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Urgent Alert After Chinese Bulker Issues Distress Signal

Published Jan 30, 2026 3:50 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Philippine Coast Guard issued an urgent alert to all vessels on Friday, January 30, after it received a distress call from a C...

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AMTI: China Coast Guard Focuses its Patrols on Scarborough Shoal

Published Jan 29, 2026 9:20 PM by The Maritime Executive

Scarborough Shoal has been a flash point for tensions between the Philippines and China since 2012, when Chinese forces occupied t...

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After Greenland Dispute, EU Wants to Reduce Dependence on American LNG

Published Jan 29, 2026 8:12 PM by The Maritime Executive

The European Union's top energy official is actively looking to source LNG from outside of the United States, the EU's biggest sup...

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Rubio: Vitol and Trafigura Have a Temporary Role in Venezuelan Oil

Published Jan 29, 2026 7:53 PM by The Maritime Executive

The U.S. has released one of the shadow fleet tankers that it seized in the Caribbean over the past month, Secretary of State Marc...

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DiBella Designated as FMC Chair After Seven-Month Vacancy

Published Jan 29, 2026 7:35 PM by The Maritime Executive

Recently appointed Commissioner Laura DiBella has been designated as the next Chair of the Federal Maritime Commission by Donald T...

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Report: UK Chases “Suspicious” Russian Cargo Ship from Bristol Channel

Published Jan 29, 2026 3:30 PM by The Maritime Executive

British media is abuzz with reports that a “suspicious” Russian cargo ship was chased out of the Bristol Channel. The ship had rep...

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Ukraine Catches Russian Mole Inside of its Sea Drone Program

Published Jan 29, 2026 3:13 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Security Service of Ukraine, the nation's main counterintelligence division, has arrested a servicemember who was allegedly pl...

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Italian Officers to Go On Trial for Migrant Shipwreck that Killed 94

Published Jan 29, 2026 10:41 AM by The Maritime Executive

A case that is bound to have far-reaching ramifications on how European countries respond to search and rescue operations of migra...

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U.S. Navy Destroyer Joins Philippine Navy Near Contested S. China Sea Shoal

Published Jan 28, 2026 11:20 PM by The Maritime Executive

Last weekend, a U.S. Navy destroyer conducted a joint drill with Philippine forces near Scarborough Shoal, a Chinese-occupied reef...

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An Armada May Be On the Way to Iran, But It Has Not Yet Arrived

Published Jan 28, 2026 9:43 PM by The Maritime Executive

President Trump has told an audience that "there's another beautiful armada floating beautifully toward Iran right now." Some comm...

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