LoginNOAA Ship to Map Potential Critical Mineral Deposits in Pacific U.S. Waters
In early April, NOAA Ship Rainier will begin to map and characterize more than 8,000 square nautical miles of federal waters off Kingman Reef and Pal...
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Panama Canal Announces Enhanced Long-Term Slot Allocation Program
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) announced the launch of LoTSA 2.5, the evolution of the Long-Term Slot Allocation (LoTSA) program, as part of enhanc...
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings and Activist Investor Agree to Board Change
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, the public parent company of the cruise lines, has reached a “cooperation agreement” with activist shareholder Elliott...
Op-Ed: Who Speaks for America’s Maritime Workforce?
In the recent segment on the American maritime industry on 60 Minutes, some of the most important questions facing the sector went unexplored, and it...
Ukraine Launches “Unprecedented” Attacks on Russia’s Baltic Oil Terminals
Russia’s oil exporting capabilities at its two main Baltic Sea terminals have been reportedly significantly impacted by a sustained series of attacks...
Iran Launches Assault on Kuwait’s Ports During Regional Escalation
In an apparent escalation of the attacks on neighboring states, reports indicated that sirens were going off in countries ranging from Kuwait to Qata...
Video: Philippines Calls “Close Encounter” With Chinese Navy an Escalation
The Armed Forces of the Philippines released a new video reporting its second “close encounter” this month with a Chinese vessel in the ongoing disput...
Iran Turns Back Chinese Ships from Hormuz as IGRC Blames Trump
Tracking data detected two Chinese containerships that appeared to be making a U-turn after attempting to exit the Persian Gulf through the Strait of...
Greenpeace Activists Confront FPSO Heading to Scotland's Rosebank Oil Field
Greenpeace activists are intensifying their protests against a major oil and gas project in the United Kingdom as it also came up for debate in parli...
Danger in the Gulf from Abandoned Ships as One Grounds in Iran
Iranian officials on Friday, March 27, reported that one of the abandoned vessels has now drifted across the Persian Gulf and grounded on one of their...
Oceanwide Expeditions Plans Two Eco-Sail Expedition Cruise Ships
The Dutch company Oceanwide Expeditions, a veteran polar and expedition cruise operator, has signed a Letter of Intent for the construction and delive...
Iran Fails to Pressure the Houthis into Resuming Red Sea Attacks
While most of the world's attention has been focused on the blocking of the Strait of Hormuz, lurking in the background has been a move which would m...
Hapag Issues Difficult Outlook Saying War is Creating Unsustainable Burden
Hapag-Lloyd became the first of the major carriers to offer a glimpse into the impact the industry faces as the war with Iran continues. The company f...
USCG Requests Proposals to Replace Outdated Light Icebreakers
The U.S. Coast Guard is looking to urgently move forward with its planned replacement program for its badly outdated Light Icebreaker class that dates...
MARAD Offers $488M in Revamped Port Grant Program
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) announced that it will be providing $488.6 million in funding grants designed...
Indian Navy is Quietly Guiding the Country’s Ships Through Strait of Hormuz
Indian government officials confirmed in media reports that the country continues to quietly guide its ships out of the Persian Gulf. The reports ind...
FMC is “Closely Monitoring” China’s Detention of Panama-Flagged Vessels
The recently designated Chairman and a Commissioner of the Federal Maritime Commission, Laura DiBella, issued a statement regarding China’s current re...
Trump Delays Attack on Iranian Energy Citing “Gift” of Tankers and Progress
During a freewheeling cabinet meeting, Donald Trump revealed that the “present” the Iranians had given as a sign of legitimacy in the negotiations wa...
Ecuador Coordinates with USCG for Crackdown on Drug Smuggling
The Ecuadorian Navy is highlighting a series of interceptions of drug smugglers while working in coordination with the U.S. Coast Guard. They are repo...
Israel Eliminates IRGC Navy Leadership in Strike on Bandar Abbas
Israel announced on March 26 that it had killed the leader of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) Navy, Rear Admiral Alireza Tangsiri, in a strike...
