Tanker Awaiting Scrapping Stuck in Limbo by US Sanctions

Published Jun 5, 2026 5:56 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Bangladeshi scrappers community and the cash buyers are dealing with what they termed a “highly unusual incident” after one of...

Five Azerbaijani Seafarers Killed as Ukraine Attacks Cargo Ships

Published Jun 5, 2026 4:38 PM by The Maritime Executive

Five Azerbaijani seafarers were killed, and between three and six more were injured, in a series of attacks on commercial shipping...

Published Jun 5, 2026 3:21 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Panama Canal Authority issued an advisory to shipping companies announcing that it plans to reduce the maximum authorized draf...

Published Jun 5, 2026 1:23 PM by The Maritime Executive

Oman’s oil export terminal at Mina Al Fahal is loading as normal on June 5, after Reuters was told by three separate sources that...

Published Jun 5, 2026 11:17 AM by The Maritime Executive

The United States has carried out another interdiction of a stateless tanker in the Indian Ocean. U.S. Indo-Pacific Command report...

Published Jun 4, 2026 11:18 PM by The Maritime Executive

ESG performance remains as variable in shipping as the industry itself, a new report from Lloyds Register's Advisory branch sugges...

Published Jun 4, 2026 10:46 PM by The Maritime Executive

Oil market experts have disagreements about what comes next if the Strait of Hormuz shutdown continues on, but inventories are fal...

Published Jun 4, 2026 3:37 PM by The Maritime Executive

A Swedish court has agreed with prosecutors that a cargo ship accused of stealing grain from the occupied regions of Ukraine can b...

Published Jun 4, 2026 1:26 PM by The Maritime Executive

French prosecutors confirmed that the captain of the tanker Tagor, which France stopped on May 31, has been released. Prosecutor S...

Published Jun 3, 2026 3:11 PM by The Maritime Executive

French prosecutors confirmed that they have taken the master of the shadow fleet tanker detained on Sunday into custody as the inv...