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Seized Iranian Oil Tankers Head Toward U.S. With $600 Million Cargo gcaptain.com/seized-iranian-…

Seized Iranian Oil Tankers Head Toward U.S. With $600 Million Cargo

Two of the Iran-linked oil supertankers interdicted by American naval forces early in the war are just weeks away from reaching the US, where authorities have pledged to seize the vessels and...

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ARC Freedom Expands U.S.-Flag Fleet With New Sealift Capacity gcaptain.com/arc-freedom-exp…

ARC Freedom Expands U.S.-Flag Fleet With New Sealift Capacity

American Roll-On/Roll-Off Carrier Group has added the ARC Freedom to its U.S.-flag fleet, bringing another large vehicle carrier into the Maritime Security Program as the United States looks to...

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Hatch Failure Triggered Deadly Fishing Vessel Sinking That Killed 13, MAIB Finds gcaptain.com/hatch-failure-t…

Hatch Failure Triggered Deadly Fishing Vessel Sinking That Killed 13, MAIB Finds

A line-hauling hatch that opened unexpectedly in heavy seas triggered the flooding and eventual sinking of the fishing vessel Argos Georgia off the Falkland Islands in 2024, killing 13 of the 27...

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Qatar Boosts LNG Traffic Via Hormuz as Global Shortage Bites gcaptain.com/qatar-boosts-ln…

Qatar Boosts LNG Traffic Via Hormuz as Global Shortage Bites

Qatar has ramped up liquefied natural gas tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz to the highest in more than two months, a sign it’s becoming more comfortable moving ships through the waterway. 

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US-Sanctioned Oil Tanker ‘Sibu 1’ Rescued from Somali Pirates gcaptain.com/us-sanctioned-o…

US-Sanctioned Oil Tanker 'Sibu 1' Rescued from Somali Pirates

A US-sanctioned oil tanker, Sibu 1, has been freed after being hijacked by Somali pirates in August, the maritime police force in Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region said on Friday.

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Federal Training Ship Empire State VII Ordered to Norfolk Ahead of U.S. Navy Mission gcaptain.com/federal-trainin…

Federal Training Ship Empire State VII Ordered to Norfolk Ahead of U.S. Navy Mission

SUNY Maritime College’s training ship Empire State VII has been ordered to depart New York on September 30 for Norfolk, Virginia, where it will undergo a month-long activation and flight deck...

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World Maritime Day 2026: IMO Warns Shipping Rules Are Under Strain as Seafarers Face Deadly Attacks gcaptain.com/world-maritime-…

World Maritime Day 2026: IMO Warns Shipping Rules Are Under Strain as Seafarers Face Deadly Attacks

The global maritime industry is marking World Maritime Day on Thursday with an unusually immediate backdrop: merchant ships under attack, seafarers being killed and some of the world’s most importa...

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Bahrain Leads Countries’ Call for Full Reopening of Strait of Hormuz Without Tolls gcaptain.com/bahrain-leads-c…

Bahrain Leads Countries' Call for Full Reopening of Strait of Hormuz Without Tolls

A Bahrain-led group backed by 80 countries has called for the immediate reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, demanding safe and unimpeded passage for commercial ships without tolls, conditions or...

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Supertanker Rally Lures Investors as War Squeezes Vessel Supply gcaptain.com/supertanker-ral…

Supertanker Rally Lures Investors as War Squeezes Vessel Supply

A supercharged rally in tanker earnings is attracting new investors to the global shipping industry, as the war in Iran points to how geopolitical crises can drastically curtail the supply of vessels.

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Coast Guard Awards $315 Million Kodiak Pier Contract to Support Arctic Fleet Expansion gcaptain.com/coast-guard-awa…

Coast Guard Awards $315 Million Kodiak Pier Contract to Support Arctic Fleet Expansion

The U.S. Coast Guard has awarded a $315 million contract to Tutor Perini Corp. to build a new fuel pier and major cutter mooring at Base Kodiak, Alaska, as the service prepares...

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Shipping Magnate Worth $13.5 Billion Rides AI Boom With Nvidia gcaptain.com/shipping-magnat…

Shipping Magnate Worth $13.5 Billion Rides AI Boom With Nvidia

Maria Angelicoussis, the magnate behind Greece’s biggest shipping fortune, has scored big gains outside her maritime empire with a bet on technology giant Nvidia Corp. after her family office shifted...

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Container Shipping Faces 2027 Pressure as Huge Orderbook Hits the Water gcaptain.com/container-shipp…

Container Shipping Faces 2027 Pressure as Huge Orderbook Hits the Water

The container shipping market is still benefiting from geopolitical disruption and longer sailing distances in 2026, but a rapidly expanding fleet could turn that support into a supply problem next...

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Trump Takes Aim at Shipping’s Net-Zero Plan at UN gcaptain.com/trump-takes-aim…

Trump Takes Aim at Shipping's Net-Zero Plan at UN

President Donald Trump used his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday to renew his attack on the International Maritime Organization’s Net-Zero Framework, accusing the UN shipping...

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Seafarer Killed in Hormuz Attack as Trump Pushes Iran Deal at UN gcaptain.com/seafarer-killed…

Seafarer Killed in Hormuz Attack as Trump Pushes Iran Deal at UN

An Indian seafarer has been killed and another crew member injured after a bulk carrier was struck in the Strait of Hormuz, the latest attack on merchant shipping as U.S....

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US, Korea Hail ‘Significant Progress’ on $350 Billion Trade Deal gcaptain.com/us-korea-hail-s…

US, Korea Hail ‘Significant Progress’ on $350 Billion Trade Deal

Donald Trump and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung hailed “significant progress” on implementing the two countries’ long-stalled investment deal, with lawmakers in Seoul saying the first project...

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Death Toll from Capsized Ship in Indonesia Rises to 20 as Search Continues for 115 Missing Passengers gcaptain.com/death-toll-from…

Death Toll from Capsized Ship in Indonesia Rises to 20 as Search Continues for 115 Missing Passen...

The official death toll from a passenger ship that capsized and sank in Indonesia's Java Sea rose to 20 on Wednesday, up from the previous 10, with rescuers expecting to find more bodies as the...

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A great review of @CMS_Washington book “Returning from Ebb Tide” in @NMHS_SeaHistory “Tuesday Tidings”newsletter today. Worth a read! Enjoy! @TheBobbyDixon @NavyLeagueUS myemail.constantcontact.com/…

Tuesday Tidings Newsletter

Email from National Maritime Historical Society Honoring Our Naval History and Supporting the Naval Heritage Community VIEW THIS EMAIL AS A WEBPAGE >>   22 September 2026 Welcome back to our National

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New York Leads Lawsuits Challenging $1.4 Billion Offshore Wind Buyouts gcaptain.com/new-york-leads-…

New York Leads Lawsuits Challenging $1.4 Billion Offshore Wind Buyouts

New York is leading a coalition of states in two new lawsuits challenging Trump administration agreements that would cancel offshore wind leases and redirect roughly $1.4 billion toward liquefied...

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The Wartime Secretary of the Navy gcaptain.com/the-wartime-sec…

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 Honorable Hung Cao to become the...

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Trump Pushing for Diesel Export Ban Amid Surging Fuel Prices gcaptain.com/trump-pushing-f…

Trump Pushing for Diesel Export Ban Amid Surging Fuel Prices

By Josh Wingrove and Jennifer A. Dlouhy (Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump said he’s encouraged his advisers to support a ban on US diesel exports, with wars in Iran and Ukraine...

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