Portuguese Arrest Two Stowaways and One Crewmember in Large Cocaine Seizure

Published Aug 6, 2026 3:07 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Portuguese Judicial Police are reporting one of the country’s largest ever drug seizures completed aboard a Hong Kong-flagged...

Panama Canal Cuts Draft for Largest Ships as El Niño Intensifies

Published Aug 6, 2026 2:37 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Panama Canal Authority reported that it is lowering the maximum draft for the largest vessels transiting the canal as it works...

Published Aug 6, 2026 1:06 PM by The Maritime Executive

The nearly daily attacks on Ukraine’s seaports and commercial shipping are continuing, with reports that two more vessels were str...

Published Aug 5, 2026 6:45 PM by The Maritime Executive

The South Korean shipping company Janggeum Marine, part of the Sinokor Group, shared the details of the rescue of four crewmembers...

Published Aug 5, 2026 4:40 PM by The Maritime Executive

Swedish prosecutors charged the pilot who was aboard the cargo ship Misje Verde for his role in the incident in which the cargo sh...

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...

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...