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USCG Will Allow Mariners to Renew Credentials Up to Six Years Late

Published May 8, 2024 7:50 PM by The Maritime Executive

Acting on a request from industry organizations, the U.S. Coast Guard has decided to let former merchant mariners renew their expi...

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Floating Pier for Gaza is Fully Assembled and Ready to Install

Published May 8, 2024 5:37 PM by The Maritime Executive

The White House's aid pier plan for Gaza is taking shape, and the floating causeway and offshore receiving platform are fully...

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MSTS Vessel Grounded While Navigating as Master Left the Bridge for a Meal

Published May 8, 2024 1:24 PM by The Maritime Executive

  A master’s decision to leave the bridge of his ship while it was maneuvering and a failure to follow navigational...

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Video: Ukraine Is Adding Anti-Aircraft Missiles to its Suicide Drones

Published May 7, 2024 5:58 PM by The Maritime Executive

Ukraine's intelligence service has claimed a hit on yet another Russian Navy vessel using its Magura V5 suicide drone. The dev...

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GAO: US Shipyard Issues are Second-Biggest Defense Readiness Problem

Published May 7, 2024 4:09 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) sees the U.S. Navy's shipyard industrial base as the second-greatest readiness prob...

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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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