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Carrier USS Ford Pulls Into Port at Crete for Fire-Damage Repairs

Published Mar 25, 2026 5:30 PM by The Maritime Executive

The carrier USS Gerald R. Ford has pulled into Souda Bay, Crete for repairs after a serious fire that started in a laundry room. T...

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UK and France Forming Multinational Effort for Strait of Hormuz

Published Mar 25, 2026 2:25 PM by The Maritime Executive

Additional details are coming out on the reported plan being led by the UK’s Royal Navy and France to develop a multinational effo...

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Little Change at Strait of Hormuz After Trump's 48-Hour Threat

Published Mar 22, 2026 5:26 PM by The Maritime Executive

President Donald Trump has given the Iranian government until Monday evening to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, which he has previous...

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Israel Protects Azerbaijan With Strike on Iran's Caspian Fleet

Published Mar 21, 2026 7:42 PM by The Maritime Executive

Israel's strike on Iranian naval assets in the Caspian Sea, which took place on the evening of March 18, were the first attacks on...

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North Korean Shipments of Shells to Russia Tail Off

Published Mar 21, 2026 3:46 PM by The Maritime Executive

Analysis carried out by Egor Feoktistov for the independent Russian research organization the Open Source Centre (OSC) has shown i...

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Shared Radar: Maritime Supply Chain Visibility in a Weaponized World

Published Mar 21, 2026 3:46 PM by Mikael Lind et al.

[by Mikael Lind, Wolfgang Lehmacher, Mattias Elfström, Sandra Haraldson, Johan Östling] Not long ago, supply chains were treated a...

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Op Ed: Keep Oil Prices Down or Sustain the Iranian Regime?

Published Mar 21, 2026 2:40 PM by The Maritime Executive

U.S. policymakers are faced with a dilemma, and one which is already being argued over in the domestic political arena. Should the...

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Fitness App Reveals Location of French Carrier Strike Group

Published Mar 20, 2026 8:47 PM by The Maritime Executive

French officials were embarrassed and worked quickly to correct an incident after the newspaper Le Monde on Thursday revealed it h...

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Trump Calls NATO Allies “Cowards” for Not Supporting Opening Hormuz

Published Mar 20, 2026 5:44 PM by The Maritime Executive

There are many comments circulating after Donald Trump went on social media early on Friday, March 20, and called America’s NATO a...

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Video: One Survivor of Latest U.S. Strike on Suspected Drug Smuggling Boat

Published Mar 20, 2026 1:51 PM by The Maritime Executive

U.S. Southern Command is confirming a new strike on a suspected drug smuggling boat while saying it believed three individuals sur...

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