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NCL Crew Member Arrested in Boston and Charged for Trafficking Child Sexual Abuse Material

A 35-year-old Filipino crew member was arrested in Boston after U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents found numerous child...

Why Modern Navies Still Need a Mine Countermeasures Force in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

By Admiral Massimo Vianello, Italian Navy (Ret.) and Master Chief Petty Officer Giovanni Giorguli, Italian Navy (Ret.) Introduction Throughout naval...

U.S. CBP Claims to Have Deported 87 Crew Members for Allegedly Possessing Child Sexual Abuse Materials from the Port of Boston

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) claims that it has removed a total of 87 crew members from cruise ships...

Hymn to Hai Kun: The Gap Between Ceremony and Capability

By Meng Kit Tang A Myth Before the Launch In June 2026, the chairman of Taiwan’s China Shipbuilding Corporation’s (CSBC),...

U.S. Coast Guard Rescues Crew Member from the Allure of the Seas off the Coast of Puerto Rico: Video

The U.S. Coast Guard sprang into action to medically evacuate a 32-year-old crew member from the Allure of the Seas...

Royal Caribbean Settles Lawsuit with the Family of Passenger who Died After Being Served 33 Drinks

A settlement has been reached between Royal Caribbean Cruise Line and the estate of Michael Virgil, who died after being...

What Naval Power Cannot Buy

By Hervé Auffret Ships can deter a competitor, compel a rival, and escort a convoy. What they cannot do is...

Call For Articles: Fiction Week 2026

Stories Due: November 10, 2026 Week Dates: December 7-11, 2026 Story Length: 1,500-3,000 Words Submit to: Content@cimsec.org By Brian Kerg In...

Oasis of the Seas Turns Back to Nassau After Two Passengers, Including 7-Year-Old, Require Emergency Medical Care

Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas reversed course back to the Bahamas after two passengers required urgent medical attention while...

Review of Polar War: Submarines, Spies, and the Struggle for Power in a Melting Arctic by Kenneth R. Rosen

by Tatum Delaney The countdown ticks forward, each second marching the Arctic ice closer to its liquid form. Some see...

Man Missing After Going Overboard From the Carnival Panorama

A 56-year-old man reportedly jumped overboard from the Carnival Panorama this weekend while the ship was sailing back from Puerto...

13 Passengers Added to Costa Cruises’ Do Not Sail List After Violent Brawl Aboard Costa Smeralda

Thirteen passengers, ages 18 to 20, were identified by police after a violent brawl aboard Costa Cruises’ Costa Smeralda during...

The Surface Navy in an AI World: Rethinking the FFX

By James J. Wirtz No one disagrees that the Navy has not had much luck constructing warships this century. It...

Strategic Messaging, Deterrence, and RIMPAC 26

By Adam Lockyer Between June 24 to July 31, Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2026 took place on and...

Beyond Drug Seizures: What Nigeria’s Meth Labs Reveal About the Flow of Transnational Crime

By Ebunoluwa George Ojo-Ami and Dr. Ian Ralby The recent discovery of covert methamphetamine laboratories in southwestern Nigeria should not...

15 Crew Members From Viking Mars and Norwegian Escape Deported From Port of Boston

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently deported at least fifteen non-U.S. crew members from two cruise ships in Boston....

34 Year Old Passenger Arrested After Allegedly Raping 18 Year Old Girl on Cruise Ship

A 34-year-old passenger was taken into custody after his cruise ship returned to PortMiami Saturday, accused of raping an 18-year-old...

Elemental Leverage: How the United States Can Stop China’s Rare-Earths Squeeze Before the Next Crisis

By Josh Richards and Joseph Hanacek The Elemental Weapon When China threatens to close its fist, the world listens. In...

Chicago Man Indicted Over Alleged Bomb Threat Involving Disney Cruise Line

A Chicago man has been federally indicted for allegedly making a bomb threat involving a cruise ship traveling from the...

Passenger Dies After Suffering Spinal Injury in Cruise Pool

A 58 year old Minnesota man died from complications he suffered from a spinal injury aboard Princess Cruises’ Sun Princess....