Burundi’s Main Port Struggles to Recover From Flooding

Published May 8, 2026 4:59 PM by The Maritime Executive

The landlocked East African nation of Burundi is racing against time to rebuild its main port facility that was damaged by flood w...

UK's Port of Blyth Targets Offshore Wind Dominance

Published May 8, 2026 4:59 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Port of Blyth in the United Kingdom is pushing to cement its dominance as a hub for North Sea offshore wind operations after u...

Published May 6, 2026 6:46 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Virginia Port Authority has named its next chief executive officer: Sarah J. McCoy, a longtime veteran of port operations at V...

Published May 5, 2026 4:42 PM by The Maritime Executive

Sang Yi, a naval reserve officer with a merchant mariner’s license who had been at the leadership of the U.S. Maritime Administrat...

Published May 5, 2026 2:09 PM by The Maritime Executive

President Rouhani of Iran, in his last days in office in July 2021, declared the Jask oil terminal project completed. The $2 billi...

Published May 4, 2026 6:25 PM by The Maritime Executive

A lifting operation on Sunday, May 3, removed the sunken inland cargo ship Sola Gratia, which had gone down in an important shippi...

Published May 1, 2026 8:39 PM by The Maritime Executive

Tradepoint Atlantic and MSC’s Terminal Investment Limited (TiL) broke ground on May 1 on the Sparrows Point Container Terminal. A...

Published May 1, 2026 3:17 PM by The Maritime Executive

The long-running dispute regarding a Chinese company’s 99-year lease of Australia’s Darwin port took a new turn with Landbridge Gr...

Published Apr 28, 2026 8:09 PM by The Maritime Executive

The emerging market for ammonia-fueled commercial shipping achieved its next milestone with the first-ever port-to-ship bunkering...

Published Apr 24, 2026 12:11 PM by The Maritime Executive

Ukrainian officials report that Russia continues to target the port infrastructure in the Greater Odesa region in an effort to dis...