U.S. Navy Takes Delivery of Final Expeditionary Sea Base

Published Aug 27, 2026 11:34 PM by The Maritime Executive

The U.S. Navy has taken delivery of its final expeditionary sea base, USS Hector A. Cafferata Jr. (ESB-8). The vessel is named for...

Belgium and the Netherlands Give Seven Minehunting Vessels to Bulgaria

Published Aug 27, 2026 10:10 PM by The Maritime Executive

Belgium and the Netherlands will be transferring seven older Tripartite-class mine countermeasure vessels to the government of Bul...

Published Aug 27, 2026 9:55 PM by The Maritime Executive

Deprived of access to its Mideast base in Bahrain, and realizing the consequences of leaving its carriers at sea for too long, the...

Published Aug 27, 2026 8:14 PM by The Maritime Executive

A flash flood initiated by a glacial collapse swept through mountain valleys on the Chinese-Nepalese border on Wednesday, erasing...

Published Aug 27, 2026 3:33 PM by The Maritime Executive

The delay in adoption of the IMO's Net Zero Framework (NZF) has changed the outlook for low-emissions shipping, and DNV's annual F...

Published Aug 26, 2026 4:54 PM by The Maritime Executive

Analyst and media commentary on Operation Economic Outcast, US Treasury Secretary Bessent’s plan to squeeze Iran financially, has...

Published Aug 26, 2026 4:10 PM by The Maritime Executive

Iran and Oman have been negotiating a deal on joint control of the Strait of Hormuz for weeks, and both sides say that they are ge...

Published Aug 25, 2026 8:11 PM by The Maritime Executive

Spanish forces have intercepted and arrested ten smugglers who allegedly opened fire on a patrol vessel off Huelva. It is the late...

Published Aug 25, 2026 7:17 PM by The Maritime Executive

The fourth of the new series of training ships being built for the U.S.’s state maritime academies, the TS Lone Star State, was ha...

Published Aug 24, 2026 12:18 PM by The Maritime Executive

The maritime community, as it has had to for much of the last six months, is having to work out for itself what is happening in th...