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Royal Caribbean Crew Member Admits to Raping Minor Girl on Rhapsody of the Seas 23 Years Ago

A Honduran man, previously employed by Royal Caribbean Cruises on the Rhapsody of the Seas, pled guilty last week to...

Asymmetric Alliance Strategy: An Israeli Maritime Perspective on the Iran War

Iran War Topic Week By Ehud Eiran The joint military campaign launched by the United States and Israel against Iran...

The Hormuz Closure and the Limits of Sanctions: How Russia Benefited from Iran’s Chokepoint Weapon

Iran War Topic Week By Rustam Taghizade The Strategic Paradox When the Trump administration granted India a 30-day waiver on...

The Insurance Chokepoint: War-Risk Pricing as an Instrument of Maritime Coercion

Iran War Topic Week By Bruce Randolph Tizes Most analysis of the U.S.-Iran maritime war will focus on carrier strike...

Hormuz and the Era of Asymmetry: Sea Mines, Unmanned Systems, and the Redefinition of Naval Power

Iran War Topic Week By Admiral Massimo Vianello (Ret.) and Master Chief Petty Officer Giovanni Giorguli (Ret.) The conflict between...

Princess Cruise Passenger Arrested For Possession of Multiple Child Sexual Abuse Videos at Port Everglades

Federal agents arrested Joseph Samuel Doria, age 28, on felony charges related to the possession and transportation of child sexual...

The Price of Doubt: Sea Control in the Strait of Hormuz

Iran War Topic Week By James Jackson Operation Epic Fury began on February 28, 2026, with objectives unrelated to commercial...

Iran War Series Kicks Off on CIMSEC

By Dmitry Filipoff For the next two weeks, CIMSEC will be featuring writing submitted to our Call for Articles on...

Two Carnival Cruise Ship Passengers Arrested for Child Sexual Exploitation Offenses

Federal grand juries have indicted Christopher Michael Lawhon, 36, and Tajareia Lawon Aikee Blackwell, 25, on separate child sexual exploitation...

Allure of the Seas Passenger Arrested on Voyeurism Charges After Taking “Upskirt” Photographs of Teen

A passenger aboard Royal Caribbean’s Allure of the Seas was arrested by Broward County Sheriff’s Office detectives for taking photographs...

Mahahual Pays the Price as Cruise Ships Bring Pollution, Crowds and Little Local Gain

Cruise ships have turned Mahahual into one of Mexico’s busiest Caribbean port stops, but residents and researchers say the boom...

Six U.S. Cruise Passengers Fined $47K After Nassau Cruise Port Brawl Injures Four Bahamian Officers

Five American tourists were arrested after a fight that began at the Nassau Cruise Port and later continued at a...

China Is Rehearsing More Than Amphibious Landings

By Jason Wang, Marvin Bernardo, Pei-Jhen Wu, and Andrew S. Erickson For years, the public debate over a possible Chinese...

SWOs Assume Amphibious Command: Why it Matters

By Captain Kevin Eyer, USN (Ret.) Amphibious Command Reform In an April 24, 2026 directive, Chief of Naval Operations Daryl...

Frank Del Rio, the Greediest Cruise Executive in the Cruise Industry’s History, Sues for More Money

Seatrade Cruise News reports that Frank Del Rio, former president and CEO of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH), is suing NCLH...

The Weapon of Frozen Assets: A New Instrument of Maritime Financial Warfare

By Valery Bonakhau Financial warfare is conventionally understood as an instrument applied to declared, identifiable assets. Common tactics include freezing...

Hackers Breach Carnival, Exposing Data of Nearly 6 Million Customers

Hackers breached Carnival Corporation’s systems in April and exposed personal data tied to nearly 6 million people. Carnival said the...

Virgin Voyages Crew Member Repatriated After Alleged Sexual Assault Aboard Valiant Lady

A Virgin Voyages crew member was repatriated to Peru after a fellow crew member accused him of sexually assaulting her...

Latin America: Donations and Sales of Second-hand Hulls

By W. Alejandro Sánchez Written by Wilder Alejandro Sanchez, The Southern Tide addresses maritime security issues throughout Latin America and the Caribbean....

National Geographic Sea Bird Hit by Gastrointestinal Outbreak During Alaska Voyage

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that a gastrointestinal illness outbreak sickened 12 people aboard the National...