The Maritime Executive
Articles posted by the international team of staff writers at The Maritime Executive.
Car Carrier to Get Two Wing Sails in First Commercial Application
Wallenius Marine, a pioneer in car carriers, is pursuing its first commercial use of wind-assisted propulsion with a scheduled 202...
Wärtsilä Signs Lifecycle Agreement with Mercy Ships for Hospital Vessels
[By Wärtsilä Corporation] Technology group Wärtsilä has signed a Lifecycle Agreement with charity organisation Mercy Ships Interna...
Fire Breaks Out on Soviet-Era Icebreaker Undergoing Repairs
A fire broke out on September 5 aboard a Soviet-era diesel-powered icebreaker while it was docked in St. Petersburg, Russia, under...
Polished Up and After R&R, Carrier USS Abraham Lincoln is Underway
USS Abraham Lincoln and the carrier strike group got underway on Sunday morning, September 6, after the brief R&R stop in Thailand...
Iran Renews Threats and Says it Turned Back Ships After US Sinks Tanker
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy unleashed a series of threats at commercial shipping and claimed to have attacked U.S....
New Inmarsat Maritime Safety Data Hub Provides Insight into Maritime Risk
[By Inmarsat] Industry-first analysis combines three years of GMDSS distress call data with almost 107,000 maritime safety broadca...
Anti-immigration Protesters Block Dover, UK’s Busiest Ferry Port
Operations at the UK’s busiest international ferry and passenger port, Dover, were for the better part of Saturday, September 5, d...
Russia Opens Massive Vostok Oil Project and Sever Bay Arctic Port
Russia’s massive new oil field in the Arctic, Rosneft’s flagship Vostok Oil, officially began operations on September 5. Underlini...
PrimeServ Signs Long-Term Service Agreements with TT-Line at SMM
[By: Everllence] Everllence has signed Long-Term Service Agreements (LTSAs) with German ferry operator, TT-Line, at the 2026 SMM m...
First Full-Scale Tests of 175DF Methanol Engine Successfully Started
[By: Everllence] Everllence has announced the successful, full-scale testing of its 12-cylinder 175DF-M dual-fuel methanol engine...