France Releases Captain of Shadow Fleet Tanker After 24-Hour Detention

Published Jun 4, 2026 1:26 PM by The Maritime Executive

French prosecutors confirmed that the captain of the tanker Tagor, which France stopped on May 31, has been released. Prosecutor S...

France Arrests Russian Captain After Detaining Shadow Fleet Tanker

Published Jun 3, 2026 3:11 PM by The Maritime Executive

French prosecutors confirmed that they have taken the master of the shadow fleet tanker detained on Sunday into custody as the inv...

Published Jun 3, 2026 2:36 PM by The Maritime Executive

In a development that could increase availability of biofuels, Australian mining giant BHP and Singapore's Global Centre for Marit...

Published Jun 2, 2026 10:14 PM by The Maritime Executive

On Wednesday morning, a flotilla of slow-moving Ukrainian drones penetrated Russian air defenses to attack the St. Petersburg Oil...

Published Jun 2, 2026 7:29 PM by The Maritime Executive

Italian ferry operator GNV (Grandi Navi Veloci), which has been a subsidiary of MSC Group since 2020, celebrated the christening o...

Published Jun 2, 2026 6:39 PM by The Maritime Executive

The takeover battle that has been going back and forth for six months continues to build with Genco Shipping & Trading releasing a...

Published Jun 2, 2026 3:31 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Hunt Class minesweeper HMS Middleton (M34) was withdrawn from Bahrain just before the outbreak of fighting in the Gulf on Febr...

Published Jun 1, 2026 8:52 PM by The Maritime Executive

At the first day of the Posidonia conference in Athens, the contours of the Western shipping industry's biggest gathering became c...

Published Jun 1, 2026 8:41 PM by The Maritime Executive

According to WoodMac, the fine details of climate policy are about to split the LNG carrier fleet into haves and have-nots. Aging...

Published Jun 1, 2026 5:56 PM by The Maritime Executive

The first of five planned conversions of conventionally powered containerships owned by Seaspan to dual-fuel methanol capabilities...