EU Steps Up to Fund Ocean Data Collection as U.S. Pulls Back

Published Jun 8, 2026 9:53 PM by The Maritime Executive

Following the Trump administration's decision to remove the global ocean sensor network run by the NSF/Woods Hole's Ocean Observat...

AFL-CIO Calls for Strengthening of U.S. Cargo Preference Rules

Published Jun 8, 2026 9:52 PM by The Maritime Executive

The AFL-CIO's maritime unions are calling for comprehensive cargo policies to generate the revenue base for an American maritime r...

Published Jun 8, 2026 5:43 PM by The Maritime Executive

The U.S. Coast Guard is investigating the disappearance of U.S. national Lynette Hooker as a possible crime, but has not been able...

Published Jun 8, 2026 4:43 PM by The Maritime Executive

The world's shipping interests are divided into two main camps on the question of carbon regulation at IMO. The first wants to sta...

Published Jun 8, 2026 3:12 PM by The Maritime Executive

The European Council announced on Monday that it was imposing sanctions, including on Iran’s IRGC, while calling for freedom of na...

Published Jun 8, 2026 1:09 PM by The Maritime Executive

A Russian intelligence ship is making the rounds and being closely followed by the NATO allies, with Iceland becoming the latest m...

Published Jun 8, 2026 9:41 AM by The Maritime Executive

Israel has responded to four waves of IRGC missile attacks, none of which appear to have damaged their targets, with a series of a...

Published Jun 7, 2026 3:19 PM by The Maritime Executive

On Friday, the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control put sanctions on six more Iran-linked LPG carriers, adding to the long list o...

Published Jun 7, 2026 12:03 PM by The Maritime Executive

Reports in the UK's Sunday Times are linking the seizure of an OFAC-sanctioned VLCC tanker, the Majestic X (IMO 9198317), to the K...

Published Jun 6, 2026 3:02 PM by The Maritime Executive

On June 2, the US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) tightened its controls on Iranian dark-fleet activities by de...