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ITF Calls Out "Worst Case of Seafarer Abandonment Ever Seen"
The International Transport Workers' Federation has identified another Mideast vessel operator that has allegedly abandon...
Read More >>Smugglers Toss 2.5 Tons of Cocaine Overboard to Escape Royal Navy Pursuit
The latest interdiction in the Caribbean by the Royal Navy’s patrol ship HMS Trent sounds like a scene from a moti...
Read More >>Equatorial Guinea May Be Holding S. African Engineers Over Seized Yacht
The government of South Africa is working to secure the release of two oil and gas executives who were charged and swiftly convict...
Read More >>Workers Find Rare Artifact From WWII's "Greatest Raid," Operation Chariot
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...
Read More >>U.S. Special Ops Gunship Decimates Fishing Boats in South China Sea Test
U.S. military units are training alongside Philippine forces in the South China Sea this month, preparing for a range of maritime...
Read More >>Op-Ed: To Reduce Microplastics in the Ocean, Reduce Plastic Production
Thirty years ago, while counting barnacles, limpets and seaweeds along rocky shores, I started noticing a daily tide of litter, mo...
Read More >>Greek Ban on Bottom Trawling Stirs Controversy
[By Catherine Early] Bottom trawling has long attracted controversy over its environmental impact. As long ago as the...
Read More >>30 U.S. Sailors and Marines Injured in Landing Craft Training Exercise
The U.S. Navy and the Marines are confirming an incident on Wednesday, May 1, in which 30 sailors are Marines were injur...
Read More >>With Nord Stream Shut, Gazprom Posts its Biggest Lost in Two Decades
State natural gas company Gazprom was once a major source of income for the Russian government, earning tens of billions...
Read More >>As Russia's "Syrian Express" Takes the Long Way Home, NATO is Watching
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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