Shipping Organizations Warn UN Hormuz Fees Would be Difficult Precedent

Published Aug 5, 2026 2:15 PM by The Maritime Executive

Eight of the world’s leading shipping trade associations, representing elements from containerships to tankers, bulkers, and passe...

Swedish Supreme Court Upholds Seizure of Shadowy Vessel for Ukraine

Published Aug 5, 2026 1:13 PM by The Maritime Executive

Officials in Ukraine are reporting that they were informed that Sweden’s Supreme Court has upheld a lower court decision to hand o...

Published Aug 5, 2026 12:03 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Houthi rebels in Yemen asserted that they are expanding their blockade against Saudi tankers, reporting an attack on a vessel...

Published Aug 4, 2026 12:36 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey issued a statement on Tuesday, August 4, again calling for both Russia a...

Published Aug 3, 2026 8:29 PM by The Maritime Executive

At the outset of the pandemic, ocean carriers chartered-in the majority of their tonnage, giving them the flexibility to grow or s...

Published Aug 3, 2026 7:06 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Seafarer Happiness Index continues to slip, reports The Mission to Seafarers, not only due to the shocks from the war in the P...

Published Aug 3, 2026 1:03 PM by The Maritime Executive

Swedish prosecutors confirmed over the weekend that they had requested that the captain of a Norwegian cargo ship be arrested and...

Published Aug 2, 2026 6:12 PM by The Conversation

[By Anthony Clarke and Chris Kirkland] Few episodes occupy a darker place in maritime history than the wreck of the Batavia. Wreck...

Published Aug 2, 2026 5:10 PM by The Maritime Executive

A fire on board a crowded Indonesian ferry has killed at least five people, according to authorities in Java, and dozens of passen...

Published Aug 1, 2026 1:47 PM by The Maritime Executive

Ukraine struck a container vessel operated by Fesco, a division of Rosatom, while the vessel was transiting the Black Sea bound fo...