Fresh Thinking for the Strait of Hormuz: the Plan Emerges

Published Apr 12, 2026 11:36 AM by The Maritime Executive

The talks taking place in Islamabad, from the global maritime community perspective, had one critical issue to resolve: getting th...

Iran Crisis Puts China's UN Diplomacy to the Test

Published Apr 12, 2026 11:34 AM by The Lowy Interpreter

[By Courtney J. Fung and Andrea Ghiselli] China and Russia this week vetoed a UN Security Council Resolution on the Strait of Horm...

Published Apr 11, 2026 12:54 PM by The Maritime Executive

The U.S. Navy confirmed on Friday, April 10, that it is giving up on the long-delayed overhaul of the nuclear attack submarine USS...

Published Apr 10, 2026 6:34 PM by The Maritime Executive

The UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM) is sounding the alarm over rising numbers of migrant deaths in the Mediter...

Published Apr 10, 2026 6:15 PM by The Maritime Executive

A crew from HM Coastguard led the medevac of an injured seafarer from a cargo ship in the English Channel on April 8. The RNLI at...

Published Apr 10, 2026 5:49 PM by The Maritime Executive

Attempts to develop the annual London Defence Conference as an annual geopolitical event rivalling the Munich Security Conference...

Published Apr 9, 2026 8:35 PM by The Maritime Executive

Official Saudi sources have confirmed that recent Iranian attacks caused extensive damage to oil and gas facilities, killing at le...

Published Apr 9, 2026 4:57 PM by The Maritime Executive

The UK government claims that it has discovered and disrupted Russian plans to conduct "nefarious" activity over critical subsea f...

Published Apr 8, 2026 10:30 PM by The Maritime Executive

The U.S. Coast Guard and the Seattle-based American Seafoods Company (ASC) have launched a public dispute over how to count the po...

Published Apr 8, 2026 6:41 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Russian Navy has mocked Britain’s Royal Navy by escorting two sanctioned, fully-laden shadow fleet tankers though the English...