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Tuesday, September 22, 2026
The Honorable Hung Cao, Acting Secretary of the Navy, speaks to Sailors during an all hands call in the hangar bay of the world’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), while underway in the Mediterranean Sea, May 4, 2026
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The Wartime Secretary of the Navy

What (Acting) Secretary Hung Cao’s First Five Months Tell Us About the Job Ahead By Bruce Kimbrell (Policy Op-Ed) President Trump has nominated the

September 22, 2026
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Monday, September 21, 2026
Gasoline tanker at terminal. Photo Shutterstock
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More Jones Act Waiver Voyages Went Unreported Than Previously Known

The number of foreign-vessel voyages missing from federal Jones Act waiver records appears to be larger than previously known, with new analysis identifying at

September 21, 2026
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Trafigura Launches Volare Shipping With $500 Million Oslo Listing Plan

Commodity trading giant Trafigura is launching a new tanker company with plans to raise about $500 million and list the business in Oslo, opening its growing

September 21, 2026
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Workers carry a rope line to fasten a decommissioned ship at the Alang shipyard in Gujarat, India
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EU Ship Recycling Fight Escalates Over Indian Beaching Yards

A fight over whether Indian shipbreaking yards using the controversial beaching method should qualify under European environmental rules is widening, with

September 21, 2026
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ssia-origin fuel tanker bound for Cuba anchored in Venezuelan waters
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Global Diesel Prices Hit Record Highs

Diesel prices have rallied in Europe and the United States to record highs as wars in Iran and Ukraine sharply cut exports from some of the biggest producers

September 21, 2026
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Ovation of the Seas inside Meyer Werft's building dock. Photo credit: Meyer Werft
Cruise Ships

MSC Said in Talks to Buy German State-Held Meyer Werft Stake

(Bloomberg) — MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co. is in talks to acquire the roughly 80% stake in German cruise-ship builder Meyer Werft GmbH held by the

September 21, 2026
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Port Gladstone
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Capesize Bulker Remains Aground Off Australia After Refloating Attempts Fail

Australian authorities have launched an investigation after the 182,066-dwt bulk carrier Cape Falcon ran aground off the Port of Gladstone,

September 21, 2026
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Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam
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Two More Tankers Hit in Strait of Hormuz as Attacks Mount

Two more tankers have been struck while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, with two seafarers injured, extending a string of attacks against commercial shipping

September 21, 2026
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Friday, September 18, 2026
General cargo ship on the horizon at sunset
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AI Error Nearly Triggered U.S. Intercept of Chinese Ship, CNN Reports

A false intelligence report produced with the help of artificial intelligence nearly led the U.S. military to intercept and board a Chinese ship in the Middle

September 18, 2026
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container ship underway at sea
Featured

Shipping’s New Normal: Slower Trade, Higher Costs, Bigger Profits

By Lori-Ann LaRocco – It’s a good time to be an ocean carrier or tanker owner. The slower trade caused by bottlenecks stemming from the U.S. war with

September 18, 2026
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FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the 80th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., September 23, 2025
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Trump Returns to UN as Iran War Spreads Across Shipping Chokepoints

WASHINGTON, Sept 18 (Reuters) – When President Donald Trump addressed the United Nations a year ago, he touted the US bombing of Iran’s

September 18, 2026
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Two tankers with Saudi oil exit Red Sea over weekend, data shows
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Three Tanker Attacks Hit Hormuz as Saudi Oil Is Forced Back Toward Strait

A new burst of attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz is hitting just as Saudi Arabia is being forced to send more oil back through the

September 18, 2026
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Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam
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U.S. Sanctions Crypto Exchange Tied to Iran’s Hormuz Transit Payments

The United States has sanctioned an Iranian cryptocurrency exchange that Treasury says was used to move payments collected from ships transiting the Strait of

September 18, 2026
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Thursday, September 17, 2026
Aerial photo of an oil tanker at anchor. Stock Photo: Nickeo23/Shutterstock
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Authorities Investigating Cyber Breaches Aboard Two U.S.-Bound Ships

US Coast Guard and FBI personnel boarded two commercial vessels bound for the United States in the Gulf of Mexico last month after indications that hackers

September 17, 2026
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Two people arrested in cable breach investigation
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Finland Practices Ship Boardings at Sea to Stop Undersea Sabotage

Finnish authorities boarded and searched a target vessel in the Baltic Sea on Thursday in a live drill that officials said shows how seriously the region takes

September 17, 2026
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smoke pollution coming from a container ship
Environment

Shipping’s Fuel Transition Hinges on a Number Nobody Has Agreed On Yet

International shipping is being asked to decarbonise before it knows what it will

September 17, 2026
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The Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB-20), a polar-class ice breaker, transits Southeast Alaskan waters Nov. 24, 2018. U.S. Coast Guard Photo
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USCGC Healy’s Breakdown Exposes America’s Thin Arctic Icebreaker Fleet

The U.S. Coast Guard’s decision to end icebreaker Healy’s planned high-latitude mission has left the service leaning more heavily on its newest

September 17, 2026
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IMO Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez speaks during a meeting at the International Maritime Organization in London.
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IMO Sounds Alarm as Attacks on Merchant Ships Spread Across Global Trade Routes

The head of the International Maritime Organization is calling on governments to stop attacks on merchant shipping as conflicts increasingly spill into some of

September 17, 2026
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Containership berthed at the Port of Los Angeles.Photo courtesy Port of Los Angeles.
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Top U.S. Container Port Foiled Around 120 Million Cyberattacks Last Month

The US’s busiest container port for global trade foiled more than 120 million cyberattack attempts in August, posing a persistent threat to its operations as

September 17, 2026
Total Views: 1553

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Foreign Tanker Voyages Went Unreported Under Jones Act Waiver, Bloomberg Finds

Foreign-flagged tankers moved more than $40 million worth of petroleum products between U.S. ports without appearing in the federal government’s public Jones

September 17, 2026
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