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Royal Navy Conducts Drug Seizures and Assists with Iranian Incident

The Maritime Executive 08 Jun 2023

Navy received the distress call on June 3 from a merchant ship transiting the Strait of Hormuz ... The navies reported that after they began this surveillance, the small vessels harassing the merchant ship dispersed ... Navy reports that the boats withdrew and that the merchant ship was able to continue on its way.

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Interview: Viking Cruises sets sail with confidence in Chinese market, senior executive says

People Daily 08 Jun 2023

On June 1, more than 100 Chinese tourists boarded a Viking cruise ship in Amsterdam in the Netherlands to embark on an 11-day journey along the Rhine River ... On June 18, its luxury cruise ship dubbed China Merchants Eden will make its maiden voyage by taking Chinese tourists on a Japan loop route with Shanghai as its home port.

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44th Chinese naval escort taskforce escorts Panamanian merchant ship (Ministry of National Defense of the People's Republic of China)

Public Technologies 08 Jun 2023

44th Chinese naval escort taskforce escorts Panamanian merchant ship ... The PLA Navy stands on duty during an accompanying escort mission for a merchant ship ... The merchant ship crew expressed thanks to the Chinese warship through Channel 16 VHF ... En convoy, a mother pirate ship with three dinghies once tailed after the merchant ship and tried to attack.

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ABS approve latest LNG containment system from LNT Marine and SDARI

LNG Industry 08 Jun 2023

LNT Marine and Shanghai Merchant Ship Design and Research Institute have received approval in principle from ABS for the latest variant of their LNT A-BOX LNG containment system ... .

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JOSEPH, JULES I

Atlantic City 08 Jun 2023

95, of Atlantic City, passed away peacefully on Sunday, June 4th. He is survived by his son Dr ... Jules was predeceased by his wife, Charlotte (Corak) Joseph and his son, Stephen Joseph, Esq. Jules was born in Vineland, N.J. and moved to Millville as a child ... After graduation, he enlisted in the Merchant Marines and traveled by ship around the world ... .

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Five reasons Adam Smith remains Britain's most important economist, 300 years on

The Conversation 08 Jun 2023

Following Scotland’s 1707 union with England, Glasgow was asserting its place as a wealthy city of merchants ... At the University of Glasgow, Smith taught the sons of wealthy sugar and tobacco merchants and slave-labour plantation owners.

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D-Day: Pausing to Remembering the Largest Seaborne Invasion in History

The Maritime Executive 07 Jun 2023

To support the operation, the Allies had a force of 150,000 soldiers, 11,000 aircraft, and 7,000 vessels at their disposal, including 4,000 landing craft and 860 merchant ships ... Dozens of merchant ships were stripped down, dispatched to the site, and sunk in place as block ships ...

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D-Day: Pausing to Remember the Largest Seaborne Invasion in History

The Maritime Executive 07 Jun 2023

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Danelec ship performance monitoring solution boosts fleet digitalization and decarbonization program for the SeaTankers Group fleet

Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide 07 Jun 2023

Maritime safety, data collection and ship performance monitoring leader Danelec has ...

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Australia Continues Safety Crackdown Banning Bulker for 90 Days

The Maritime Executive 07 Jun 2023

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) issued its second 90-day ban in a week to a merchant ship that the safety regulator believes is “unsafe and unseaworthy,” posing a risk to the ship and its crew as well as Australia’s marine and coastal environments.

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Where AUKUS subs should and shouldn’t roam

Asiatimes 07 Jun 2023

The major maritime powers would not have accepted expanded maritime zones and recognition of the status of archipelagic states without clear legal entitlements of the freedom of navigation within certain waters for merchant ships and warships, including submarines.

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Iranian Attack Boats Harrassed Merchant Ship in Hormuz Strait: US Navy

The Epoch Times 06 Jun 2023

local time, the unnamed merchant ship sent out a distress signal and reported the three “fast-attack craft with armed personnel” had begun following them at a close distance.

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IRGC Navy rejects US claim that merchant ship ‘harassed’ in Strait of Hormuz

Press TV 06 Jun 2023

Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy has dismissed Western claims that a merchant ship was “harassed” by its boats in the Strait of Hormuz as the elite force responded to a distress call and rushed to its help.

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US, UK naval ships chase away Iranian boats from 'harassing' merchant vessel in Strait of Hormuz

Yahoo Daily News 06 Jun 2023

came to the aid of a merchant ship sailing through the vital Strait of Hormuz after it was "harassed" by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, the U.S ... The announcement came after three Iranian "fast-attack" vessels armed with troops approached the merchant ship Sunday afternoon.

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