Maryland Plans to Replace its Contractor for Key Bridge Reconstruction

Published Apr 30, 2026 6:50 PM by The Maritime Executive

The state of Maryland has decided to change contractors for the reconstruction of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which was destroye...

King Charles Presents President Trump With HMS Trump's Bell

Published Apr 30, 2026 3:49 PM by The Maritime Executive

At a state dinner given in his honor, King Charles III has presented President Trump with a personal gift, the bell of the decommi...

Published Apr 30, 2026 2:16 PM by The Maritime Executive

Iranian officials are reporting that the U.S. released six crewmembers from one of the vessels that had been boarded and commandee...

Published Apr 29, 2026 3:44 PM by The Maritime Executive

Tucked as Agenda Item 12 into the agenda of the 84th Session of the IMO’s Marine Environmental Protection Committee is a proposal...

Published Apr 29, 2026 3:15 PM by The Maritime Executive

Ukraine is continuing its efforts targeting Russia’s oil revenues with reports of new attacks on a tanker in the Black Sea as well...

Published Apr 28, 2026 10:51 PM by The Maritime Executive

The U.S. government and five small Latin American states have issued a statement pushing back on perceived Chinese retaliation aga...

Published Apr 28, 2026 9:13 PM by The Lowy Interpreter

[By Lowell Bautista] After nearly a decade of relative pause, China has resumed large-scale island-building in the South China Sea...

Published Apr 28, 2026 2:07 PM by The Maritime Executive

U.S. Central Command is reporting that it intercepted a small containership, Blue Star 3 (4,259 dwt), which it suspected was attem...

Published Apr 27, 2026 10:47 PM by The Strategist

[By Joe Keary, Raji Rajagopalan and Linus Cohen]dd China’s defense and security presence beyond the Western Pacific is set to inte...

Published Apr 27, 2026 8:02 PM by The Maritime Executive

Iran's negotiating delegation has presented the White House with an offer to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, but with...