Port of Los Angeles Posts Best-Ever June Numbers for Container Handling

Published Jul 16, 2026 10:14 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Port of Los Angeles posted its best-ever container volume numbers for the month of June, edging past the one million-TEU mark...

Video: U.S. Marines Board Falsely-Flagged Tanker in Gulf of Oman

Published Jul 16, 2026 8:48 PM by The Maritime Executive

On July 16, the USS Boxer Amphibious Ready Group intercepted and boarded a "shadow fleet" VLCC in the Gulf of Oman, part of the la...

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

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

Published Jul 16, 2026 3:39 PM by The Maritime Executive

Under pressure from domestic shipping interests, the government of Greece has blocked the latest EU sanctions package on Russian e...

Published Jul 16, 2026 1:19 PM by The Maritime Executive

A former master in the U.S. merchant marine pleaded guilty in U.S. federal court in New York on Wednesday, July 15, seven years af...

Published Jul 15, 2026 11:43 PM by The Maritime Executive

Overnight Wednesday, U.S. forces carried out another wave of strikes against targets in Iran, the fifth day in a row of a back-and...

Published Jul 15, 2026 6:23 PM by The Maritime Executive

For the first time since the reimposition of the naval blockade on Iran's seaports, the U.S. military has conducted an enforcement...

Published Jul 15, 2026 12:46 PM by CIMSEC

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

Published Jul 14, 2026 10:21 PM by The Maritime Executive

Repeated exchanges of fire with U.S. forces appear to be prompting Iranian leaders to contemplate further escalation. Late Tuesday...

Published Jul 14, 2026 8:36 PM by The Maritime Executive

As naval forces begin to get used to the idea of unmanned surface vessels and put together a concept of operations for how to use...