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ISA Chief Warns That Unlicensed Deep Sea Mining Ores Will Be Hard to Sell

Published Apr 30, 2025 9:10 PM by The Maritime Executive

  The head of the UN's International Seabed Authority has panned the Trump administration's unilateral licensing p...

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Video: French Navy Tests Weaponized Jet Ski Drone Attacking Vessel

Published Apr 30, 2025 3:16 PM by The Maritime Executive

  The French Navy as part of an ongoing effort to develop new systems and defenses conducted a drone test using a modified...

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Revised SHIPS Act Introduced to Revitalize U.S. Merchant Marine

Published Apr 30, 2025 2:46 PM by The Maritime Executive

  A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators and Representatives reintroduced the broad SHIPS for America Act which is designed t...

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Seafarers' Rights Advance With Better Protections for Shore Leave

Published Apr 30, 2025 2:34 PM by Phil Schifflin

  At the Seamen’s Church Institute (SCI), we’ve spent over a century advocating for the dignity, safety, and w...

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UK Joins Airstrike on Houthi Drone Factory in Yemen

Published Apr 29, 2025 9:09 PM by The Maritime Executive

  The UK's military has rejoined the U.S.-led campaign against Yemen's Houthi rebels, reprising a role that Britai...

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Finnish Coast Guard Reports Dangerous Incident with Shadow Fleet Tanker

Published Apr 29, 2025 11:43 AM by The Maritime Executive

  Finland joined its neighbor Estonia in reporting a continuing increase in the number of suspicious vessels sailing in th...

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Trump Demands Free Transits for U.S. Ships on Suez Canal

Published Apr 28, 2025 9:02 PM by The Maritime Executive

  On Saturday, U.S. President Donald Trump called for the Suez Canal and the Panama Canal to provide no-cost transits for...

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U.S. Coast Guard Seizes Four Tonnes of Cocaine in Mid-Atlantic

Published Apr 28, 2025 8:19 PM by The Maritime Executive

  Earlier this month, the crew of the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Calhoun made an unusual drug bust - not unusual for the subs...

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Report: USS Truman Lost Fighter While Maneuvering to Avoid Houthi Attack

Published Apr 28, 2025 4:29 PM by The Maritime Executive

  The crew of the carrier USS Harry S. Truman lost a strike fighter over the side while repositioning it belowdecks, the N...

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Three Product Tankers Sanctioned by U.S. for Deliveries to Houthis

Published Apr 28, 2025 2:55 PM by The Maritime Executive

The United States is continuing its pressure campaign against the Houthis in Yemen and Iran as the sponsors of the militants wit...

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