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Coast Guard Relieves Commanding Officer of USCGC Tampa

Published Jun 24, 2025 4:26 PM by The Maritime Executive

Two months after the cutter USCGC Tampa returned from her latest deployment in the Caribbean, the Coast Guard has relieved her com...

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FMC Chairman Louis Sola to Step Down on June 30

Published Jun 24, 2025 1:32 PM by The Maritime Executive

   Louis E. Sola, the Chairman of the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission, announced he will be leaving his position as...

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Greece Deploys Navy to Monitor Migrant Vessels off Libya

Published Jun 23, 2025 11:41 PM by The Maritime Executive

Greece is dispatching naval vessels to waters off Libya to keep watch for migrant vessels headed for Crete and Gavdos. In the span...

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InterManager: Criminalization of Seafarers is Unacceptable

Published Jun 23, 2025 10:29 PM by The Maritime Executive

  This year's Day of the Seafarer celebration is focused on reducing harassment at sea, a challenge of the seafaring l...

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Scammers Try Out "Safe Passage" Extortion Scheme for Strait of Hormuz

Published Jun 23, 2025 8:28 PM by The Maritime Executive

  Calamities are a golden opportunity for unscrupulous scammers, who often try to trick unwitting survivors out of their m...

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Audit: Coast Guard is Only Catching One-Fifth of IUU Fishing Suspects

Published Jun 23, 2025 7:38 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Department of Homeland Security's internal watchdog agency reports that the U.S. Coast Guard is letting lots of illegal fi...

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Japan's Ruling Party Has a $7B Restructuring Plan for Shipbuilding

Published Jun 23, 2025 4:39 PM by The Maritime Executive

  As the U.S. considers policy proposals to revitalize a lagging shipbuilding industry, it is looking to Japan and South K...

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What Happens When a Country Sinks?

Published Jun 22, 2025 10:05 PM by The Lowy Interpreter

  [By Sheridan Ward] What happens when a country ceases to exist? Where do its people go, who no longer have a citizens...

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Amidst Iranian Strikes, Israel Moves Electric Cars Out of Ports

Published Jun 22, 2025 8:10 PM by The Maritime Executive

  Amidst an ongoing exchange of fire with Iran, Israel's Shipping and Ports Authority has ordered car importers to pre...

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As Kremlin Promotes Ties With S. Africa, FESCO Launches New Durban Service

Published Jun 22, 2025 6:50 PM by The Maritime Executive

  As part of its global expansion drive, Russia’s top container line FESCO has launched a new service linking key po...

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