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Photos: RNLI Rescues Two Disabled Yachts, Averts Grounding

By The Maritime Executive

July 23, 2019

Last weekend, volunteers with the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) rescued two disabled yachts in Bristol Channel, an area known for its strong tidal currents. Both vessels lost steering and...

New Documentary on Captive Orcas Exposes Brutality

By The Maritime Executive

July 22, 2019

The July 17 release of “Long Gone Wild,” a documentary about the ongoing trade in wild-caught orcas, highlights the intensifying controversy over confining cetaceans in barren concrete tanks in marine...

U.S. Navy and NASA Collaborate on Augmented Reality Displays

By The Maritime Executive

July 17, 2019

Researchers with the U.S. Navy are working with NASA to develop a heads-up display that could be used in both the Navy's atmosphere diving suit and the space agency's new NASA Extra Vehicular Activity...

Scotland Seizes Arctic Winds of Change

By Mia Bennett

July 16, 2019

Each morning before rolling out of bed, my usual routine involves checking the weather. I look at the temperature and the chance of rain. But while cycling and running across Scotland's outlying islan...

Divining Russia's Intentions in the Arctic

July 10, 2019

[By Tyler Cross] In 1827, Sir William Parry of the British Royal Navy made the first serious attempt to reach the North Pole. Captain of the Hecla, he and his crew reached 82°45’ N, a record for hu...

Armstrong Delivers Landing Craft to Native Chenega Community

By The Maritime Executive

July 10, 2019

The 46’ x 15’ high-tunnel catamaran OMC was recently delivered to Alaska after successful launch and sea trials in Port Angeles Harbor. Last fall, the Chenega Future corporation selected Armstrong Mar...

Boxship MSC Gayane Seized After Record-Setting Cocaine Bust

By The Maritime Executive

July 9, 2019

On July 4, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) seized the 10,000 TEU container ship MSC Gayane "as being subject to possible forfeiture to the United States" after a massive cocaine shipment was...

Adm. Bill Moran to Retire Instead of Taking U.S. Navy's Top Post

By The Maritime Executive

July 8, 2019

Adm. William "Bill" Moran, the nominee for the post of the U.S. Navy's highest-ranking officer, announced Sunday that he will retire rather than accept the nomination. The admiral cited an ongoing inv...

One Dead, One Injured After Fishing Boat Strikes Dredge Pipeline

By The Maritime Executive

July 5, 2019

The U.S. Coast Guard is investigating an allision between a boat and an underwater dredge pipeline on the Calcasieu River Ship Channel Wednesday. The accident resulted in one death and one injury, and...

The First Coast Guard Academy: The Training Ship Chase

By William H. Thiesen

July 2, 2019

In 1875, while serving in Alaska on board the U.S. Revenue Cutter Rush, distinguished cutter captain John Henriques received orders to Washington, D.C. He was tasked with the special duty of developin...

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