Calls for Vigilance Due to Rise in Piracy and Robberies in 2025

Published Oct 15, 2025 7:28 PM by The Maritime Executive

  The merchant shipping industry continues to face the threats of piracy and armed robberies, but the ICC International Ma...

After Years in the Dark, Iran's Tankers Switch AIS Transponders Back On

Published Oct 15, 2025 4:20 PM by The Maritime Executive

  For reasons not yet apparent, Iranian flagged tankers have turned their AIS transmitters back on. For the past seven yea...

Published Oct 15, 2025 3:22 PM by The Maritime Executive

China’s reciprocal port fee program launched yesterday,  October 14, and is having an immediate impact as carriers re...

Published Oct 15, 2025 12:06 PM by The Maritime Executive

Russia’s dark fleet operators, who move cargoes of crude oil that can be subject to US and other Western-nation sanctions,...

Published Oct 14, 2025 8:33 PM by The Maritime Executive

New Zealand authorities announced the selection of a Chinese shipbuilder for the much-troubled and sometimes controversial proje...

Published Oct 14, 2025 6:23 PM by The Maritime Executive

Chinese officials are celebrating the arrival in record time of the containership Istanbul Bridge at the Port of Felixstowe. The...

Published Oct 14, 2025 4:02 PM by The Maritime Executive

  The Swedish Prosecution Authority reports it has closed the investigation into a January communication cable break in th...

Published Oct 13, 2025 10:23 PM by Harry Valentine

  During the early to mid 1900s, manufacturers of steam locomotives also built compressed air powered locomotives for the...

Published Oct 13, 2025 7:37 PM by The Maritime Executive

The world’s first methanol bunker barge was launched last week in China and is destined for operations in Singapore. It is...

Published Oct 13, 2025 6:23 PM by The Maritime Executive

  After devastating winds and seas from the last remnants of Typhoon Halong swept through the Bering Sea, the U.S. Coast G...