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Container Vessel Reports Being Hit Off Iran

Published Apr 7, 2026 12:17 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Shipping

Attacks on containerships in the Persian Gulf continued with a new report of a vessel being struck off Iran. It is the fourth cont...

NOAA Reopens Northeast Canyons Nat'l Monument to Commercial Fishing

Published Apr 6, 2026 11:43 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Environment

NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service has withdrawn a longstanding ban on commercial fishing within the Northeast Canyons and S...

Tanker Truck Blast Closes Bridge Over Panama Canal

Published Apr 6, 2026 10:36 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Tugs & Salvage

An explosion at a fuel facility next to the Bridge of the Americas has killed one and injured several others, according to the fir...

Traffic Through Strait of Hormuz Ticks Up, But Iran Retains Control

Published Apr 6, 2026 10:29 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Shipping

Transit volume through the Strait of Hormuz remains a fraction of what it was before the Iran conflict, but there are signs that o...

Largest Ship Repair Yard in East Africa Inaugurated in Djibouti

Published Apr 6, 2026 7:33 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Business

Officials in Djibouti officially inaugurated the Djibouti Ship Repair Yard on April 4, marking what they called a milestone in the...

Are Naval Forces Ready to Keep the Bab el Mandeb Open?

Published Apr 6, 2026 6:48 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Government

The Houthis' leaders have made their position clear. They stand alongside Iran and the Palestinians, and have demonstrated the Hou...

Red Cat Plans to Make 3D-Printed Drone Boats for On-Demand Delivery

Published Apr 6, 2026 6:48 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Shipbuilding

Red Cat, the drone company bringing Ukraine's famous unmanned boat designs to the U.S. market, has announced a partnership to use...

Novatek Starts Shipbuilder to Address Shortage of Ice-Class LNG Carriers

Published Apr 6, 2026 6:43 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Shipbuilding

A listing of companies established in Russia during March revealed that PAO Novatek, the country’s largest gas producer, establish...

Barge Catches Fire in Vancouver's Fraser River Port District

Published Apr 6, 2026 6:30 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Tugs & Salvage

Overnight Thursday, a large fire broke out aboard a deck barge at the port of Surrey, BC, sending a dense plume of smoke into the...

Passengers Abandon Cruise Grounded on Island from 2000 Movie “Cast Away"

Published Apr 6, 2026 5:47 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Cruise Ships

Passengers aboard the Fiji cruise ship might have thought they were about to relive a scene from the 2000 movie “Cast Away,” in wh...

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