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Rising Tensions in Yemen Threaten Red Sea Transits
There have been a number of worrying indicators recently that tensions between the Houthis in the north and the Internationally Re...
Read More >>South Korea Gears Up to Implement U.S. Shipbuilding Investment Plan
South Korea's government-backed policy banks are gearing up for a well-publicized initiative to invest in the U.S. domestic shipbu...
Read More >>How Russia Benefited From Iran’s Chokepoint Weapon
[By Rustam Taghizade] When the Trump administration granted India a 30-day waiver on March 5 to purchase Russian oil, the formal j...
Read More >>Carrying the Risk: What Protects Seafarers in a War Zone?
Every year for the past two decades, the world has celebrated June 25 as the Day of the Seafarer. This year’s theme, “Carrying wor...
Read More >>Germany Scraps F126 Program in Favor of Proven Frigate Design
On Wednesday, the German government announced that it would be scrapping its F126 frigate program after a series of setbacks, citi...
Read More >>Op-Ed: The Hormuz Crisis Will Not Replay Itself in the South China Sea
[By Hunter Marston] The ink has barely dried from the latest deal between the United States and Iran, and analysts have doubts abo...
Read More >>Will the European Strait of Hormuz Force Float?
A flotilla of ships destined to bulk out the FS Charles de Gaulle Carrier Strike Group has joined up in the Arabian Sea, all part...
Read More >>Russia is Fitting its Drone Boats With Illicit Starlink Terminals
Ukraine's armed forces are known for use of unmanned boats to conduct attacks in the Black Sea, but Russia is catching up - in par...
Read More >>ECSA: Europe Should Use Carbon Fee Revenue to Support Green Fuels
The European Union and its individual member states are pulling in billions of dollars in carbon tax revenue from the maritime sec...
Read More >>U.S. Gives Four Underwater-Capable Surveillance Drones to the Philippines
The U.S. government is transferring ownership of four advanced drone boats to the Philippines, expanding the ability of the countr...
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