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Geopolitical Disruption Reduces Cargo Volume at Port of Antwerp
The Port of Antwerp-Bruges is feeling the impact of a myriad of domestic and global challenges after cargo throughput plunged duri...
Read More >>Multiple Crewmembers Killed in Russian Strike on Turkish Bulker
Over the weekend, Russian forces struck a Turkish-owned bulker off the coast of Odesa, killing six crewmembers and leaving four mi...
Read More >>Autonomous Technology Makes it Possible to be a Mariner - On Land
[By Henriette Louise Krogness] Uncrewed vessels that navigate themselves and notify operators when they need support from shore-ba...
Read More >>Long-Deployed Russian Frigate Leaves English Channel
The Russian frigate RFS Admiral Grigorovich (F494), which has been stationed in the English Channel for several months, arrived ba...
Read More >>Central Command Settles Into New Battle Rhythm as Reinforcements Arrive
Two weeks ago, when the ceasefire in the Gulf was more or less holding, the Maritime Executive reported that the US Navy was maint...
Read More >>Covert Maritime Intelligence and Russia’s Shadow Fleet
[By Catherine Marie Abbott] It is widely documented that Russia has leveraged various threat vectors to employ coercive and ancill...
Read More >>USCG Resumes Monitoring of Chinese Research Vessels Entering the Arctic
The U.S. Coast Guard reports that it has again begun monitoring as Chinese research vessels entered the Bering Sea and transited t...
Read More >>Russia Strikes Mykolaiv as Ukraine Continues Unrelenting Shipping Attacks
Russian drones struck the Ukrainian port of Mykolaiv for the second time in recent days on Friday morning, July 17, as the two sid...
Read More >>Royal Navy Retires Aging Ships Due to High Maintenance Costs
The United Kingdom government has, in recent years, repeatedly admitted that keeping the aging Type 23 frigates in service has bec...
Read More >>Port of Los Angeles Posts Best-Ever June Numbers for Container Handling
The Port of Los Angeles posted its best-ever container volume numbers for the month of June, edging past the one million-TEU mark...
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