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India Reveals Unreported Incident of Iran Firing Warning Shots at Tanker

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British Troops Use Civilian Ferry to Travel to NATO Exercise

Published Apr 28, 2026 5:01 PM by The Maritime Executive

The British Army, for the first time in more than 20 years, has chartered a civilian ferry to transport its forces. It is putting a good light on the operation by saying it is helping the army to practice how to use civilian transport alongside military vehicles and aircraft as it participates in a major military exercise with NATO in Germany. Over 1,400 army troops boarded a DFDS ferry in the Port of Tyne, Newcastle, for a 16-hour North Sea...

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Waiting for dusk: trader speedboats loaded up for the return journey to Iran (©CJRC)

Iranian Trader Boats are Still Crossing the Strait of Hormuz

Published Apr 28, 2026 4:22 PM by The Maritime Executive

For decades, probably much longer, traders based in Iran have crossed the Strait of Hormuz, bringing goods to Oman’s Musandam governorate, bartering their cargos with merchants in Khasab, and then returning with cargoes of whatever is in short supply in Iran. This long-established trade is legal as far as the Omani authorities are concerned, but illegal in Iran in the eyes of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA). For this reason, the traders come across the Strait in...

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IMO Consensus-Building Process Underway at MPEC Meeting

Published Apr 28, 2026 3:56 PM by The Maritime Executive

Delegates to the International Maritime Organisation’s Marine Environmental Protection Committee’s 84th Session appear to have taken the IMO Secretary General’s opening remarks to heart. IMO Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez called for delegates to approach discussions on the way forward for the Net Zero Framework proposal, which was rejected last October, in a constructive and pragmatic manner. He encouraged avoiding the rancorous manner in which discussions had taken place before last October’s vote. The “listening to each other” process seemed very much...

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Third Ukrainian Strike Damages Russian Oil Terminal at Tuapse

Published Apr 28, 2026 3:51 PM by The Maritime Executive

For the third time this month, Ukraine's drone forces have launched a long-range attack on the Russian port of Tuapse, hitting oil export and refining infrastructure that contributes to the financing of the ongoing invasion. The Tuapse facility has the capacity to refine about 12 million tonnes of oil per year, equivalent to about 4-5 percent of Russian refining capacity. Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces have been rotating through a target deck of Russian oil export ports, tank farms, pipelines and...

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UAE Exits OPEC, Casting Shadow Over the Oil Cartel's Future

The United Arab Emirates has announced a decision to leave the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), a major blow to the supply cartel that has exerted influence over global oil prices since 1960. "The UAE’s decision to exit from OPEC reflects a policy-driven evolution aligned with long-term market fundamentals," said UAE energy minister Suhail Mohamed Al Mazrouei in a statement. "We thank OPEC and its member countries for decades of constructive cooperation. We remain committed to energy security, providing...

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South Korea Extends Antitrust Restrictions on Hanwha from DSME Acquisition

South Korea’s antitrust regulators have taken the unusual step of extending a series of restrictions imposed on several of Hanwha’s companies as a condition for the 2023 acquisition of Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering. At the time, the Korea Fair Trade Commission expressed concerns that Hanwha’s combination of the shipbuilding operation and its military component systems could create an unfair advantage or monopolistic elements, especially in naval shipbuilding. The FTC said the combination in 2023 would give the companies potentially...

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IMO MPEC 84

IMO Consensus-Building Process Underway at MPEC Meeting

Delegates to the International Maritime Organisation’s Marine Environmental Protection Committee’s 84th Session appear to have taken the IMO Secretary General’s opening remarks to heart. IMO Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez called for delegates to approach discussions on the way forward for the Net Zero Framework proposal, which was rejected last October, in a constructive and pragmatic manner. He encouraged avoiding the rancorous manner in which discussions had taken place before last October’s vote. The “listening to each other” process seemed very much...

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The Maritime Executive's Annual Energy Edition is Now Available Online

“Strait Outa Compton" That's the witty title of View From the E.U. columnist Erik Kravets' tongue-in-cheek comparison of N.W.A's hip-hop hit from 1988 and Iran's current strategy in the Gulf. But it's not all tongue-in-cheek, as you'll find out. Give it a read. You won't be disappointed. The war in Iran is, understandably, the subject of several articles in this, our annual "Energy Exploration & Production" edition. Allen Brooks, Eye on Energy columnist, uses it as backdrop for why the...

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