Mike Schuler

The Port of Long Beach handled its busiest August on record as U.S. container imports remained stronger than expected through the late summer peak season.

Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz is still running far below normal, but the latest UKMTO data shows a steady flow of ships continuing to move through the waterway, much of it with U.S.-facilitated passage, helping to restore some Gulf oil exports.

The U.S. Coast Guard is set to launch its new digital mariner credentialing system, marking a major shift in how mariners apply for Merchant Mariner Credentials and medical certificates as the service continues working through a months-long application backlog.

U.S. Maritime Administrator Stephen Carmel on Friday marked the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks by honoring the merchant mariners who answered an extraordinary call for help and helped carry hundreds of thousands of people out of Lower Manhattan by water.

Anthropic says it disrupted an Iran-linked user that used its Claude artificial intelligence models to track U.S. naval forces, compile targeting material and research vulnerabilities in shipboard systems.

Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd are significantly expanding their return to the Suez Canal, shifting four additional Gemini Cooperation services away from the Cape of Good Hope even as the security outlook around the Red Sea grows increasingly complicated.

A tightening Panama Canal is once again forcing shipowners to weigh longer routes around South America, but the Swedish Club is warning that Cape Horn and the Strait of Magellan are far from straightforward substitutes.

The Canadian Coast Guard has officially welcomed the CCGS Judy LaMarsh into its fleet, marking the first addition of a large vessel to its Great Lakes operations in more than three decades.

The Port of Los Angeles capped its strongest three-month cargo stretch on record in August, adding to evidence that Southern California's container gateway is carrying stronger-than-expected momentum into the fall.

U.S. Central Command is disputing an Iranian claim that a Panama-flagged tanker recently struck a naval mine in the Strait of Hormuz , saying the ship was instead hit by Iranian weapons on two separate occasions.