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UK Foils "Nefarious" Russian Activity Near Subsea Cables

Published Apr 9, 2026 4:57 PM by The Maritime Executive

The UK government claims that it has discovered and disrupted Russian plans to conduct "nefarious" activity over critical subsea f...

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Bering Sea Trawler Boarded and Investigated in Pollock-Counting Dispute

Published Apr 8, 2026 10:30 PM by The Maritime Executive

The U.S. Coast Guard and the Seattle-based American Seafoods Company (ASC) have launched a public dispute over how to count the po...

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Russia's Shadow Fleet Thumbs its Nose at the Royal Navy

Published Apr 8, 2026 6:41 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Russian Navy has mocked Britain’s Royal Navy by escorting two sanctioned, fully-laden shadow fleet tankers though the English...

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Iran Says Tankers Are Suspended at Hormuz Due to Israeli Attack on Lebanon

Published Apr 8, 2026 4:59 PM by The Maritime Executive

The hastily announced ceasefire agreement between the United States and Iran appears to already be on shaky ground as disputes hav...

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Iran Secures Cessation of US Attacks – But the War Goes On

Published Apr 8, 2026 4:12 PM by The Maritime Executive

As the first day of the ceasefire comes towards an end, the only substantive change on the ground in the region appears to be that...

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Two U.S. Deep-Sea Mining Companies Plan $1B Reverse Merger

Published Apr 8, 2026 4:12 PM by The Maritime Executive

Two players in the nascent U.S.-jurisdiction polymetallic nodule sector have agreed to a reverse merger to combine their holdings...

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Ukraine Claims to Have "Finished Off" Russia’s Last Kerch Strait Ferry

Published Apr 8, 2026 3:38 PM by The Maritime Executive

Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense (HUR) released details on its attack on Sunday night on what it says was Russia’s last operating fer...

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Video: Marines Carry Out Their First Boat-to-Boat Drone Strike

Published Apr 7, 2026 11:49 PM by The Maritime Executive

Much like Ukraine's front-line units, U.S. Marine Corps specialists are learning to build and deploy their own attack drones with...

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UK Destroyer Tasked With Defense of Cyprus Heads to Port for Repairs

Published Apr 7, 2026 7:20 PM by The Maritime Executive

The air defense destroyer that the UK dispatched to protect the British base on Cyprus has been delayed for a "minor technical sto...

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Russia and China Veto UN Security Council Resolution on Hormuz Security

Published Apr 7, 2026 5:29 PM by The Maritime Executive

On Tuesday, Russia and China vetoed a proposed UN Security Council resolution that would have endorsed defenses against Iranian at...

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