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Partnership in Mobile Presents Option for Dismantling USS Enterprise

Published Nov 8, 2024 5:31 PM by The Maritime Executive

  A proposal was put forth for the upcoming dismantling of the famed U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, the first...

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Ex-U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Hosts Island-Seizing Drill in Spratly Islands

Published Nov 7, 2024 11:37 PM by The Maritime Executive

  This week, the former U.S. Coast Guard cutter USCGC Dallas got to play a role that her builders never anticipated: flags...

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Court Challenges Slow Italy's Out-of-Country Migrant Transfer Centers

Published Nov 7, 2024 10:10 PM by The Maritime Executive

  The Italian government has set up two out-of-country processing centers for maritime migrants who have been rescued near...

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Coast Guard Icebreaker Finds Small, Uncharted Seamount in Beaufort Sea

Published Nov 7, 2024 7:54 PM by The Maritime Executive

  While under way off the coast of Alaska on a survey mission, the U.S. Coast Guard cutter USCGC Healy and an embarked sci...

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Renewed Strike Mandate for RFA Officers as Wage Dispute Continues

Published Nov 7, 2024 5:33 PM by The Maritime Executive

The long-running wage dispute for the officers, ratings, and shore personnel of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary is being renewed with...

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Philippine Coast Guard Triples Fleet With French and Japanese Newbuilds

Published Nov 7, 2024 3:17 PM by The Maritime Executive

  On Thursday, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. approved an order for five 320-foot cutters for the Philippine Co...

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U.S. Navy Ousts Head of its West Coast Leadership Training Division

Published Nov 7, 2024 2:19 PM by The Maritime Executive

  The U.S. Navy has ousted the head of a key training unit on the West Coast, Navy Leadership and Ethics Command San Diego...

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Mexico's Navy Seizes 3,600 Kilos of Cocaine From Smuggling Boat

Published Nov 7, 2024 2:19 PM by The Maritime Executive

  Mexico's navy has seized about 3,600 kilos of cocaine from a smuggling boat off Guerrero, on Mexico's Pacific co...

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Ukraine Hits Russian Navy's Caspian Flotilla With Long-Range Drone Strike

Published Nov 6, 2024 10:41 PM by The Maritime Executive

  Ukrainian forces have attacked a Russian naval base in the Caspian Sea for the first time, according to local authoritie...

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Spain Catches 13 Tonnes of Cocaine in One Container, a National Record

Published Nov 6, 2024 10:02 PM by The Maritime Executive

  Authorities in Spain have intercepted a total of 13 tons of cocaine at the Port of Algeciras, the largest drug seizure i...

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