime Executive

Ukraine's armed forces are known for use of unmanned boats to conduct attacks in the Black Sea, but Russia is catching up - in par...

ECSA: Europe Should Use Carbon Fee Revenue to Support Green Fuels

Published Jun 23, 2026 8:22 PM by The Maritime Executive

The European Union and its individual member states are pulling in billions of dollars in carbon tax revenue from the maritime sec...

Published Jun 23, 2026 5:07 PM by The Maritime Executive

The U.S. government is transferring ownership of four advanced drone boats to the Philippines, expanding the ability of the countr...

Published Jun 23, 2026 5:07 PM by The Maritime Executive

In a release accompanied by a photo of first-in-class carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, Huntington Ingalls Industries announced Tuesday...

Published Jun 22, 2026 2:15 PM by The Maritime Executive

Indicating that there was positive movement in the negotiations between the United States and Iran, Treasury Secretary Scott Besse...

Published Jun 21, 2026 8:10 PM by The Maritime Executive

Australian police forces have announced their largest cocaine bust ever, a sign of the country's high demand for the drug and the...

Published Jun 21, 2026 6:32 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by the leaders of Iran and the United States last week sets the agenda for further ne...

Published Jun 21, 2026 3:05 PM by Prof. Dr. Ishtiaque Ahmed

The recent response by BIMCO to my article, "HKC Certification Can't Substitute for the Basel Convention," reflects a broader deba...

$A fraction of a second before impact in the June 21 strike (U.S. Southern Command)$

Published Jun 20, 2026 11:08 PM by The Maritime Executive

On Saturday, U.S. Southern Command conducted a lethal strike on a suspected drug smuggling boat in the Caribbean, killing two and...

Published Jun 20, 2026 2:28 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Russian Navy seems once again to be heading for a Mediterranean exit, after a presence in May suggested it might be attempting...