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A judge in U.S. District Court in Hawaii rejected a lawsuit by the cruise industry and vendors seeking an injunction against extending for the first t...
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Dominion Energy Sues BOEM as Governors Demand Briefing and End of Stop Work
Dominion Energy, the developer of one of the five offshore wind energy projects that received a stop-work order from the Trump administration, filed s...
China’s DF-27 Missile: Threatening Pacific Ships and the U.S. Homeland
Among the 2025 Pentagon report’s greatest revelations, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has fielded a conventional intercontinental ballistic mis...
Texas Energy Firm Wants to Turn Naval Reactors Into Powerplants
An American energy company has come up with a novel way to generate nuclear power for civilian uses without the high cost and long timeline of buildi...
Vessels Damaged as Russia Intensifies Attacks on Ukraine’s Ports
Russia appears to be intensifying its assault on the Black Sea ports of Ukraine. The relentless barrage continued for a second night at the Port of Od...
Op-Ed: Washington is Beginning to Accept China's Rise
[By Ali Wyne]US discourse on China policy is slowly but decidedly expanding on account of two factors: the increased influence of President Donald T...
Iran Seizes Another Tanker Accused of Fuel Smuggling
Iranian officials announced the seizure of an unidentified tanker, which they claimed was smuggling fuel. They are calling this latest interception a...
China Has Turned a Small Container Feeder Into an Arsenal Ship
The U.S. Navy wants to compete with China's PLA Navy for sea control in the Western Pacific, which would be essential to defending U.S. allies and pr...
North Korea Unveils its First Nuclear-Powered Submarine
North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un has unveiled the completed hull of what his government claims to be its first nuclear-powered submarine. To date, No...
Australia Surveys Historic Shipwrecks to Inform Future Preservation
Authorities in Australia have gathered new data and imagery on the state of three shipwrecks in the country’s waters, a project that is expected to h...
Volunteers Seek $1M to Preserve Historic Great Lakes Car Ferry
Efforts are underway to raise $1 million to help save a historic Great Lakes car ferry that is moored in Northern Michigan and whose preservation is...
Greek Unions Protest Repair Period for Israeli Cruise Ship
Trade unions in Greece are protesting plans for a cruise ship with alleged links to the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) to be allocated space at a Greek...
Pentagon: China Plans to Build Nine Aircraft Carriers
China's naval aspirations are more ambitious than previously understood, according to the Pentagon's annual assessment of the People's Liberation Army...
Happy Holidays From the Team at The Maritime Executive
Season's greetings from The Maritime Executive! Thank you for visiting our website, subscribing to our newsletter and reading our magazine. Thanks to...
Report: U.S. Coast Guard Awaits Specialized Team to Board Third Tanker
U.S. officials say that the U.S. Coast Guard's "pursuit" of the sanctioned VLCC Bella 1 will come to a conclusion after a team of boarding specialist...
Diego Garcia Deal Stokes Debate on Islanders' Right to Self-Determination
Having delayed the legislative process in the face of growing opposition to the plan to surrender sovereignty of the British Indian Ocean Territories...
The Maritime Executive Set Records With its Most Popular Articles of 2025
It has been a challenging year for the maritime industry. Operators were forced to divert from Red Sea routes, adapted to a return of Somali piracy,...
Ukraine Disabled Russian Maritime Patrol Aircraft Before Submarine Strike
In advance of the drone sub strike on the Russian Navy submarine pen on the Black Sea, Ukraine's SBU security service paved the way by damaging the o...
Takeover Offers Prompt Debate Over ZIM's National Security Role
Shares in Israeli container line ZIM soared in value on Tuesday after the company's board said that it is evaluating a possible private buyout. At le...
Floating Crane Catches Fire at Russian Ship Repair Yard
On Tuesday, a major fire broke out at a small ship repair yard in Nizhy Novgorod, a city on the Volga in western Russia. The Ministry of Emergency Si...
