Denmark has launched what it claims is the world’s first entirely digital ship register, removing all paperwork related to ship registration and trading and requiring necessary activities to be carried out online.
China’s Rampant Illegal Fishing Is Endangering the Environment and the Global Economy
It's how a sharp increase in IUU fishing by Chinese fishing boats over the past decade has come to threaten the world's oceans, deprive seaside nations of their economic livelihoods, and undermine international laws and norms.
A plan to plug gaps in the continent’s Arctic defence shield faces roadblocks
Despite the ballyhoo that surrounded last year's announcement, it's becoming clear that the modernization of North American air defence systems — a plan to spend $4.9 billion over six years — has a long way to go and a number of key technical obstacles to overcome.
Maritime Domain Awareness Starts with Seeing What’s on the Sea
The U.S. Fifth Fleet’s Task Force 59 is conducting Digital Horizon, an unmanned systems demonstration featuring a flotilla of different unmanned surface vessels to help build maritime awareness. …
The Maritime Silk Road
This article examines how China’s twenty-first century Maritime Silk Road impacts U.S. national security.