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Mark Douglas
An extremely overdue measure. An IACS member certifying the operation of the Shadow Fleet undermines the standards that we rely on for safe and efficient global shipping.
Now, a proliferation of challenges to free navigation is threatening the world’s open trading system
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I think one problematic aspect in differentiating between China "playing the long game" vs "China wants change now"-pitches is that both underappreciate PRC being subject to external constraints & dynamics just like every other power, including the US.
www.aspistrategist.org.au/chinas-expan...
The two crew members were rescued by a sea drone in the first such operation ever carried out by the U.S. military, officials told CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-apache-helicopter-crash-strait-of-hormuz-first-sea-drone-rescue/
🚨🚨🚨 🇷🇺 BOIKIY could become one of Russia's most costly naval losses
💥 Following 🇺🇦 Ukraine's June 3 strike on Kronstadt, damage reported aboard the Russian corvette includes the mainmast, radar deck, funnel section, aft superstructure and flight deck.
🚨🚨🚨 The Russian fleet oiler 🇷🇺 PM82 is now approaching the English Channel
Is she heading to rendezvous with the frigate 🇷🇺 GRIGOROVICH, which has maintained a prolonged presence in the area over recent weeks?
@te3ej.bsky.social
We've combined AIS and sentinel 1 SAR with OSINT from @te3ej.bsky.social, @rfnosblog.bsky.social, @puca.bsky.social, @vesselspotter.eurosky.social, @pa.nton.cx to locate RFN Admiral Grigorovich and RFN PM-82 conducting resupply off the UK's Galloper wind farm, in what is now a regular RFN operation.
The conflict in Iran has reinforced several key lessons about drone warfare, many of which had already emerged from the war in Ukraine.
www.itamilradar.com/2026/06/09/t...
This weekend saw a lot of dark ship-to-ship transfers of oil in the Middle East. It's not Iranian oil. Instead, this is oil coming from Iran's Arab neighbors. Yet another reason why oil isn't $200/barrel right now.
#OOTT #IranWar #Tankers
The loss of a US Air Force MQ-9 Reaper over Iraq yesterday has once again raised questions about the future of one of the world’s most iconic military drones. While the cause of the incident remains u...
China appears to be playing the long game in pursuit of its interests in the Indo-Pacific. In this series of Strategist articles, Joe Keary, Raji Rajagopalan and Linus Cohen discuss how China is pursu...
Change of heart by #IR #IndianRegister #IRRegister ?
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India's ship safety certifier is taking a tougher stance on vessels involved in evading international trade sanctions, by cancelling the certification of more t
