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US Sanctions Syrian Company and 13 Tankers Involved with Iranian Oil Trade
The Biden administration is continuing to use sanctions to pressure Iran and target the sources of funding for both Iran...
Read More >>Ukraine Kills Senior Officer From Russia's Black Sea Fleet
Ukrainian agents have killed a top officer from one of Russia's Black Sea missile-boat squadrons in Sevastopol, taking revenge...
Read More >>Europe Parliament Calls for Crackdown on Russia’s Shadow Fleet
The members of the European Parliament on Thursday, November 14, overwhelmingly approved by a show of hands a new resolu...
Read More >>UK Gov't Admits Error in Environmental Reviews for Offshore Leases
Hours after the start of hearings on a court challenge to Equinor's Rosebank lease on the UK continental shelf, the...
Read More >>Pro-Hydrogen Shipowners Use COP29 to Call for "Real Zero" Carbon Standard
This year's global climate conference on implementation of the Paris Agreement, COP29, is lightly-attended by major...
Read More >>FMC's Bentzel Returns to Private Sector as President of NAWE
The National Association of Waterfront Employers (NAWE), the trade association for terminal operators and seaports, has...
Read More >>Trump Picks Two Pro-Maritime Politicians for Senior Foreign Policy Posts
President Donald Trump is selecting the first set of leaders for his second administration, and he has picked two names...
Read More >>Russian Military Claims Rare Naval Drill in English Channel
The Russian Navy claims that one of its frigates carried out a rare military drill in the English Channel, and the provo...
Read More >>Houthis Open Fire on Two Destroyers After U.S. Strikes Weapons Sites
Yemen's Houthi rebels claimed a coordinated attack on both the carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Ara...
Read More >>Indonesia's New Leader Accidentally Boosts China's Maritime Claims
The Indonesian government may have accidentally legitimized China's sweeping claim to sovereignty over far-flung rea...
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