Last-Minute Israeli Strike Throws Hormuz Deal Into Doubt

Published Jun 14, 2026 2:02 PM by The Maritime Executive

Hours after a White House announcement of a pending ceasefire deal with Iran, hope appeared to ebb once more after Israeli forces...

Britain Seizes its First Shadow Fleet Tanker

Published Jun 14, 2026 12:30 PM by The Maritime Executive

In the early hours of June 14, British Royal Marines boarded the Cameroon-flagged Aframax Smyrtos (IMO 9389100) ) in the English C...

Published Jun 14, 2026 12:17 PM by Denise Krepp

Last week, the Virginia State Bar Military and Veterans Law Section gave me an award for my pro bono advocacy work to help Coast G...

Published Jun 11, 2026 10:23 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Trump administration has reopened three more marine national monument areas to commercial fishing, reversing previous administ...

Published Jun 11, 2026 9:41 PM by The Maritime Executive

China's government has a long history of expanding its physical footprint in the Philippine exclusive economic zone, from small bu...

Published Jun 11, 2026 6:38 PM by The Maritime Executive

The U.S. Coast Guard has selected the Alaskan ports of Kodiak and Seward as the first homeports for its new fleet of Arctic Securi...

Published Jun 11, 2026 6:11 PM by The Maritime Executive

On June 10, Coast Guard Sector San Juan detained a stowaway and seized hundreds of kilos of cocaine aboard a barge off the coast o...

Published Jun 11, 2026 12:33 PM by The Maritime Executive

John Healey, the British Defence Minister, has resigned in protest at the UK government’s failure to fund the long-awaited Defence...

Published Jun 10, 2026 9:36 PM by The Maritime Executive

Oil futures ticked up Thursday morning as Iran and the United States traded strikes and counterstrikes, with renewed threats of vi...

Published Jun 10, 2026 2:25 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Royal Navy is facing multiple operational readiness issues, which are impacting capability across what remains of a fleet much...