Strait of Hormuz Traffic is Rising, and Oil Prices are Plummeting

Published Jun 24, 2026 6:36 PM by The Maritime Executive

Traffic levels in the Strait of Hormuz are showing signs of improvement as a formal plan for outbound transits begins to take effe...

China Denies Targeting Panama-Flagged Ships for Increased Inspections

Published Jun 24, 2026 4:47 PM by The Maritime Executive

China’s Ambassador to the United States is asserting that China’s increased inspections of Panama-flagged ships are due to fishing...

Published Jun 24, 2026 2:45 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Nigerian Navy is reporting that it again seized several stowaways as it is grappling with a growing problem of stowaways attem...

Published Jun 24, 2026 2:31 PM by The Maritime Executive

Officials in both the Philippines and Ukraine are reporting that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has released at least so...

Published Jun 23, 2026 12:20 PM by The Maritime Executive

Building on the agreement between the United States and Iran and news of “constructive talks” with reports of “encouraging progres...

Published Jun 22, 2026 10:50 PM by The Maritime Executive

Despite some new conflicting guidance from U.S. and Iranian forces on the safest route through the Strait of Hormuz, commercial sh...

Published Jun 22, 2026 8:47 PM by The Maritime Executive

Now that the U.S. has signed a ceasefire deal with Iran and tanker flows in the Strait of Hormuz appear to be back on the rise, Am...

Published Jun 22, 2026 7:27 PM by Mikael Lind et al.

[by Mikael Lind, Wolfgang Lehmacher, Sandra Haraldson, Morten Brühl, Matilda Gustafsson, David Hallgren, Mikaela Kenne, Krister Ro...

Published Jun 22, 2026 3:20 PM by The Maritime Executive

In what is being called a “milestone agreement” designed to accelerate the adoption of zero-emission shipping, Belgium’s CMB.TECH...

Published Jun 22, 2026 1:05 PM by The Maritime Executive

Ukraine is once again denouncing Russian attacks on commercial shipping in the Black Sea, reporting that one seafarer was killed o...