After Sanctions Concerns, Palau Changes Management of its Flag Registry

Published Jan 4, 2026 11:43 PM by The Maritime Executive

Palau's government has ended a longtime commercial arrangement with its flag registry operator, according to the Island Times. The...

Nigerian Police Arrest 22 Crewmembers After Finding Small Cocaine Shipment

Published Jan 4, 2026 9:22 PM by The Maritime Executive

Nigerian authorities have arrested 22 crewmembers from a bulker after finding a small shipment of cocaine aboard the vessel. In No...

Published Jan 4, 2026 7:06 PM by The Maritime Executive

Early readers of the Maritime Executive magazine’s Nov/Dec edition will have been pre-warned about Iran’s Velayat-e Faqih regime b...

Published Jan 4, 2026 6:27 PM by The Maritime Executive

To boost coastal shipping in West Africa, Ghana has confirmed plans to establish a ferry service along the Lagos-Abidjan corridor....

Published Jan 4, 2026 6:21 PM by The Maritime Executive

A U.S. Navy amphib played a key role in the capture and removal of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores,...

Published Jan 4, 2026 2:02 PM by The Strategist

[By Alfin Febrian Basundoro and Trystanto Sanjaya] The power dynamic between Indonesia and China is more complex than the one-way...

Published Jan 2, 2026 3:35 PM by The Maritime Executive

The crew of a U.S. Navy supply ship started 2026 on a high note as they rescued three Filipino fishermen who had been adrift at se...

Published Jan 2, 2026 11:54 AM by The Maritime Executive

The Helsinki Police confirmed that they are making progress on the investigation into the damage to a subsea cable running between...

Published Jan 2, 2026 10:28 AM by The Maritime Executive

The deployment of Emirati forces in locations to the north and south of the Maritime Security Transit Corridor (MSTC) in the Gulf...

Published Jan 1, 2026 7:47 PM by The Maritime Executive

U.S. Southern Command has killed another five suspected smugglers in waters off South or Central America, the agency announced on...