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Amsterdam Government Calls for Banning Ocean Cruise Ships by 2035

By The Maritime Executive

January 21, 2026

After agreeing to limit and then relocate cruise ships out of the center of the Dutch city, members of Amsterdam’s coalition government, including the mayor and some aldermen, are now saying it woul...

Russian Tanker's Channel Transit Gets Heightened Scrutiny

By The Maritime Executive

January 21, 2026

The Russian military product tanker General Skobelev is a regular sight in the English Channel and Strait of Gibraltar, and she routinely makes her way from the Baltic to the Mediterranean and ba...

Interferry Demands Pause for EU ETS Due to Inequities and Use of Funds

By The Maritime Executive

January 21, 2026

Interferry, the global trade association for the ferry industry, is calling for an immediate halt to the further phasing-in of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) for the maritime sector. The gro...

Fuel Supplier Convicted of 34 Felonies in Scheme to Defraud Navy and USCG

By The Maritime Executive

January 21, 2026

A federal jury in West Palm Beach, Florida, found a local fuel supplier guilty of orchestrating a scheme to defraud the U.S. of over $4.5 million. Spanning a period between 2022 and 2024, the court...

US Coast Guard Requests Pastoral Support for Shadow Fleet Tanker's Crew

By The Maritime Executive

January 21, 2026

Military and security actions can create hardship for seafarers when ships get caught in the middle of a geopolitical confrontation, as seen all too often in the Red Sea and Strait of Hormuz in r...

Hong Kong: Deaths in 2012 Accident Unlawful, but Ferries Met Safety Rules

By The Maritime Executive

January 21, 2026

More than a decade after one of the worst marine disasters in Hong Kong’s history, the Coroner’s Court is issuing a new finding into the 2012 collision of the Lamma IV and Sea Smooth ferries. The su...

Op-Ed: Arctic Bypass Emerges as Alternative to US-Centric Shipping Networks

By Wolfgang Lehmacher

January 21, 2026

Red Sea attacks and Arctic ice melt are now part of the same story: as one corridor has become a live-fire risk for seafarers, planners sketch a Nordic-Arctic bypass that could weaken the network...

French Navy Intercepts Record Cocaine Shipment Near French Polynesia

By The Maritime Executive

January 21, 2026

French authorities reported a record cocaine seizure in the waters of French Polynesia as part of an increased effort to intercept illegal drugs being transported across the Pacific. Australian a...

Indonesia Reschedules Auction of Seized Iranian Tanker and Oil Cargo

By The Maritime Executive

January 21, 2026

Indonesia’s Attorney General’s Office and its Asset Recovery Agency have set a date of January 30 for an auction to sell a seized Iranian-flagged tanker and its cargo of Light Crude Oil. It is the s...

James Fisher Takes a Stake in Dive-Capable Drone Boat Venture

By The Maritime Executive

January 20, 2026

British offshore services and shipping company James Fisher and Sons has bought a stake in the American autonomous sailing vessel startup Ocean Aero, which is developing a unique renewable energy...

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