Naval & Maritime Security

3+ hour, 5+ min ago   (94+ words) U.S. and multinational service members coordinate mission planning inside the Combined Air Operations Center during Exercise PANAMAX 2026 at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, Aug. 10, 2026. PANAMAX 2026 seeks to improve interoperability and strengthen collective capacity to conduct complex multinational and all-domain operations to…...

8+ hour, 27+ min ago   (321+ words) Houthi forces launched several attacks against Saudi Arabian oil infrastructure and captured the strategic island of Perim on Sunday. They now have control over the Bab-el-Mandeb strait, which separates the Arabian Peninsula from the Horn of Africa and is a…...

6+ hour, 5+ min ago   (255+ words) © Сергей Жмурчак - stock.adobe.com The United States Coast Guard announced the initial release of Navita, a new digital platform designed to streamline the application and issuance of merchant mariner credentials. The Latin word for “sailor,” Navita (pronounced “Nā·vï…...

6+ hour, 34+ min ago   (339+ words) Published by George Whittier Published Sep 14, 2026 2:59 PM by The Maritime Executive Two of the commercial ships hijacked by Somali pirates were recently freed, while four other small tankers remain under the control of the pirates. The situation continues in what…...

4+ hour, 9+ min ago   (234+ words) Muscat, September 14, 2026, SPA -- Chief of Staff of the Sultan's Armed Forces Vice Admiral Abdullah bin Khamis Al Raisi received Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition (IMCTC) Secretary-General Maj. Gen. Mohammed bin Saeed Al-Moghedi today, as part of the coalition's efforts to…...

7+ hour, 46+ min ago   (271+ words) The conversation moved beyond diplomacy as attacks on ports and shipping routes raised concerns reaching far outside the Black Sea region. Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha held a phone call with Costa Rica’s Foreign Minister Manuel Tovar Rivera. The two…...

3+ hour, 35+ min ago   (722+ words) One email, every weekday morning. African markets, politics and business — filed from our newsroom in Rio. Yesterday’s subject line: “South Africa's bank watchdog has gone quiet” Somali piracy did not come back gradually. Attacks went from five in 2025 to at…...

9+ hour, 3+ min ago   (161+ words) Bahrain says commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz must be allowed to pass without fees or permits, as regional tensions continue over the strategic waterway. In a statement, the Bahraini government said any arrangement governing navigation through the strait…...

5+ hour, 10+ min ago   (326+ words) The Coast Guard commissioned the USCGC Jeffrey Palazzo (WPC-1163), a Bollinger-built Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutter, during a Sept. 12 ceremony at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York. Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, La., built the 154' cutter, which is named for…...

5+ hour, 34+ min ago   (655+ words) Through its narrow waters separating Iran and the Sultanate of Oman, about one-fifth of the world’s oil supplies passed daily, along with enormous quantities of liquefied natural gas. Oil companies warned of rising prices at the opening of the markets,…...