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US and UK Safety Warnings for Shipping in Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean
American and British officials issued warnings to ships operating in regions ranging from the Indian Ocean to the Gulf o...
Read More >>South Korea Investigates Mysterious Sinking of Unmanned Cargo Ship
The South Korea Coast Guard has a mystery to unravel after they received reports of a small, 200-ton cargo ship sin...
Read More >>Black Sea Storm Disrupts Russian Navy's Operations
The winter storm that caused multiple casualties in the Black Sea last weekend has also forced the Russian Navy to withdraw its su...
Read More >>French Helicopter Carrier Arrives to Provide Medical Aid for Gaza
A French amphibious assault ship equipped with 40 hospital beds has arrived in El Arish, Egypt in preparation for treating casualt...
Read More >>Oil Interests Impede Progress on Plastic Treaty
[By Jackson Ambole and Emma Bryce] In mid-November, hundreds of protestors marched through the streets of Nairobi, led by a cer...
Read More >>Op-Ed: China Enslaves People at Sea and We Don't Have a Way to Stop It
As states and institutions come to terms with their historic roles in perpetrating slavery, new investigative reporting indicates...
Read More >>US Believes Somali Pirates Attacked Tanker; Missiles Were Fired From Yemen
U.S. officials at the Pentagon provided additional details today on the events in the Gulf of Aden saying that initial i...
Read More >>China Launches Expedition to Build Fifth Antarctic Base
After years of preparation, China will this week start the construction of its fifth Antarctic research station. According to Chin...
Read More >>Op-Ed: Who Should Own Ocean Data?
[By Asgeir J. Sørensen, Geir Johansen, Tore Arne Johansen, Martin Ludvigsen and Eirik Selnæs...
Read More >>12 Stowaways Attempt to Reach San Juan by Barge
On Saturday, the U.S. Coast Guard and the Border Patrol rescued 12 stowaways who had boarded a barge at San Juan, Puerto Rico.&nbs...
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