US Coast Guard Finds and Boards Yacht in High-Profile Missing Person Case

Published May 14, 2026 11:18 PM by The Maritime Executive

The U.S. Coast Guard received a challenging and unusual assignment last weekend: to seize, secure and search a sailboat off Florid...

French Carrier Charles De Gaulle Safely Transits Strait of Bab el Mandeb

Published May 14, 2026 6:26 PM by The Maritime Executive

The French Navy FS Charles de Gaulle (R91) Carrier Strike Group (CSG) appears to have come safely through the Strait of Bab el Man...

Published May 14, 2026 5:18 PM by The Maritime Executive

While U.S. Southern Command continues to strike suspected drug-running boats with lethal munitions, the U.S. Coast Guard is still...

Published May 14, 2026 2:18 PM by The Maritime Executive

Widespread attacks by both Russia and Ukraine followed the end of the temporary ceasefire for Russia’s Victory Day Parade. Ukraine...

Published May 13, 2026 11:31 PM by The Maritime Executive

A migrant rescue vessel in the Central Mediterranean has reported another violent encounter with the Libyan coast guard - this tim...

Published May 13, 2026 10:29 PM by The Maritime Executive

On Thursday morning, British maritime security agency UKMTO reported that it appears that a vessel has been seized at a position o...

Published May 13, 2026 8:45 PM by The Maritime Executive

Iran and Kuwait are trading words over the capture of an Iranian boat near its maritime border with Iraq. Kuwait claims that the f...

Published May 13, 2026 5:42 PM by The Maritime Executive

As President Trump lands in Beijing to discuss the 4 Ts (Tehran, Trade & Tariffs and Taiwan), a backdrop to the talks will be Chin...

Published May 13, 2026 5:19 PM by The Maritime Executive

The current ceasefire between Iran and the United States was indefinitely extended in April, but to facilitate negotiations that a...

Published May 12, 2026 7:42 PM by The Maritime Executive

With the ceasefire talks stalled, the Trump administration continues to seek to use economic pressure to bring Iran to the negotia...