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U.S. Coast Guard Offloads Six Tonnes of Cocaine in Miami

Published Mar 6, 2025 8:34 PM by The Maritime Executive

  On Thursday, the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Valiant offloaded nearly six tonnes of cocaine onto a pier at Coast Guard Base...

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Trump Pauses Tariffs on Mexico and Canada for Another Month

Published Mar 6, 2025 5:32 PM by The Maritime Executive

  On Thursday, U.S. President Donald Trump paused American tariffs on Canada and Mexico for the second time. The paus...

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GAO: USCG’s Shore Maintenance Infrastructure Backlog Has Ballooned to $7B

Published Mar 6, 2025 4:35 PM by The Maritime Executive

  Failure by the U.S. Coast Guard to invest in maintaining and renewing its crumpling shore infrastructure and a lack of f...

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Op-Ed: New Hampshire's Legislature Should Leave Jones Act Alone

Published Mar 6, 2025 1:33 PM by Capt. Richard A. Balzano

  There has been a lot of discussion in New Hampshire lately about the effectiveness of a pro-American law that has been p...

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USCG Assists Marshall Islands in Search for Overdue Sea Ambulance

Published Mar 6, 2025 1:06 PM by The Maritime Executive

The U.S. Coast Guard has been called in to provide support to The Republic of the Marshall Islands as a challenge search is unde...

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Report: Trump Considers At-Sea Inspections of Tankers Moving Iranian Oil

Published Mar 6, 2025 12:17 PM by The Maritime Executive

  Since returning to the White House, Donald Trump has vowed to restore “maximum pressure” on Iran with target...

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Editorial: Risks of Houthi Attacks on Shipping Increase

Published Mar 5, 2025 9:10 PM by The Maritime Executive

  The risk of a resumption of Houthi attacks on shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden has risen in recent days, linked...

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Uncertain Amount of Fuel Remains Aboard Lost Survey Ship Manawanui

Published Mar 5, 2025 7:21 PM by The Maritime Executive

  Poor weather has repeatedly delayed the pollution-abatement operation for the wreck of the New Zealand naval survey ship...

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Philippine Gov't is Alarmed by Claims of Chinese Sovereignty Over Palawan

Published Mar 5, 2025 5:59 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Philippine government is used to provocative statements from China's state-owned media empire, but has expressed alarm at...

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Keel Laying Ceremony Conducted for Fifth, Final U.S. Training Ship

Published Mar 5, 2025 5:52 PM by The Maritime Executive

Work officially began with the next milestone on the fifth and final vessel in the Maritime Administration’s program to pr...

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