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South Korea Plans to Deploy Naval Assets Closer to Hormuz

Published Nov 5, 2026 9:50 PM by The Maritime Executive

South Korea's government wants to deploy naval assets somewhat closer to the Strait of Hormuz, eight months after the start of the...

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Iran Turns Down Putin's Offer to Mediate Hormuz Conflict

Published Nov 5, 2026 4:12 PM by The Maritime Executive

The head of Tehran's top defense council has turned down a Russian offer to mediate in the U.S.-Iran conflict, citing an expectati...

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Iran Attacks IMO Over its Seafarer Safety Advocacy

Published Nov 5, 2026 2:28 PM by The Maritime Executive

Iran has criticized the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), with its Permanent Representative to London complaining that th...

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Spain's Long-Awaited New Sub Torpedoes a Target Ship in Live-Fire Test

Published Nov 4, 2026 10:53 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Spanish Navy's long-delayed attack sub S-81 sank a decommissioned patrol vessel with a single torpedo strike in a recent exerc...

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Australian Authorities Bust Shipment of Meth Dissolved in Coconut Water

Published Nov 4, 2026 10:11 PM by The Maritime Executive

Australian authorities have charged a Vietnamese national with drug smuggling in connection with a consignment of coconut water th...

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Long Beach Gets World's First Hydrofoiling Electric Pilot Boat

Published Nov 4, 2026 10:09 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Belfast-based electric boatbuilder Artemis Technologies has sold a specially-adapted version of its hydrofoiling electric spee...

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US Sanctions False-Flag Network Run from India Used for Iranian Shipping

Published Nov 4, 2026 5:15 PM by The Maritime Executive

Continuing its efforts to shut down all the avenues supporting Iran’s shadow fleet, the U.S. Treasury announced new sanctions targ...

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Xi Jinping Completes His Military Purge, Including PLA Navy's Top Admirals

Published Nov 4, 2026 4:24 PM by The Maritime Executive

In the latest issue of the Maritime Executive magazine, the thorough-going purge of China’s Peoples’ Liberation Army (PLA) was des...

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Submariner to Oversee Construction of U.S. Navy's Future Surface Fleet

Published Nov 4, 2026 3:48 PM by The Maritime Executive

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Cruise-Industry Tech Could Detect Man-Overboard Events on U.S. Navy Ships

Published Nov 3, 2026 11:14 PM by The Maritime Executive

Man-overboard incidents are a tragic occurrence, especially as all too many of the events are self-initiated. To maximize the chan...

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