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Danish Navy and Icelandic Coast Guard Conduct Exercises in Arctic Response
As part of the efforts to demonstrate a continuing strong presence in the Arctic region, the Royal Danish Navy conducted exercises...
Read More >>Royal Navy Pulls Last Ship From Bahrain, Ending 46-Year Gulf Presence
The Daily Telegraph has carried a report that the Royal Navy is intending to withdraw its last ship permanently stationed at HMS J...
Read More >>Iranian Cargo Ship Sailing Near USS Abraham Lincoln in Straits of Malacca
Data shows that an Iranian cargo ship is sailing in proximity to the U.S. carrier group led by USS Abraham Lincoln as the group ma...
Read More >>"Chip Wreck" off Sussex Coast in Second Edible Food Invasion
In early December, beaches in the county of Sussex on the southern coast of England were carpeted in bananas washed ashore from 16...
Read More >>Chinese Fishing Boats Assembled in Vast Formation Near Taiwan
Last month, ship-tracking data consultancy Starboard Maritime Intelligence detected something unusual in the East China Sea. In pa...
Read More >>Power Struggles Over the Ocean’s Resources Call for Creative Diplomacy
[By Jonas Gamso and Hossain Ahmed Taufiq] Oceans shape everyday life in powerful ways. They cover 70% of the planet, carry 90% of...
Read More >>Houston-Based Battery Power Startup Gets Backing From Maersk
Many shipping-industry analysts have downplayed the potential of hybrid or battery-electric propulsion for long-distance ocean rou...
Read More >>South Africa Probes Unauthorized Iranian Participation in Naval Exercise
The South African Defence Ministry has set up a Board of Inquiry to find out why President Cyril Ramaphosa’s instructions that Ira...
Read More >>Op-Ed: China's Shipping Sector Would Thrive Under IMO Carbon Rules
[By Mao Xiaoli] Later this year, member states of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) will resume negotiations on whethe...
Read More >>Closing the Gap: EU Harmonization and the Future of Ship Recycling
Global ship recycling no longer suffers from a lack of rules. It suffers from a failure to connect them. What is often described a...
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