WSC: Better Rules Needed to Manage Fire Risk of Small Li-Ion Batteries

Published Sep 11, 2026 11:08 PM by The Maritime Executive

Lithium-ion batteries come with known fire risks, and they are a top cargo of concern for container lines and ro/ro operators. Imp...

Saudi East-West Pipeline Suffers Significant Damage in Drone Attack

Published Sep 11, 2026 3:05 PM by The Maritime Executive

U.S. officials have confirmed that Saudi Aramco's East-West Pipeline - the key bypass route carrying Gulf oil around the contested...

Published Sep 11, 2026 2:31 PM by U.S. Coast Guard News

On September 11, 2001, Lieutenant Michael Day was working at Coast Guard Activities New York preparing to leave for a meeting at T...

Published Sep 11, 2026 9:43 AM by The Maritime Executive

The Scottish ferry Glen Sannox was billed as an environmentally-friendly LNG powered alternative when it was first ordered in 2014...

Published Sep 10, 2026 7:32 PM by The Maritime Executive

UK Maritime Trade Operations reports that two more vessels have been attacked on the Omani side of the Strait of Hormuz, the lates...

Published Sep 10, 2026 2:28 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Canadian Coast Guard reports that the team from Resolve Marine continues to make good progress on the removal of the wreck of...

Published Sep 9, 2026 10:53 PM by The Maritime Executive

Last weekend, a teenage fisherman survived atop the hull of a capsized skiff in frigid Bering Sea waters for days while awaiting r...

Published Sep 9, 2026 5:08 PM by The Maritime Executive

A fire aboard a passenger ferry off the coast of the Philippines has killed at least five people, according to the Philippine Coas...

Published Sep 8, 2026 5:16 PM by The Maritime Executive

In back-to-back strikes on Monday and Tuesday, Yemen's Houthi rebels hit the Saudi refining complex at Jazan (Jizan) with drones a...

Published Sep 8, 2026 4:49 PM by The Maritime Executive

Nearly a week after the loss of a tugboat while working a containership off the Port of Busan, the Coast Guard raided the offices...