U.S. Navy Picks Seven Contenders for Medium USV Program

Published May 26, 2026 10:09 PM by The Maritime Executive

The U.S. Navy has picked out seven different designs for its Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel competition, moving ahead with the mos...

Chinese Refiners Are Absorbing Much of the Hit From Hormuz Shutdown

Published May 26, 2026 8:35 PM by The Maritime Executive

Many oil market observers have been baffled by the consistently low pricing for crude benchmarks since the start of the Strait of...

Published May 26, 2026 3:37 PM by John Maggs

The IMO’s Net-Zero Framework is back on track. A majority of International Maritime Organization member states continue to support...

Published May 26, 2026 3:21 PM by The Maritime Executive

South Korea’s government officially unveiled its “Basic Plan” for the development of the republic’s nuclear-powered submarines. It...

Published May 25, 2026 8:18 PM by The Maritime Executive

Back in the early 1960s, a team of engineers at General Dynamics' Astronautics division got permission to pursue an unusual projec...

Published May 25, 2026 7:24 PM by The Maritime Executive

Following multiple social media reports of explosions along Iran's Strait of Hormuz coastline, the semi-official Fars News Agency...

Published May 25, 2026 4:56 PM by The Maritime Executive

Taiwanese officials have been busy downplaying a comment by newly-appointed Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao, who told a Sena...

Published May 25, 2026 2:04 PM by The Maritime Executive

Nearly two weeks after the UK organized its first-ever airdrop using a parachute jump to insert medical personnel to provide human...

Published May 24, 2026 7:23 PM by CIMSEC

[By Franciszek Kopczewski] In January and February 2025, Chinese-operated ships Shunxing 39 and Hong Tai 58 committed similar sabo...

Published May 24, 2026 6:01 PM by The Maritime Executive

Ukraine's drone forces claim to have hit a Russian frigate at a pier in Novorossiysk, along with one of Russia's rare hovercraft-l...