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Carnival Passenger Awarded $300,000 After Being Served At Least 14 Shots on Cruise

A federal jury in Miami found Carnival Cruise Line liable for a woman’s injuries after she fell while heavily intoxicated....

Gastrointestinal Outbreak Sickens 22 on Oceania Insignia

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported on April 15, 2026 that 19 passengers and 3 crew members...

Stepbrother of Anna Kepner Indicted as Adult on Murder and Sexual Abuse Charges

Timothy Hudson, the 16-year-old stepbrother of Anna Kepner, has been formally indicted as an adult by a federal grand jury...

Ditch the Cup: End the Navy’s Random Urinalysis Program

By Roger Misso We all know the drill. It is 0700 on a Tuesday. The command has been secured. Your...

Hidden Camera Discovered in Cruise Bathroom Leads to Voyeurism Charge

A passenger aboard the Celebrity Beyond was charged with video voyeurism after crew members found a hidden camera in a...

A Temporary Corridor Strategy for Hormuz

By Frank Bell The Strait of Hormuz does not need to be made safe to reopen global shipping. It only...

Cruise Passenger on Carnival Conquest Arrested For Possession of Numerous Child Abuse Videos

Former massage therapist Javarous Lashay McNealy, age 34, was arrested on federal charges after agents found child sexual abuse materials...

Cruise Passenger Arrested After Recording Teen in Ship Bathroom

Broward Sheriff’s Office (BSO) deputies arrested a cruise passenger at Port Everglades last Friday, April 3, for secretly recording a...

Crew Member Arrested After Raping Fellow Employee Aboard Celebrity Xcel

A crew member aboard the Celebrity Xcel was arrested by Broward Sheriff’s Office (BSO) deputies at Port Everglades after sexually...

Carnival Withholds Scrubber Pollution Data From Alaska Regulators

Carnival Corporation withheld scrubber-discharge data from Alaska regulators for months, according to a report by Alaska Public Media and KHNS....

“With the Shield, or On It?”: Aspides and the EU Aspirations for Sea Control

By Giacomo Leccese  On 23 February 2026, the Council of the EU decided to extend the mandate of the EU...

Fiji Princess Runs Aground: 61 Passengers and Crew Rescued

On Saturday, April 4, 2026, the MV Fiji Princess ran aground near Monuriki Island in Fiji, where the movie Cast...

Desert Storm Made the PLA. What is the Iran War Making?

By Commander Ander S. Heiles, USN In January 1991, Chinese military officers watched CNN footage of the United States dismantling...

The Sicilian Expedition: Lessons from an Ancient Disaster

By Austin McLaughlin The world’s preeminent naval power launched a vast armada west to secure distant allies from a threatening...

Defending Global Order Against China’s Maritime Insurgency – Part 2

By Dan White and Hunter Stires Dan White: China’s behavior in the South China Sea, along with efforts to highlight...

Hedge with Non-Kinetic Defense

By Connor Keating In April 2025, Admiral Samuel Paparo delivered his annual posture statement to the House Armed Services Committee,...

Asymmetry Rising: How Autonomous Systems Enforce Sea Denial

By Rudraksh Pathak Naval warfare is approaching a point where the traditional capital ship is no longer an unambiguous asset...

Russia’s Irregular Maritime Statecraft in the Baltic Sea

By Joe Durigan and Craig Whiteside Since 2022, Russia has sharply increased its employment of illegal/coercive/aggressive/deceptive (ICAD) maritime tactics in...

Passenger Arrested on Celebrity Eclipse After Exposing Himself to Teens in Cruise Ship Sauna

It happened again. For the third time in the last two years, an adult passenger exposed himself to teenagers in...

Defending Global Order Against China’s Maritime Insurgency – Part 1

By Dan White and Hunter Stires The international order has come under immense strain in recent years. Major wars have...