The Merchant Marine's Role in National Security, Explained
Civilian crews, commercial ships, and government sealift form the supply line that military operations depend on.
Maritime News
Maritime News records events at sea and in port as they occur: incidents, seizures, transits, exercises, commissionings, contract awards and disruption to shipping. Each item carries a date, a location and a named source. Read by operators, insurers, naval staff and analysts needing prompt maritime situational awareness.
Reporting on collisions, seizures, strait transits, commissioning dates, contract awards and port disruption, dated and attributed to primary sources.
Piracy Today: Where the Risk Sits and How Shipping Responds
A dated guide to the waters where attacks still happen, what drives them, and the defenses crews and owners now rely on.
How to Read Maritime News Like an Industry Analyst
A guide to the sources, indices, and indicators professionals actually watch.
How U.S. Navy Ships Move From Keel to Commissioning
A guide to the four documented milestones that turn a hull under construction into a commissioned warship, drawn from Naval History and Heritage Command and Naval Sea Systems Command records.
Dhow Hijackings Kept Somali Piracy Active Through 2025 as Global Incidents Rose
The ICC International Maritime Bureau logged 45 incidents worldwide in the first quarter of 2025, and dhows and fishing vessels were hijacked off Somalia and the Gulf of Aden through the year.
Navy Released Its Findings on the USS Gettysburg Friendly-Fire Shootdown of December 2024
USS Gettysburg (CG-64) downed an F/A-18F Super Hornet over the Red Sea on December 21, 2024; the Navy published the strike group investigation findings in December 2025.