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Tanker Struck by Drone off Oman and the US Again Responds with New Strkes

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A boarding team from the cutter USCGC Bear detains two suspects in the Eastern Pacific (USCG)

U.S. Coast Guard Offloads $60 Million Worth of Cocaine in Port Everglades

Published Jun 26, 2026 8:24 PM by The Maritime Executive

The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Bear has offloaded four tonnes of cocaine and a small cargo of marijuana onto the pier at Port Everglades, Florida, the result of three separate interdictions in the Eastern Pacific earlier this month. On June 11, the crew of the Bear detected a go-fast vessel and dispatched their embarked Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron (HITRON) aircrew. The crew intercepted the vessel, caused it to come to a halt with airborne use-of-force tactics, and...

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GIT Coatings

Beyond the Paint

Published Jun 26, 2026 8:16 PM by Sean Hogue

Paint technology has come a long way since I was a cadet slapping "red lead" on everything. While effective, the lead-based primer was both toxic to the environment and hazardous to apply with neurological risks following long-term exposure. This thankfully went largely unnoticed in most seafarers. Modern coating solutions aim to replicate the effectiveness of red lead while minimizing the environmental impact, increasing ease of application and reducing any exposure-based health concerns. These modern technologies offer full coating systems that...

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F/A-18

U.S. Conducts Counterstrike on Iran in Retaliation for Ever Lovely Attack

Published Jun 26, 2026 7:49 PM by The Maritime Executive

In response to yesterday's Iranian attack on a Taiwanese boxship in the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. forces have conducted an airstrike on Iranian territory. Sources differ on the scope of the attack, but - like the White House before it - Iran's IRGC is treating it as a violation of the recent ceasefire MOU. According to U.S. Central Command, U.S. aircraft hit Iranian missile and drone storage areas and coastal radars in retaliation for the attack on the boxship Ever...

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EEC

Op-Ed: In Ship Recycling, Progress Should Not Be Mistaken for the End State

Published Jun 26, 2026 5:59 PM by Capt. Soumitro Roy

Dr. Ishtiaque Ahmed’s recent article on ship recycling offers a thoughtful and erudite exposition of the legal relationship between the Basel Convention and the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships (HKC). His central proposition that the debate should focus on implementation rather than on choosing between the two conventions is well made and deserves serious consideration. At EEC, our practical experience leads us to an additional conclusion: legal compliance and industrial transformation are...

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US Coast Guard Charters an Offshore Vessel to Support its Cutters

The U.S. Coast Guard is taking a page from the U.S. Navy's operating manual and beginning to hire in civilian-crewed tonnage for sealift support, freeing up transit days for its cutters to remain at sea and stay on mission hunting drug-runners. The service's new Homeland Security Cutter-Ocean program is a newly-launched plan to bring in commercially operated vessels that can carry out the basic logistics on behalf of the cutter fleet, and specifically the Fast Response Cutters - small, capable...

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Shipbuilding

rock installation vessel Arcadia

First U.S.-Built Rock Installation Vessel Delivered into a Changed Market

A first-of-its-kind vessel, a rock installation vessel designed originally to focus on the emerging U.S. offshore wind energy industry, was delivered today, June 25, to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company by the Hanwha Philly Shipyard. The vessel, however, faces a different market, which has caused its owners to pivot to a new strategy. Ordered in November 2021, it was hailed for the opportunities as the first Jones-Act compliant vessel of its kind. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock ordered the...

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Environment

hydrogen-powered short-sea dry bulk carrier concept

Norway Accelerates Hydrogen-Power Bulker Project for Shortsea Shipping

Norway’s LH2 Shipping reports it is accelerating the development of hydrogen-powered shortsea shipping bulkers for the Baltic with an additional grant from the Norwegian government program to accelerate the green energy transition. The company will add a fifth and sixth bulker to its plan, saying that increased support reflects the growing momentum for liquid hydrogen as a viable alternative fuel for shortsea shipping. The company was awarded an additional grant of approximately $35.82 million from Enova, which it says will...

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RMS Titanic

U.S. Opposes Sale of Artifacts Recovered from the Titanic

The U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Virginia, which continues to oversee the management of the wreck of the famed ocean liner Titanic, has given the salvage company and the United States until Monday, June 29, to file any supplemental briefings concerning the proposed auction of artifacts recovered from the wreck site. This comes after RMS Titanic filed in March that it was planning to auction some of the artifacts, and NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), which...

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