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US Forces Board Sanctioned Tanker in Indian Ocean, Pentagon Says
U.S. forces conducted an interdiction of the sanctioned stateless oil tanker Davina overnight in the Indian Ocean, the U.S. military's Indo-Pacific Command said on Friday.

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Jan de Nul Wins Contract to Dig Argentina’s $10 Billion Waterway
Belgian dredger Jan de Nul NV and local partner Servimagnus SA won a 25-year contract on Thursday from Argentina’s government to upgrade the nation’s chief trade route in a concession overshadowed by accusations of Chinese influence.

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Alternative-Fuel Ship Orders Slow as Owners Hedge Fuel Bets
Orders for alternative-fuelled vessels continued in May but remain well below last year’s pace, highlighting a more cautious and diversified approach to decarbonization investments across the global shipping industry. According...

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Coast Guard Unveils New Digital Mariner Credentialing Platform Amid Massive Backlog
The U.S. Coast Guard is preparing to launch a new digital credentialing platform aimed at overhauling how mariners apply for and receive Merchant Mariner Credentials (MMCs), marking the agency’s latest...

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Trafigura Warns World’s Largest Energy Crisis Is Far From Over
Commodity trading giant Trafigura says the conflict in the Middle East has already removed more than 1.1 billion barrels of oil from global markets and warned that even a near-term...

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Royal Navy Deploys New Mine-Hunting Drone as 15-Nation Hormuz Coalition Takes Shape
The Royal Navy has deployed a new underwater mine disposal system aboard RFA Lyme Bay as Britain and France finalize plans for a multinational operation to clear naval mines from...

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UK and France Finalize Postwar Hormuz Mine-Clearing Mission
The UK and France have finalized plans to lead a multinational mine-clearing mission in the Strait of Hormuz within days of an agreement between the US and Iran to reopen the waterway, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Delfin Approves $5 Billion Floating LNG Export Project Off Louisiana Coast
Backed by BlackRock’s GIP, MOL and Vitol, the Louisiana offshore project would become America’s first floating LNG export facility and the world’s largest FLNG development. Delfin Midstream has reached a...

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Maritime Action Plan Takes Center Stage as Congress Reviews MARAD, FMC Budgets
The Trump administration’s push to rebuild America’s maritime industry moved back into the spotlight Wednesday as lawmakers reviewed fiscal year 2027 budget requests from the Maritime Administration (MARAD) and Federal...

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Mike Schuler
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Northern Lights Expands Carbon Shipping Fleet with New CO2 Carrier
Northern Lights has awarded a long-term time charter contract for a new 12,000-cubic-meter liquefied CO? carrier to a consortium of Japan’s Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (“K” LINE) and Malaysia’s MISC Berhad,...

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Putin Clears TotalEnergies Exit From Arctic LNG 2 as Russia’s Sanctioned LNG Project Faces Shipping Hurdles
Russian President Vladimir Putin has authorized France’s TotalEnergies to sell its 10% stake in the Arctic LNG 2 project, potentially opening the door to one of the most significant Western exits from Russia’s gas sector since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

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Russia Tells France to Free Tanker Captain It Says Was Detained on False Charges
Russia is demanding that France release the captain of a tanker detained in France on what it says are false charges, the Russian embassy in Paris saidon Wednesday.