Missing $8 Billion in Shadow-Fleet Oil Revenue Primes Iran for Revolt

Published Jan 4, 2026 7:06 PM by The Maritime Executive

Early readers of the Maritime Executive magazine’s Nov/Dec edition will have been pre-warned about Iran’s Velayat-e Faqih regime b...

Ghana Takes Lead in Modernizing Short Sea Shipping in West Africa

Published Jan 4, 2026 6:27 PM by The Maritime Executive

To boost coastal shipping in West Africa, Ghana has confirmed plans to establish a ferry service along the Lagos-Abidjan corridor....

Published Jan 4, 2026 6:21 PM by The Maritime Executive

A U.S. Navy amphib played a key role in the capture and removal of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores,...

Published Jan 4, 2026 2:02 PM by The Strategist

[By Alfin Febrian Basundoro and Trystanto Sanjaya] The power dynamic between Indonesia and China is more complex than the one-way...

Published Jan 2, 2026 3:35 PM by The Maritime Executive

The crew of a U.S. Navy supply ship started 2026 on a high note as they rescued three Filipino fishermen who had been adrift at se...

Published Jan 2, 2026 11:54 AM by The Maritime Executive

The Helsinki Police confirmed that they are making progress on the investigation into the damage to a subsea cable running between...

Published Jan 2, 2026 10:28 AM by The Maritime Executive

The deployment of Emirati forces in locations to the north and south of the Maritime Security Transit Corridor (MSTC) in the Gulf...

Published Jan 1, 2026 7:47 PM by The Maritime Executive

U.S. Southern Command has killed another five suspected smugglers in waters off South or Central America, the agency announced on...

Published Jan 1, 2026 2:22 PM by The Maritime Executive

The sanctioned tanker Bella 1 has been formally registered with the Russian flag and renamed, complicating American efforts to "pu...

Published Jan 1, 2026 12:07 PM by The Maritime Executive

Finland has unleashed a gamut of inspections and is searching for multiple violations aboard the cargo ship Fitburg, which was det...