The Maritime Executive
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Babcock and HII Partner to Support Royal Navy's Autonomous Ambitions
[By Babcock] Babcock International Group (Babcock), the defense company, has unveiled transformational plans to suppo...
Anglo-Eastern Partners With Orca AI to Offer AI-Assisted Navigation
Anglo-Eastern Ship Management and Orca AI have entered into a strategic partnership that will see Anglo-Eastern support...
China's Trade Surplus Blows Past $1 Trillion
In the first half of 2025, the Trump administration made an unprecedented effort to shake loose China's grip on the American...
Saronic Secures $392M Unmanned-Vessel Contract From the U.S. Navy
Autonomous vessel company Saronic has secured a U.S. Navy production contract worth $392 million for its Corsair unmanne...
CATL Expects Oceangoing Battery-Electric Vessels Within Three Years
Leading battery-maker CATL is already big in the business of electric vessels, thanks to burgeoning interest from China&...
COSCO Goes Big with $7B Order for 87 Ships in Vessel Renewal Project
In an industry familiar with large orders, China’s COSCO Shipping has nonetheless drawn attention with reports that it sig...
Wärtsilä Identifies Four Key Trends to Shape the Future of Shipping in 2026
[By: Wärtsilä] As the maritime industry prepares to enter 2026, technology group Wärtsilä has ide...
Austal USA Holds Keel-Laying for its First Offshore Patrol Cutter
On Monday, Austal USA laid the keel for the future USCGC Pickering, the first vessel for the yard's Offshore Patrol...
To Offset Declining Frigate Force, UK Debuts Unmanned Strategy for GIUK Gap
To offset increasing Russian submarine activity in the North Atlantic, the Royal Navy is rolling out a new plan for high...
Knud E. Hansen Supports Next-Generation RoPax Ferries For Cook Strait
[By: Knud E. Hansen] KNUD E. HANSEN, a leading naval architecture and marine engineering consultancy, is pleased to a...