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Op-Ed: America Needs Fully-Funded Hurricane Forecasting
[By Brian Tang]The 2026 Atlantic hurricane season starts June 1, and while early outlooks suggest that a developing El Niño might result…
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Op-Ed: Bottom Trawl Operators Need to Prove That They Are Sustainable
[By Sarah Foster and Amanda Vincent] Bottom trawlers extract one-quarter of the world’s fisheries catches by weight and raise significant ecological,… maritime-executive
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OpEd: Russian Ceasefire Scam Hardens Ukrainian and Widens Maritime Risk
The Russian Victory Day Parade in Moscow on May 9 is normally a display of military might. This year, however,…
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Op-Ed: China’s Gray Zone Fleet is Undermining Taiwan’s Control at Sea
[By Nathan Attrill]China’s pressure on Taiwan increasingly relies on vessels that aren’t warships. Instead, Beijing is deploying a maritime grey-zone… maritime-executive
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Op-Ed: Mideast Conflict Provides a Test of Economic Resilience
[By Adi Imsirovic and Antonio Fatas]The world economy survived the shocks of the Ukraine-Russia conflict, which has had limited impact…
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Op-Ed: UK Naval Shrinkage Taints London Defence Conference
Attempts to develop the annual London Defence Conference as an annual geopolitical event rivalling the Munich Security Conference are facing…
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Op-Ed: HKC Certification Can’t Substitute for the Basel Convention
The global ship recycling debate sits at the intersection of two legal regimes that were never designed to fit neatly…
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Op-Ed: Who Speaks for America’s Maritime Workforce?
In the recent segment on the American maritime industry on 60 Minutes, some of the most important questions facing the…
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Op-Ed: Arctic Metagaz Explosion Shows That LNG Carriers Have Risks
A recent explosive event involving a liquified natural gas (LNG) carrier laden with Russian Arctic gas should serve as a wake…
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Op-Ed: Ships Should Meet the Polar Code Before Entering Canadian Arctic
The United Nations International Maritime Organization (IMO) adopted the Polar Code in November 2014 to reduce loss of life at…
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