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PLA Navy destroyer Kaifeng (124) takes aim at a floating target in the Philippine Sea, July 19 (Japan MOD)

Japan Protests Chinese Live-Fire Drill Inside its EEZ

Published Jul 22, 2026 11:07 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Government

The government of Japan has expressed its displeasure with PLA Navy's decision to conduct a live fire exercise off the coast of Ok...

Then-Defence Minister John Healey welcomes home a Vanguard ballistic missile submarine after a 203-day patrol (UK MoD)

Mixed Messages for Maritime in the Refreshed UK Government

Published Jul 22, 2026 8:12 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Government

There are mixed messages for the maritime community in the appointment of ministers to the government of the UK’s latest Prime Min...

Kavomaleas

Stricken Greek Product Tanker Appears to Be in Iranian Custody

Published Jul 22, 2026 7:43 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Tugs & Salvage

A Greek-operated product tanker that was hit by an Iranian strike last weekend appears to have been towed to the north side of the...

river container vessel damaged by explosion

One Seafarer Missing After LNG Barge Rocked by Explosion in Chinese Port

Published Jul 22, 2026 7:40 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Ports

[Brief] Chinese officials are confirming a small feeder ship used to transfer containers on the Yangtze River was rocked by an exp...

Fujairah, UAE

Dubai and DP World Confirm Plans to Expand Fujairah Port to Bypass Hormuz

Published Jul 22, 2026 6:46 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Business

DP World, the government-controlled ports and logistics giant, confirmed it is pushing forward with a plan to build a new port for...

Encelia (Marcel Coster / VesselFinder file image)

Video: Houthi Forces Claim Strikes on Two Saudi Tankers

Published Jul 22, 2026 6:13 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Tugs & Salvage

Yemen's Houthi rebel forces claim to have attacked two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea, the first time that the group has launche...

Great Lakes bulker aground

Laker Grounded in Ontario Becomes Local Tourist Attraction

Published Jul 22, 2026 6:13 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Tugs & Salvage

While it can happen a few times a year along the busy shipping lanes of the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence, every time one of th...

bundles of cocaine retrieved from the English Channel

UK Convicts 11 Members of Drug Gang in Bumbled Smuggling Effort

Published Jul 22, 2026 5:18 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Shipping

The UK’s National Crime Agency is reporting the details of a bumbled smuggling effort that nearly saw the gang lose the drugs befo...

vessel attacked and on fire

Maersk Suspends Chornomorsk Service as Ukraine and Russia Increase Attacks

Published Jul 22, 2026 4:31 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Ports

With both Russia and Ukraine intensifying attacks on the region’s ports and commercial shipping, Maersk on July 22 announced it wa...

Laborde Products

Laborde Products Repowers M/V Miss Sophia Claire With Mitsubishi Power

Published Jul 22, 2026 3:45 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Corporate News

[By: Laborde Products] Laborde Products has completed the repower of the M/V Miss Sophia Claire, owned by LAD Services of Louisian...

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