U.S. Withdraws From 66 UN Organizations, Including ReCAAP and UNCTAD

Published Jan 8, 2026 7:18 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Trump administration has withdrawn the United States from another 66 UN organizations and entities, the latest in its pullback...

Trump Administration Selects Ceraolo as Next USMMA Superintendent

Published Jan 8, 2026 4:33 PM by The Maritime Executive

The U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) has picked a longtime member of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy team to lead the college...

Published Jan 8, 2026 2:01 PM by The Maritime Executive

The US State Department has approved a Foreign Military Sale package for Denmark, at the heart of which is the procurement of thre...

Published Jan 8, 2026 1:20 PM by The Maritime Executive

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced that it has completed the withdrawal of its troops from Yemen, in an operation conduc...

Published Jan 7, 2026 8:32 PM by The Conversation

[By Andrew Serdy] Relations between the US and Russia have hit a fresh bump after the US coastguard boarded a vessel sailing in th...

Published Jan 7, 2026 5:59 PM by Prof. Dr. Ishtiaque Ahmed

When the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships (HKC) entered into force on...

Published Jan 7, 2026 12:53 PM by The Maritime Executive

On Wednesday, in addition to the boarding and seizure of the fugitive tanker Bella 1, U.S. forces captured the stateless, sanction...

Published Jan 7, 2026 12:04 PM by The Maritime Executive

After a protracted low-speed chase across the North Atlantic, the U.S. Coast Guard has seized the sanctioned shadow fleet tanker B...

Published Jan 7, 2026 11:19 AM by The Maritime Executive

Finnish Customs released the cargo aboard the vessel Fitburg that it had been holding during an investigation into possible violat...

Published Jan 6, 2026 10:01 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Coast Guard is getting ready to try out a new kind of maritime domain awareness system off San Diego, a longtime hotspot for m...