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Father & Son Team Sentenced for Importing Heroin in Juice Bottles
A father and his son have been sentenced to brief, suspended prison terms for helping a crime group to import heroin int...
Read More >>U.S. Navy Cuts Constellation-Class Frigate, But Pledges Support for FMG
The U.S. Navy has decided to terminate the last four ships of the Constellation-class frigate program, which has been de...
Read More >>Iranian Watchdog NGO UANI Adds 23 Tankers to “Ghost Armada”
Marking the fifth anniversary of the publication of its listing of the “Ghost Armada,” the NGO United Agains...
Read More >>German Researchers Build a Grapple Mini-Sub to Remove Trash
Ocean litter tech projects generally focus on visible, floating trash that drifts on the surface and wash...
Read More >>Flag Registry Strains the Cook Islands' Relations With New Zealand
The government of New Zealand is displeased with a semi-independent territory, the Cook Islands, which has outsourced it...
Read More >>Study: Starlink Could Be Jammed Using Hundreds of Drone Aircraft
One of Ukraine's key advantages in the defense against Russia is the "unjammable" over-the-horizon communi...
Read More >>UK Tracks Two Years of Increased Russian Naval Activity
The UK’s Ministry of Defence reported details on additional sightings of Russian vessels in its waters after reporting a r...
Read More >>IMO Council Elections Heat Up
This week will be a tense one at the International Maritime Organization (IMO)'s London headquarters overlooking the...
Read More >>Op-Ed: Peace in Gaza May Not Mean Peace in the Red Sea
[By Matt Reisener] Since October 2023, the Houthis, a Yemeni rebel group that seized control over much of the country...
Read More >>Livestock Carrier's Chief Officer Charged With Cocaine Smuggling
The chief officer of a foreign-flagged livestock carrier has been charged in connection with an attempt to smuggle at le...
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