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Father & Son Team Sentenced for Importing Heroin in Juice Bottles

Published Nov 25, 2025 8:15 PM by The Maritime Executive

  A father and his son have been sentenced to brief, suspended prison terms for helping a crime group to import heroin int...

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U.S. Navy Cuts Constellation-Class Frigate, But Pledges Support for FMG

Published Nov 25, 2025 6:56 PM by The Maritime Executive

  The U.S. Navy has decided to terminate the last four ships of the Constellation-class frigate program, which has been de...

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Iranian Watchdog NGO UANI Adds 23 Tankers to “Ghost Armada”

Published Nov 25, 2025 1:42 PM by The Maritime Executive

  Marking the fifth anniversary of the publication of its listing of the “Ghost Armada,” the NGO United Agains...

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German Researchers Build a Grapple Mini-Sub to Remove Trash

Published Nov 24, 2025 11:53 PM by The Maritime Executive

    Ocean litter tech projects generally focus on visible, floating trash that drifts on the surface and wash...

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Flag Registry Strains the Cook Islands' Relations With New Zealand

Published Nov 24, 2025 10:13 PM by The Maritime Executive

  The government of New Zealand is displeased with a semi-independent territory, the Cook Islands, which has outsourced it...

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Study: Starlink Could Be Jammed Using Hundreds of Drone Aircraft

Published Nov 24, 2025 9:11 PM by The Maritime Executive

  One of Ukraine's key advantages in the defense against Russia is the "unjammable" over-the-horizon communi...

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UK Tracks Two Years of Increased Russian Naval Activity

Published Nov 24, 2025 5:57 PM by The Maritime Executive

The UK’s Ministry of Defence reported details on additional sightings of Russian vessels in its waters after reporting a r...

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IMO Council Elections Heat Up

Published Nov 24, 2025 2:18 PM by The Maritime Executive

  This week will be a tense one at the International Maritime Organization (IMO)'s London headquarters overlooking the...

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Op-Ed: Peace in Gaza May Not Mean Peace in the Red Sea

Published Nov 23, 2025 11:25 PM by CIMSEC

  [By Matt Reisener] Since October 2023, the Houthis, a Yemeni rebel group that seized control over much of the country...

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Livestock Carrier's Chief Officer Charged With Cocaine Smuggling

Published Nov 23, 2025 10:16 PM by The Maritime Executive

  The chief officer of a foreign-flagged livestock carrier has been charged in connection with an attempt to smuggle at le...

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