Interview: Amrit Bhullar, CEO of Oceanbird

Published Sep 11, 2026 2:10 PM by The Maritime Executive

Wind-assisted propulsion is among the most promising options available for reducing a ship's fuel bill, and there are a growing nu...

China Grows Arctic Container Routes, Reaching England and Opening Murmansk

Published Sep 11, 2026 10:09 AM by The Maritime Executive

Chinese containerships are continuing in their efforts to expand operations along the Northern Sea Route through the Arctic. The f...

Published Sep 10, 2026 6:36 PM by The Maritime Executive

Russia’s latest attack on commercial shipping killed and injured Azerbaijani citizens, prompting the country’s Ministry of Foreign...

Published Sep 10, 2026 5:02 PM by The Maritime Executive

Reports are coming in of a new vessel hijacking that happened earlier today, September 10, south of Yemen. The monitoring authorit...

Published Sep 10, 2026 4:14 PM by The Maritime Executive

Officials in Panama are reporting that they are monitoring the salvage efforts on the Chinese car carrier Min Jiang Kou as a hot s...

Published Sep 10, 2026 12:48 PM by The Maritime Executive

Real-world test data suggests that AI watchkeeping assistance systems can make shipping safer, reducing risk of collision during c...

Published Sep 9, 2026 7:45 PM by The Maritime Executive

There are 900 LNG-capable merchant vessels in operation outside the LNG carrier fleet, according to DNV, and another 650 are on or...

Published Sep 9, 2026 3:50 PM by The Maritime Executive

Finnish prosecutors are back in court seeking to hold a captain and a boatswain from a cargo ship responsible for dragging the ves...

Published Sep 9, 2026 2:36 PM by The Maritime Executive

The conflict between Iran and the United States has settled into a tit-for-tat battle in which the United States seeks to deplete...

Published Sep 8, 2026 5:26 PM by The Maritime Executive

The U.S. Department of Justice reported that MSC Shipmanagement and a Hong Kong shipowner each pleaded guilty to two counts in a M...