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USCG Icebreakers Aid Great Lakes Shipping as Arctic Front Ices the Lakes

By The Maritime Executive

January 22, 2026

The U.S. Coast Guard Great Lakes is reporting a series of callouts in the past days as an Arctic Front crossed the Midwestern region of the United States and interrupted shipping. Some of the shippi...

The Modular Pivot: Repurposing Containers as Strategic Infrastructure

By Andreas Atrott

January 22, 2026

The intermodal container is one of the most impactful innovations of the last century. As the international standard for ocean, rail, and road transport, shipping containers form the backbone of...

Op-Ed: Carrier Deployments Prompt Speculation About a U.S. Attack on Iran

By The Maritime Executive

January 22, 2026

Open source intelligence sleuths posting on social media are closely monitoring US force deployments into the Middle East region, like the movements of the supercarriers USS George H.W. Bush and...

France Seizes Sanctioned Shadow Tanker in Mediterranean

By The Maritime Executive

January 22, 2026

The French Navy on Thursday, January 22, intercepted a sanctioned shadow tanker while it was sailing in the Mediterranean. The operation was carried out, French officials said, under United Nations...

First Cargo of Iron Ore From Giant Simandou Mine Arrives in China

By The Maritime Executive

January 21, 2026

Importers in China have taken delivery of the first cargoes of iron ore from Guinea's Simandou mine, one of the largest new projects of its kind to come online in years. Simandou is changing the...

RFA Facing Strike Action After Union Reject Pay Offer

By The Maritime Executive

January 21, 2026

The crisis-ridden Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) is staring at operational paralysis after a trade union rejected a pay offer for the fleet’s sailors and went on to state that balloting for industri...

LR: Incessant Shipboard Alarms Can Be Reduced, With Clear Safety Benefits

By The Maritime Executive

January 21, 2026

Mariners have complained about excessive alarms for years, and anyone who has spent time in a modern engine control room knows how multiple beeping alarms can consume the crew's attention. In a n...

IACS Announces Next Chair

By The Maritime Executive

January 21, 2026

[By: IACS] The Council of the International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) has announced the election of Alex Gregg-Smith to the position of IACS Chair. Mr Gregg-Smith will ass...

DP World Survey: Trade Leaders Upbeat On 2026 Despite Rising Barriers

By The Maritime Executive

January 21, 2026

[By: DP World] The global trade outlook looks fragile. Business confidence does not. That’s the core finding of DP World’s new Global Trade Observatory (GTO) Annual Outlook Report 2026, showing 94%...

Hoppe Marine and Admaren Tech Announce Launch of SecureLoad Systems

By The Maritime Executive

January 21, 2026

[By: Hoppe Marine GmbH] Hoppe Marine GmbH and Admaren Tech Pvt. Ltd. recently announced the launch of SecureLoad Systems Pvt. Ltd., a joint venture dedicated to modernising vessel loading, stabilit...

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