The Maritime Executive
Articles posted by the international team of staff writers at The Maritime Executive.
Australia, China Team Up to Arrest Over 60 Tobacco Smugglers
The Australian Border Force and its Chinese counterparts have busted a major international smuggling ring involved in shuttling il...
Nigeria Upbeat Over Maritime Competitiveness After US Lifts 12-Year Ban
Nigeria will work to attract more shipping lines to its maritime sector and deepen trade with the United States following the lift...
Indonesia Makes 2.6 Ton Drug Bust on Tanzanian Ship with False ID
Indonesian authorities are reporting one of their largest ever drug busts, completed on Monday night, August 17, on a small genera...
Drawing on LASH Heritage, BlackSea Builds Carrier for Floating ISO Boxes
The American autonomous-boat builder Blacksea Technologies has reinvented the Cold War concept of the Lighter Aboard Ship (LASH) v...
Finland Selects Helsinki Shipyard to Build First Next-Generation Icebreaker
The Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency selected Helsinki Shipyard to build the first of its new generation of icebreakers. Th...
Malaysia’s ALAM Maritim CEO Briefly Detained in Corruption Investigation
Malaysia’s offshore services firm for the oil and gas industry, ALAM Maritim Resources, confirmed reports that its CEO was briefly...
Indian Seafarers Complain of Pressure to Transit Strait of Hormuz
The Forward Seamen's Union of India has raised concerns that some shipowners are pressuring seafarers to sail through the high-ris...
Iran Claims to Turn Back Chinese Tanker and Continues to Detain UAE Vessel
News sources closely linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) continue to make claims about controlling vessel tr...
Sailor Charged With Murdering Shipmate Aboard Carrier USS John F. Kennedy
After a monthlong investigation, NCIS has accused a sailor assigned to the future carrier USS John F. Kennedy of shooting and kill...
First Chinese Cargo Ship Carrying Containers Reaches Murmansk
Murmansk marked a key milestone in its efforts to develop the port into a logistics hub, taking advantage of the growth on the Nor...