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U.S. to Permit Sale of Sanctioned LPG Carrier in Texas Linked to Iran
A shadowy, newly built LPG tanker that has been linked to efforts to fund Iran is potentially going to be sold under a new licen...
Read More >>BOEM Plans Deep-Sea Mining Lease Sale Off American Samoa
After a request from U.S. deep sea mining startup Impossible Minerals and a new executive order from President Donald Tr...
Read More >>UK and EU Increase Sanctions on Shadow Fleet Tankers and Enablers
Citing the new waves of drone attacks on Ukraine despite the reported progress made during a call between Donald Trump a...
Read More >>EU Begins Planning a New Strategy to Boost its Maritime Sector
Last week, shipping ministers from EU member states gathered in Szczecin, Poland to lay out a strategy for boosting the...
Read More >>Houthis Reboot Red Sea Crisis With "Blockade" on Port of Haifa
Resolving any ambiguity about whether Yemen's Houthi rebels may have agreed to a shipping ceasefire, the g...
Read More >>Federal Stop-Work Order Puts Pause on Research to Help Navy Divers
Everybody needs a buddy – especially Navy divers. Working underwater is physically taxing, visibility is low, and...
Read More >>Russian Forces Release Greek Tanker After Brief Detention off Estonia
Russian authorities have released a Greek tanker that they briefly detained off the coast of Estonia on Sunday. The vess...
Read More >>U.S. Moves to Finalize Chinese-Built Ship Fees
The U.S. Trade Representative’s office is conducting its public hearings today, May 19, as it also closes the comm...
Read More >>Russia Intercepts and Detains Greek Tanker off Estonia
Following the Estonian Navy's attempt to intercept a Russia-bound tanker in the Baltic last week, the Russian Navy h...
Read More >>UK Puts Handover of the Strategic Chagos Islands on Hold
Plans for the United Kingdom to surrender sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, known as the British Indian Ocean Territory...
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