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Report: US Amphibious Ships with Marine Unit Head to Middle East

Published Mar 13, 2026 3:17 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Government

Multiple media outlets are reporting that the Pentagon has approved the redeployment of possibly three USN amphibious vessels, alo...

World’s Largest Sail Yacht Cruise Ship Sets New Mark on Trials

Published Mar 13, 2026 1:53 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Cruise Ships

The sail-powered cruise ship Orient Express Corinthian recently completed its propulsion tests, and builder Chantiers de l’Atlanti...

U.S. Issues 30-Day License for Delivery and Sale of Russian Oil at Sea

Published Mar 13, 2026 11:54 AM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Government

The U.S. Treasury Department late on Thursday, March 12, announced it was issuing a general license authorizing the delivery and s...

Sweden Intensifies Crackdown on Stateless Vessels with Second Detention

Published Mar 13, 2026 10:22 AM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Shipping

Authorities in Sweden are intensifying a crackdown on unseaworthy vessels that they suspect could be linked to Russia’s shadow fle...

Hormuz Shutdown Hits Key Industrial Commodities, Including Bunker Fuel

Published Mar 12, 2026 11:24 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Shipping

The Strait of Hormuz shutdown is having a direct effect on the price of oil and LNG, and in some downstream and byproduct markets,...

Iranians Commence Mining in the Strait of Hormuz

Published Mar 12, 2026 10:32 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Government

After a number of earlier unsubstantiated reports, US official sources have confirmed to the New York Times and CNN that the Irani...

Amidst Tightening Global Supplies, Ukraine Hits Russian Oil Export Pipeline

Published Mar 12, 2026 10:05 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Shipping

Amidst oil shipping disruption in the Strait of Hormuz, Ukraine has attacked an oil pipeline leading to Russia's export terminals...

ONE and Chinese Shipbuilder Increase Investment in Owner/Lessor Seaspan

Published Mar 12, 2026 9:12 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Business

Three years after taking Seaspan, the leading owner/lessor of containerships to the leading carriers, private Ocean Network Expres...

U.S. Navy Shot at an Iranian Vessel That Got Too Close to a Supercarrier

Published Mar 12, 2026 8:26 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Government

A U.S. Navy surface combatant fired on an Iranian vessel that got too close to the carrier USS Abraham Lincoln this week, official...

Security Concerns Raised as Saudi Arabia Ramps Up Red Sea Oil Exports

Published Mar 12, 2026 7:54 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Shipping

Saudi Arabia’s national oil company, Aramco, is rapidly working to build up operations at its alternate terminal located on the Re...

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