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WWII-Era Tug Sinks After Colliding With Tug

On Thursday, the World War II-era Army tug Capt. Mackintire went down off Maine after colliding with the tug Helen Louise during a fuel transfer.  The 40-foot Helen Louise had the 80-foot Mackintir...

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Royal Navy Escort Sparks Debate Over Capabilities

On February 20, the Royal Navy patrol boat HMS Mersey and her 34 crew were diverted from a fishery protection patrol to escort three Russian vessels as they transited the English Channel.  The Russ...

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FTC Seeks to Block Wilhelmsen-Drew Marine Merger

On Friday, the Federal Trade Commission said that it will seek an injunction to halt Wilhelmsen Maritime Services' acquisition of maritime supplier Drew Marine Group. The FTC asserted that the $400 mi...

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The U.S. Coast Guard's Ice Pilots

Each year when the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star visits Antarctica, its crew faces a unique challenge. Creating a navigable channel through a frozen sea to the National Science’s Foundation’s (NSF) Mc...

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U.S. Expands Sanctions on North Korean Shipping

On Friday, U.S. President Donald Trump announced "the largest-ever set of new sanctions on the North Korean regime." In what Trump described as the "heaviest sanctions ever," the U.S. Treasury has add...

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Turkish Navy Chases Off Eni's Drillship

On Friday, the drillship Saipem 12000 made another attempt to approach its work site off the east coast of Cyprus, but once again it was blocked by Turkish warships. This time, five Turkish vessels in...

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Tanker Repels Pirate Attack off Somalia

In the early hours of Friday morning, the product tanker Leopard Sun came under attack about 160 nm off the coast of Somalia. It was the second reported attack in a month within the Indian Ocean high...

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India Signs Short-Term Lease at Chabahar Port

India and Iran have reached an interim agreement for the operation of phase one of Chabahar Port, a small but strategically important terminal near the Iranian border with Pakistan.  At just 18 mon...

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Tacoma Receives Four of the Biggest Cranes on U.S. West Coast

A ship carrying four of the West Coast’s largest container cranes is scheduled to arrive in Tacoma on February 23. The Zhen Hua 28, a 50,000 dwt heavy-lift ship, will begin the journey through Puge...

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The American-Backed "Belt and Road" Port in Georgia

Georgia will be the latest nation to undertake a port project along China's "Belt and Road" route from East Asia to Europe, but it is moving forward with American rather than Chinese investment. Ge...