Ship ‘Spoofing’ in Strait of Hormuz May Compound Confusion

Pirate’s Booty Corrects a Myth About West African Gold

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A LEGEND REBORN: AMERICA RETURNS TO CHALLENGE FOR THE LOUIS VUITTON 38TH AMERICA’S CUP buff.ly/zjRycW7

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US to Repay TotalEneriges $1B for Wind Leases Redirected to LNG Investments TotalEnergies confirmed it has entered into settlement agreements with the U.S. Department of the Interior, which will see the company redirect nearly...

US to Repay TotalEneriges $1B for Wind Leases Redirected to LNG Investments maritime-executive.com/article/us-t...

Two U.S. Offshore Wind Projects Reach Milestones Two of the five large offshore wind power projects under construction in the United States simultaneously reached milestones at the end of last week,...

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Trump Administration Proposes Jones Act Waiver for Fuel and Fertilizer The White House has floated the possibility of waiving the Jones Act for coastwise fuel and fertilizer transport, and U.S. maritime industry associat...

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Thai-Owned Bulker Ablaze in the Straits of Hormuz With Three Crew Missing The Thai-owned bulker Mayuree Naree (30,193 dwt) was set ablaze off the coast of Oman on Wednesday morning, March 11, as one of possibly four commerci...

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Cocaine Hidden Under Ship Discovered in San Juan Using Drones In the latest example of drugs being smuggled under the hull of a cargo ship, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol reports it found 97 kilograms (214 pound...

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Commission Statement Regarding Strait of Hormuz Surcharges - Federal Maritime Commission The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC or Commission) is closely monitoring the impact the current conflict in the Middle East is having on shipping conditions through the Strait of Hormuz. Under its…

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Hapag-Lloyd signs merger agreement with ZIM - Hapag-Lloyd Today, Hapag-Lloyd signed an agreement with ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd., the world’s 10th largest container shipping line, under which Hapag-Lloyd will acquire 100% of ZIM’s shares for a…

Hapag-Lloyd signs merger agreement with ZIM www.hapag-lloyd.com/en/company/p...

Laura DiBella Designated as Chairman of FMC - Federal Maritime Commission On January 28, 2026, President Donald J. Trump designated Laura DiBella to serve as Chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission. Chairman DiBella was sworn in as a Commissioner on January 6, 2026.…

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MSC Assessed Civil Penalties Totaling $22.67 Million - Federal Maritime Commission An enforcement proceeding (Docket No. 23-08) involving MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company, S.A. (MSC) recently concluded with the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC or Commission). The Commission’s…

MSC Assessed Civil Penalties Totaling $22.67 Million by the FMC www.fmc.gov/articles/msc...

FMC Adds Two Additional Administrative Law Judges on Temporary Basis - Federal Maritime Commission Two administrative law judges have been detailed from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to the Federal Maritime Commission’s Office of Administrative Law Judges (OALJ) through the end…

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Old Shipping Containers Find New Life as Russian Tank Protectors After their life in oceangoing service, shipping containers get repurposed for all sorts of inventive uses - storage sheds, shop spaces, mobile offic...

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Senate Confirms FMC and MARAD Appointments Among a broad range of nominees confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Thursday were the new head for the U.S. Maritime Administration and the first of two...

Senate Confirms FMC and MARAD Appointments

"The whole animal feels less like one creature and more like a busy neighborhood inside a ghost."

"a little cruel and strangely gorgeous at the same time, a reminder that the 'empty' ocean is crowded with tiny lives, and that sometimes a single mouthful of sea carries an entire world inside it."

Federal Judge Finds Trump’s Halt on Wind Energy Is Illegal The president ordered a stop to permits for all wind farms on federal lands and waters. A judge called that “capricious.”

Federal Judge Finds Trump’s Halt on Wind Energy Is Illegal www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/c...

China Jams Communications During a Peaceful Philippine Resupply Mission Philippine officials told the Associated Press that they completed a mostly peaceful resupply mission to their outpost on the beached vessel BRP Sierr...

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NTSB: Loose Electrical Wire Led to Dali Hitting Francis Scott Key Bridge [Breaking] A simple oversight in labeling an electrical wire was a likely causal factor in the blackout aboard the boxship Dali, resulting in the ves...

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Houthis Announce End of Red Sea Shipping Attacks In a significant change in direction, the rebel Houthi leadership in Yemen have declared that they will bring to an end their declared campaign again...

Houthis Announce End of Red Sea Shipping Attacks

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Panama Canal Begins Process to Select Operator for New Terminals The Panama Canal has launched what is expected to be a year-long process to select the operators for new terminals to be built at each end of the can...

Panama Canal Begins Process to Select Operator for New Terminals www.maritime-executive.com/article/pana...

BP-JERA JV Pulls Plug on US Offshore Wind Citing Unfavorable Market The joint venture company formed between BP and JERA announced that it has decided not to proceed at this time with the development of its Beacon Wind...

BP-JERA JV Pulls Plug on US Offshore Wind Citing Unfavorable Market maritime-executive.com/article/bp-j...

U.S. Coast Guard Rescues Dozens From Flooding in Alaskan Villages After devastating winds and seas from the last remnants of Typhoon Halong swept through the Bering Sea, the U.S. Coast Guard and state agencies are c...

U.S. Coast Guard Rescues Dozens From Flooding in Alaskan Villages maritime-executive.com/article/u-s-...

Orcas Sink Sailing Yacht With Family of Five Off Portugal Last week, a family of five survived a sinking off the coast of Portugal, which was initiated by the latest aggressive encounter between the local orc...

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10 Years Later, Mariners Remember the Loss of the El Faro It has been 10 years since the con/ro steamship SS El Faro went down with all hands in a hurricane, and it remains one of the deadliest maritime disa...

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Landmark High Seas Treaty Set to Become International Law Next Year Last week, the landmark Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) high seas treaty reached the milestone of 60 state ratifications, which is t...

Landmark High Seas Treaty Set to Become International Law Next Year maritime-executive.com/article/land...

White House Releases Video of Third Caribbean Boat Strike On Friday, the Trump administration announced a third strike on a suspected smuggling boat in the Caribbean, resulting in the deaths of three individ...

"I'm afraid to go fishing" - White House Releases Video of Third Caribbean Boat Strike maritime-executive.com/article/whit...

How ICE Is Using Your Data — and What You Can Do About It | KQED ICE’s reach may get even wider due to a new partnership with a spyware company. But there have always been tools at the immigration agency’s disposal. KQED speaks to privacy advocates on what people should know about ICE’s access to their personal data.

Federal agencies are sharing data even when they’re not supposed to, EFF’s @cooperq.com told @kqednews.kqed.org. “Even if you personally are not concerned about ICE… it should be concerning to anybody. This is going to be used to further dragnet surveillance.” www.kqed.org/news/120556...

MARAD's Center for Maritime Innovation Provides Unique Opportunities for American Maritime Industry On the tide swell of current national policy efforts around advancing US maritime commercial interests (including the SHIPS for America Act and the Trump Administration's RESTORING AMERICA’S MARITIME…

MARAD's Center for Maritime Innovation Provides Unique Opportunities for American Maritime Industry www.joneswalker.com/en/insights/...