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ITF Calls Out "Worst Case of Seafarer Abandonment Ever Seen"

Published May 6, 2024 5:49 PM by The Maritime Executive

The International Transport Workers' Federation has identified another Mideast vessel operator that has allegedly abandon...

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Smugglers Toss 2.5 Tons of Cocaine Overboard to Escape Royal Navy Pursuit

Published May 6, 2024 5:12 PM by The Maritime Executive

  The latest interdiction in the Caribbean by the Royal Navy’s patrol ship HMS Trent sounds like a scene from a moti...

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Equatorial Guinea May Be Holding S. African Engineers Over Seized Yacht

Published May 6, 2024 3:30 PM by The Maritime Executive

The government of South Africa is working to secure the release of two oil and gas executives who were charged and swiftly convict...

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Workers Find Rare Artifact From WWII's "Greatest Raid," Operation Chariot

Published May 5, 2024 10:03 PM by The Maritime Executive

A museum near St. Nazaire, France is now the proud owner of a hatch from HMS Campbeltown, found about 100 yards away from the dryd...

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U.S. Special Ops Gunship Decimates Fishing Boats in South China Sea Test

Published May 5, 2024 9:33 PM by The Maritime Executive

U.S. military units are training alongside Philippine forces in the South China Sea this month, preparing for a range of maritime...

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Op-Ed: To Reduce Microplastics in the Ocean, Reduce Plastic Production

Published May 5, 2024 8:11 PM by Richard Thompson

Thirty years ago, while counting barnacles, limpets and seaweeds along rocky shores, I started noticing a daily tide of litter, mo...

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Greek Ban on Bottom Trawling Stirs Controversy

Published May 5, 2024 12:41 PM by Dialogue Earth

  [By Catherine Early] Bottom trawling has long attracted controversy over its environmental impact. As long ago as the...

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30 U.S. Sailors and Marines Injured in Landing Craft Training Exercise

Published May 3, 2024 5:58 PM by The Maritime Executive

  The U.S. Navy and the Marines are confirming an incident on Wednesday, May 1, in which 30 sailors are Marines were injur...

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With Nord Stream Shut, Gazprom Posts its Biggest Lost in Two Decades

Published May 2, 2024 11:11 PM by The Maritime Executive

  State natural gas company Gazprom was once a major source of income for the Russian government, earning tens of billions...

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As Russia's "Syrian Express" Takes the Long Way Home, NATO is Watching

Published May 2, 2024 8:29 PM by Giangiuseppe Pili and Alessio Armenzoni

  On the night of May 1, a U.S Air Force drone took off from the U.S base of Sigonella, Italy, ostensibly to investigate t...

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