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Canadian Coast Guard Fires Captain Who Willfully Disregarded Distress Call

Published Mar 10, 2026 9:33 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Canadian Coast Guard disciplined a veteran captain with 18 years of experience, firing him after an incident in which it found...

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The United States Can’t Deter China Without Allied Shipyards

Published Mar 10, 2026 8:48 PM by CIMSEC

[By Patrick M. Cronin and David Glick] Industrial endurance and allied integration are indispensable to making deterrence-by-denia...

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U.S. Navy Turns Down Hormuz Escort Requests Because of High Risk

Published Mar 10, 2026 5:45 PM by The Maritime Executive

The U.S. Navy has so far declined to provide Strait of Hormuz escorts for shipping, despite daily requests, multiple sources told...

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Pakistan Begins Escorting Shipping as Fuel Austerity Measures are Enacted

Published Mar 10, 2026 2:41 PM by The Maritime Executive

Pakistan became the first nation outside the Arabian Gulf region to announce sweeping austerity measures due to the skyrocketing p...

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EU Plans for Ship Scrapping Reignite Debate Over India's HKC Standards

Published Mar 9, 2026 10:17 PM by The Maritime Executive

A declaration by the European Union of plans to cooperate with India in ship recycling has ignited controversy over the country’s...

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Russia Moves to Capitalize on Energy Market Turmoil From Iran Conflict

Published Mar 9, 2026 10:17 PM by The Maritime Executive

Russia stands well-positioned to take advantage of spiking oil prices and turmoil in the energy markets, both on its short-term re...

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Cambodia's Blue Economy Problem

Published Mar 9, 2026 7:01 PM by The Lowy Interpreter

[By Nory Ly] Cambodia isn’t typically thought of as a coastal nation. But its shoreline of 435?kilometers alongside the Gulf of Th...

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India Offered Refuge to Iranian Frigate Before U.S. Navy Sank It

Published Mar 9, 2026 2:51 PM by The Maritime Executive

The sinking of the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena was a matter of great sensitivity for India, as the warship had just attended an inte...

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Op-Ed: Conflict With Iran Opens a Missile-Defense Gap for China

Published Mar 8, 2026 9:26 PM by The Strategist

[By David Axe] The US- and Israeli-led war on Iran has been, with a few key caveats, a quick military success for the United State...

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Report: White House Considering a Raid to Seize Kharg Island

Published Mar 8, 2026 7:34 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Trump administration is contemplating a series of special forces operations inside of Iran, potentially including a raid to se...

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