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Video: Ukrainian Drones Damage Vital Russian Black Sea Oil and Gas Terminal

Published Jan 22, 2026 6:08 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Defense Forces of Ukraine announced a new strike on the oil and gas terminal at Taman on the peninsula on the eastern side of...

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Carrier USS Abraham Lincoln Faces Open Water in the Gulf of Oman

Published Jan 22, 2026 5:16 PM by The Maritime Executive

USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) and her carrier strike group (CSG) should shortly be arriving in the Gulf of Oman sea area, adding to...

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Op-Ed: Carrier Deployments Prompt Speculation About a U.S. Attack on Iran

Published Jan 22, 2026 2:21 PM by The Maritime Executive

Open source intelligence sleuths posting on social media are closely monitoring US force deployments into the Middle East region,...

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RFA Facing Strike Action After Union Reject Pay Offer

Published Jan 21, 2026 10:57 PM by The Maritime Executive

The crisis-ridden Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) is staring at operational paralysis after a trade union rejected a pay offer for the...

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Florida Man Charged With Trying to Sell Cocaine He Found at Sea

Published Jan 21, 2026 9:13 PM by The Maritime Executive

Finding a lost cocaine cargo at sea might seem like a payday, since landed prices for a kilo are well into the five figures in Nor...

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Russian Tanker's Channel Transit Gets Heightened Scrutiny

Published Jan 21, 2026 6:47 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Russian military product tanker General Skobelev is a regular sight in the English Channel and Strait of Gibraltar, and she ro...

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Fuel Supplier Convicted of 34 Felonies in Scheme to Defraud Navy and USCG

Published Jan 21, 2026 5:42 PM by The Maritime Executive

A federal jury in West Palm Beach, Florida, found a local fuel supplier guilty of orchestrating a scheme to defraud the U.S. of ov...

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French Navy Intercepts Record Cocaine Shipment Near French Polynesia

Published Jan 21, 2026 2:27 PM by The Maritime Executive

French authorities reported a record cocaine seizure in the waters of French Polynesia as part of an increased effort to intercept...

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DC Court Dismisses High-Profile Legal Challenge to the Jones Act

Published Jan 20, 2026 10:59 PM by The Maritime Executive

A high-profile legal challenge to the constitutionality of the Jones Act has been shot down in federal court, bringing a close to...

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Chagos Islands Transfer Deal Hits US Opposition

Published Jan 20, 2026 10:39 PM by The Maritime Executive

The passage of the Chagos Islands bill through the British Houses of Parliament entered stormy waters on January 20, when amendmen...

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