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Hungary Scuppers EU Maritime Services Ban for Russian Oil Cargoes

By The Maritime Executive

February 23, 2026

The Russian-aligned governments of Hungary and Slovakia have defeated an EU proposal to impose a full ban on maritime services for Russian oil trading - a ban which would have supplanted the "G7...

Panama Occupies Hutchison’s Terminals After Court Publishes Decision

By The Maritime Executive

February 23, 2026

The Supreme Court of Panama published its decision annuling the concession for the port terminals in Balboa and Cristobal to CK Hutchison, and immediately afterward, the Government of Panama moved t...

France Starts Trial of Shadow Tanker Captain Charged with Disobeying Orders

By The Maritime Executive

February 23, 2026

A French court in Brest was due to begin the trial in absentia of the Chinese captain aboard the sanctioned shadow fleet tanker Boracay. France detailed the vessel in September 2025 to investigate i...

Long-Range Ukrainian Strike Hits ICBM Plant 800 Miles Inside Russia

By The Maritime Executive

February 22, 2026

A Ukrainian strike on the Votkinsk ballistic missile plant in Russia’s Udmurt Republic on February 21 indicates that they have been able to extend the range of their attacks on targets deep in Ru...

Trump Increases Across-the-Board Tariff Rate to 15 Percent

By The Maritime Executive

February 22, 2026

On Saturday, U.S. President Donald Trump said that he would raise the United States' global baseline tariff rate to 15 percent in order to compensate for the suspension of the country-by-country tarif...

Ladder Truck Saves Six Crewmembers From Sinking Ferry

By The Maritime Executive

February 22, 2026

Last week, Turkish firemen used novel means to save the crew of a stricken ferry at a shipyard in the town of Gialova, Turkey. The ferry Sea Star Tilos, which ordinarily operates an international...

Canada’s Port of Churchill Looks into Year-Round Shipping

By The Maritime Executive

February 22, 2026

With expansion plans for Port of Churchill gaining momentum, Canada’s federal government has launched a study to look into year-round shipping on Hudson Bay. The study - announced last week by th...

After Danish Medevac, Trump Sends Hospital Ship to Greenland

By The Maritime Executive

February 22, 2026

On Saturday, the Danish Navy medevaced a sailor from a U.S. Navy submarine and delivered the individual for urgent medical treatment in Nuuk, Greenland. Hours later, U.S. President Donald Trump anno...

Barge Defaced at Cargill Terminal in Protests Over Amazon River Dredging

By The Maritime Executive

February 22, 2026

Indigenous protesters and environmental activists in Brazil are showing resolve in their push to stop government projects which they believe will destroy Amazonian rivers and the rainforest, with...

UK Consortium Proposes Floating Nuclear Plant for U.S. Military

By The Maritime Executive

February 22, 2026

An international consortium headed up by a British firm is pitching a proposal to the Pentagon to build a ship-borne nuclear power station, to be docked at a naval facility. The concept seeks...

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