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See what merchant mariners eat while spending months at sea on a container ship

During the holidays, meal times are a source of community for merchant mariners who must work throu…

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Shipping company warns it's having trouble finding crew to run freighters, threatening further delays

"It's been really tough to be in this industry during the pandemic," a merchant marine told Insider…

Grace Kay   


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My cargo ship briefly lost power at sea. Here's how merchant mariners are trained to deal with it.

Merchant mariner Bryan Boyle breaks down how workers are trained to deal with emergencies on cargo …

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There are 5 elite US service academies that prepare the next generation of the American military

The admissions process also starts much sooner than at traditional schools. Beginning in candidates…

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A Navy destroyer collided with a merchant vessel off the coast of Singapore

McCain had recently visited the warship in Vietnam, according to Fox News, which added that earlier…

Mark Abadi   


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How one ship keeps operations going at a secretive US Navy base in the middle of the Indian Ocean

Once arriving on the island, the ship goes through processing. The British forces provide customs a…

Seaman Apprentice Michael Por…   


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How America quietly lost 2,700 ships

America ditched maritime trade as it became more important than ever. And it speaks to our never-en…

Rachel Premack   


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See inside a 958-foot container ship, from the crew's living quarters to the massive engine room

Second mate Bryan Boyle provides insight into the everyday life of cargo ship crew members as they …

Grace Kay   


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The Real-Life Captain Phillips Conducted A Surprisingly Candid Reddit AMA

And then he asked me if I was sleeping and I said I slept like a baby. And then he asked me if I wa…

Paul Szoldra   


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These are the 25 most powerful militaries in the world

US Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit fire an M777 Howitzer during a fire mission i…

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A merchant navy cadet is suing Maersk, saying the company failed to protect her from rape and sexual harassment on board one of its ships

Insider spoke to Hope Hicks, the cadet known as "Midshipman X" who has gone public with allegations…

Mia Jankowicz   


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IAF's C-17 aircraft executes precision airdrop in Arabian Sea, helps Navy seize hijacked vessel

A C-17 tactical transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) executed a precision airdrop of tw…

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Amateur divers found 2,000 ancient gold coins off the coast of Israel

He said archeologists hope further excavations at the site of the find will make it possible "to su…

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This British fintech CEO just got given a royal role that dates back to King Henry VIII

Olisa, 64, who has already received an OBE from the Queen, will assume his role as of today. The ro…

Lianna Brinded   


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New research suggests we might be thinking about the ocean plastic problem all wrong - trash dumped from ships could be a major culprit

The authors noted that it's possible some of these Chinese-made bottles could have been exported to…

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A second mate explains how cargo ships 'race to anchor' outside backlogged ports and vie for spots in weeks-long lines

"It's about dropping the hook as soon as possible so you can get in the rotation to wait for about …

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Despite GOP criticism of the prisoner swap that freed Brittney Griner, Fiona Hill said Trump was 'not particularly interested' in freeing Paul Whelan

In an appearance on Face the Nation, the former National Security Council official said US citizens…

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Maersk settles case with 'Midshipman X,' whose allegation of rape at sea roiled the shipping industry

Hope Hicks' allegations that she was raped as a cadet aboard a Maersk ship set in motion an industr…

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The UK sent a new warship to the Red Sea to take over from a vessel that's been attacked three times by Houthi rebels

The UK Ministry of Defence said that one of its warships was being replaced in the Red Sea after it…

Thibault Spirlet