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International Maritime Reporter / Maritime Labor

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Good to see better pay and working conditions for maritime workers but where were the traditional maritime unions while this was going down? #MEBA #IOMMP #SIU #AMO and inland marine groups
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TWU adding NYC ferry captains to its union ranks trib.al/EQU5LdL
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What next? #unintendedconsequences spacedaily.com/s-the-united-…
The United States is replacing every official latitude, longitude and height it publishes, existing...

The United States is replacing every official latitude, longitude and height it publishes, existing...

The National Geodetic Survey has spent years building a replacement for the reference system that fixes every published position in the country. New geodetic-control submissions into the old system...

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Spot on: "political willy waving" while our fellow seafarers are being slaughtered in worldwide pissing contests. Happy Labor Day to all the IMO and corporate suits out there. seatrade-maritime.com/regula…
Spirit of IMO alive, but Net Zero Framework progress limited

Spirit of IMO alive, but Net Zero Framework progress limited

Following the MEPC’s Intersessional Working Group on GHG the feeling was that collaborative resolve remained but there was little tangible progress

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U.S. Secretary of War's "no quarter" order still in place. Indian Sailors Made Frantic Distress Calls After U.S. Missile Struck Tanker nytimes.com/2026/06/10/world…
Indian Sailors Made Frantic Distress Calls After U.S. Missile Struck Tanker

Indian Sailors Made Frantic Distress Calls After U.S. Missile Struck Tanker

The 24 crew members were stranded for more than two hours before being rescued by an Omani military helicopter. The U.S. military said that the ship had violated its blockade of Iran.

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Succinctly, "battleships" vs drones open.substack.com/pub/paulkr…
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#halfrations #adrift #stranded wsj.com/world/middle-east/ir…
Trapped in the Strait: The Sailors Low on Supplies and Stuck in a War Zone

Trapped in the Strait: The Sailors Low on Supplies and Stuck in a War Zone

​Some 20,000 ​seafarers are stranded in the Persian Gulf. Many are ​dodging drones or rationing food as they wait for an escape plan.

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Happy Mothers Day to those moms who see their children off to sea... and to those moms whose children see them off to sea.
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We are the #collateraldamage 20,000 #seafarers are trapped in the Mid East: #IMO calls for safe evacuation framework marinelog.com/news/20000-sea…
20,000 seafarers are trapped in the Mid East: IMO calls for safe evacuation framework

20,000 seafarers are trapped in the Mid East: IMO calls for safe evacuation framework

Helping Maritime Professionals Make Informed Decisions

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Everything's transactional theguardian.com/us-news/2026…
How a billionaire with interests in Greenland encouraged Trump to acquire the territory

How a billionaire with interests in Greenland encouraged Trump to acquire the territory

US president’s friend Ronald Lauder – who first proposed Arctic expansion – is now making deals in the island

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On going budget and manpower shortfalls. Bad enough in our own backyard. Won't play well West of 180°. USCG Awaits Additional Forces to Before Seizing Venezuela-Linked Tanker marinelink.com/news/uscg-awa…
USCG Awaits Additional Forces to Before Seizing Venezuela-Linked Tanker

USCG Awaits Additional Forces to Before Seizing Venezuela-Linked Tanker

The U.S. Coast Guard is waiting for additional forces to arrive before potentially attempting to board and seize a Venezuela-linked…

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Christmas greetings... "stay" warm and "stay" safe
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On #pearlharborday #lumbership SS Cynthia Olson enroute #tacoma to #honolulu sunk by Japanese submarine. Crew abandoned ship but were never seen again. #dayofinfamy #WWII #pacificwar #usmerchantmarine #inpeaceandwar #nauticalhistory instagram.com/p/BNuPX5yAtYV/…
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SS Muskogee, March 1942
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Senator Kelly is correct. Plus this Public Service Announcement: The KEY section of the Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1. The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
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Outrageous. #ITF: What was the outcome of French law enforcement authorities ITF condemns assault on ITF Inspector onboard vessel itfglobal.org/en/news/itf-co…
ITF condemns assault on ITF Inspector onboard vessel

ITF condemns assault on ITF Inspector onboard vessel

Ship’s master reacts with violence as inspector defends seafarers’ rights in Le Havre, France The International Transport Wor

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#thingshappen U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols washingtonpost.com/national-…
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols

U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols

The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”

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Remembering #EdmundFitzgerald iron-ore carrier lost 50 years ago November 10, 1975, at Lake Superior with all 29 crew members
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Ongoing issues of misidentified cargo and false weight manifests #shipfire #shipstability #marinetransportation maritime-executive.com/artic…
Three Killed in Malaysia as Maersk Manages Fires on Two Ships

Three Killed in Malaysia as Maersk Manages Fires on Two Ships

 A fire aboard a containership alongside in Malaysia’s Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) was fatal, killing three and injuring three more, reports Malaysi...

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