116 Migrants Rescued From Offshore Gas Platform in the Med

Published Mar 24, 2026 6:20 PM by The Maritime Executive

Last week, the humanitarian rescue NGO SOS Mediterranee saved 116 people from the Miskar gas platform, an offshore facility in the...

Grounding of the Ever Given: When Hydrodynamics Turns Into Financial Risk

Published Mar 24, 2026 3:12 PM by Capt. Volodymyr Smirnov

On March 23, 2021, the ultra-large container vessel Ever Given grounded in the Suez Canal during sandstorm conditions, blocking on...

Published Mar 24, 2026 1:40 PM by The Maritime Executive

Libyan officials on Tuesday, March 24, posted pictures showing a towline secured to the burnt-out gas carrier Arctic Metagaz. Mult...

Published Mar 23, 2026 8:11 PM by The Maritime Executive

The U.S. Coast Guard has named two tugboat crewmembers who passed away in a confined-space incident aboard a barge near Ketchikan...

Published Mar 23, 2026 7:20 PM by The Maritime Executive

Reports of Iranian mines in the Strait of Hormuz have circulated for weeks, but the most detailed signal yet comes from CBS, which...

Published Mar 23, 2026 3:24 PM by The Maritime Executive

Last week, the container ship MSC Alexandra broke away from her moorings and hit a newly-built pier at a port in India, according...

Published Mar 22, 2026 9:02 PM by The Maritime Executive

Although the incident has been accompanied by much disinformation and confusion, it is evident that on or before March 20, Iran's...

Published Mar 21, 2026 5:07 PM by The Maritime Executive

Libya’s National Oil Company reports it has retained international experts specialized in incident response to address the driftin...

Published Mar 20, 2026 9:10 PM by The Maritime Executive

A decision to switch off the navigational echo sounders to avoid interfering with scientific instruments is emerging as a key fact...

Published Mar 19, 2026 11:34 PM by The Maritime Executive

In a Senate hearing Thursday, U.S. Southern Command's top officer told lawmakers that the high-profile airstrikes on drug boats th...