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Coalition of Nations Call for $12B Plan to Save Planet's Coral Reefs

Published Oct 3, 2023 10:34 PM by The Maritime Executive

A coalition of 45 nations has announced a pledge to raise $12 billion to help protect and preserve coral reefs around the world.&n...

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Korea Coast Guard Apprehends 22 Chinese Nationals Entering Daecheon Port

Published Oct 3, 2023 7:19 PM by The Maritime Executive

South Korean police are investigating the motives and origins of two dozen Chinese nationals who attempted to enter the country by...

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U.S. Navy Quietly Decommissions Two Littoral Combat Ships in One Day

Published Oct 2, 2023 8:53 PM by The Maritime Executive

On Friday, the U.S. Navy base in Mayport, Florida hosted a scene rarely encountered since the mass demobilization of the late...

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Delayed Federal Budget May Hit U.S. Navy Ship Repair Projects

Published Oct 2, 2023 8:24 PM by The Maritime Executive

On Saturday, the U.S. Congress averted a looming government shutdown by passing a 45-day stopgap funding measure. This annual...

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Japan's Navy Works Alongside U.S. Drone Ships in Trials Off Yokosuka

Published Oct 1, 2023 11:58 PM by The Maritime Executive

The U.S. Navy's "Ghost Fleet Overlord" unmanned vessels have attracted attention in exercises off Hawaii and the U.S...

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Green Fuels in Shipping Face Major Challenges for 2050 Net Zero Target

Published Sep 29, 2023 9:18 PM by Gokcay Balci and Ebru Surucu-Balci

Ships carry around 90% of traded goods and emit about 3% of global CO?. The International Maritime Organization (IM...

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Taiwan Unveils First Domestically-Built Submarine

Published Sep 29, 2023 8:20 PM by The Maritime Executive

After years of painstaking effort, the government of Taiwan has unveiled its first domestically-built submarine, the Haikun. It is...

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NATO Partners Test Out Over 90 Unmanned Systems at Sea

Published Sep 29, 2023 7:44 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Royal Navy's R&D teams and robotics specialists recently joined a long-running, large-scale exercise in Portugal, whic...

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Rebuilding a Navy That Is Self-Sufficient at Sea

Published Sep 29, 2023 1:49 PM by CIMSEC

[By Anthony Cowden] My recommendations to the next Chief of Naval Operations are based on the difference between the kind of na...

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Iranian Patrol Boats Shine Laser at U.S. Marine Corps Attack Helicopter

Published Sep 28, 2023 10:51 PM by The Maritime Executive

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has a long history of harassing U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf, and the metho...

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