USCG Resumes Monitoring of Chinese Research Vessels Entering the Arctic

Published Jul 17, 2026 6:46 PM by The Maritime Executive

The U.S. Coast Guard reports that it has again begun monitoring as Chinese research vessels entered the Bering Sea and transited t...

Russia Strikes Mykolaiv as Ukraine Continues Unrelenting Shipping Attacks

Published Jul 17, 2026 2:46 PM by The Maritime Executive

Russian drones struck the Ukrainian port of Mykolaiv for the second time in recent days on Friday morning, July 17, as the two sid...

Published Jul 17, 2026 1:54 PM by The Maritime Executive

The United Kingdom government has, in recent years, repeatedly admitted that keeping the aging Type 23 frigates in service has bec...

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...

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...