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Coast Guard Relieves Commanding Officer of USCGC Tampa
Two months after the cutter USCGC Tampa returned from her latest deployment in the Caribbean, the Coast Guard has relieved her com...
Read More >>FMC Chairman Louis Sola to Step Down on June 30
Louis E. Sola, the Chairman of the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission, announced he will be leaving his position as...
Read More >>Greece Deploys Navy to Monitor Migrant Vessels off Libya
Greece is dispatching naval vessels to waters off Libya to keep watch for migrant vessels headed for Crete and Gavdos. In the span...
Read More >>InterManager: Criminalization of Seafarers is Unacceptable
This year's Day of the Seafarer celebration is focused on reducing harassment at sea, a challenge of the seafaring l...
Read More >>Scammers Try Out "Safe Passage" Extortion Scheme for Strait of Hormuz
Calamities are a golden opportunity for unscrupulous scammers, who often try to trick unwitting survivors out of their m...
Read More >>Audit: Coast Guard is Only Catching One-Fifth of IUU Fishing Suspects
The Department of Homeland Security's internal watchdog agency reports that the U.S. Coast Guard is letting lots of illegal fi...
Read More >>Japan's Ruling Party Has a $7B Restructuring Plan for Shipbuilding
As the U.S. considers policy proposals to revitalize a lagging shipbuilding industry, it is looking to Japan and South K...
Read More >>What Happens When a Country Sinks?
[By Sheridan Ward] What happens when a country ceases to exist? Where do its people go, who no longer have a citizens...
Read More >>Amidst Iranian Strikes, Israel Moves Electric Cars Out of Ports
Amidst an ongoing exchange of fire with Iran, Israel's Shipping and Ports Authority has ordered car importers to pre...
Read More >>As Kremlin Promotes Ties With S. Africa, FESCO Launches New Durban Service
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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