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CREA: Europe is Getting Results With Crackdown on False-Flagged Ships

Published Sep 27, 2026 4:42 PM by The Maritime Executive

Europe’s decision to intensify its crackdown and detentions of the shadow fleet transporting Russia’s crude is achieving results f...

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Japanese Naval Strengthening Steals Limelight at U.S.-China Talks

Published Sep 27, 2026 4:17 PM by The Maritime Executive

Chinese criticism of Japan’s growing defense budget appears to have been one of the most consequential developments coming out of...

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Iran is Overestimating its Bargaining Power in the Strait of Hormuz

Published Sep 27, 2026 3:23 PM by The Maritime Executive

Iran is becoming increasingly desperate to get the US naval and economic blockade imposed upon it lifted, but is overestimating it...

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New Zealand Conducts UN Patrol Targeting North Korean Sanctions Avoidance

Published Sep 27, 2026 11:00 AM by The Maritime Executive

The Royal New Zealand Navy recently completed a three-month deployment designed to bolster enforcement of United Nations Security...

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South Korea Increases Budget to Expand Coast Guard Operations

Published Sep 27, 2026 10:00 AM by The Maritime Executive

South Korea’s Ministry of Planning and Budget detailed increases to the government’s budget dedicated to expanding the capabilitie...

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Iran Says It Offered the US a New Proposal to Open the Strait of Hormuz

Published Sep 25, 2026 8:02 PM by The Maritime Executive

Iranian officials appearing at the United Nations on Friday, September 25, said they have offered a new proposal for opening the S...

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New Standoff Between China and Philippines Near Second Thomas Shoal

Published Sep 25, 2026 3:27 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Philippine Coast Guard is reporting a new standoff between two of its vessels on a resupply mission in the Spratly Islands. Wh...

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U.S. Navy Gives Unmanned Systems Their Own Warfighting Development Center

Published Sep 24, 2026 9:47 PM by The Maritime Executive

The U.S. Navy is taking more steps to restructure its unmanned-system programs, putting operational integration work under the new...

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Coast Guard, Marine Corps Rack Up Drug-Smuggling Busts in Eastern Pacific

Published Sep 24, 2026 7:43 PM by The Maritime Executive

The U.S. Coast Guard continues to patrol the Eastern Pacific for cocaine smugglers, and it is finding them. In a six-day period, c...

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MARAD Orders Training Ship Empire State to Sail Next Week

Published Sep 24, 2026 7:18 PM by The Maritime Executive

In an open letter to the SUNY Maritime College community, Rear Admiral John Okon, President of the Maritime College, reported toda...

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