Mike Schuler

The United States will resume enforcing its maritime blockade of Iran on Monday, restoring restrictions on commercial shipping to and from Iranian ports less than a month after lifting them under a now-defunct ceasefire agreement.

Three more tankers have come under attack near the Strait of Hormuz in the latest escalation of the maritime conflict between Iran and the United States, as U.S. forces launched another wave of strikes against Iranian military targets overnight.

TOTE Services has been selected to oversee construction of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps' new Medium Landing Ship (LSM) fleet under a contract valued at up to $2.2 billion, marking another major endorsement of the commercial-style shipbuilding model the Navy is using to accelerate production and strengthen the domestic industrial base.

Ukraine says it has struck another 11 Russian-linked vessels in the Sea of Azov, bringing the total number of ships damaged during a nine-day campaign to 116, in what appears to be the most sustained effort yet to disrupt Russia's maritime logistics and export trade.

Two Military Sealift Command ships have earned the Presidential Unit Citation (PUC) for the first time in the command's 77-year history, recognizing the civilian-crewed vessels for their role supporting the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group during Operation Epic Fury.

President Donald Trump has abandoned his proposal to charge a 20% fee on cargo moving through the Strait of Hormuz, saying the United States will instead seek trade and investment commitments from Gulf states in return for maintaining security in the strategic waterway.

The Trump administration's emergency Jones Act waiver has delivered a windfall to U.S. refiners while doing little to lower fuel prices for consumers, according to a new analysis from the head of one of the country's largest U.S.-flag tanker operators.

The human toll of the escalating conflict in and around the Strait of Hormuz continues to rise, with one Indian seafarer killed and at least 10 others injured after missile strikes on two commercial tankers on Tuesday, prompting renewed warnings that civilian mariners are increasingly bearing the cost of the crisis.

The U.S. military has employed autonomous maritime systems in combat for the first time, with U.S. Central Command confirming that unmanned surface vessels participated in strikes against Iranian naval infrastructure as Washington continues operations aimed at protecting commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.

The Trump administration on Tuesday expanded its economic campaign against Iran by imposing sweeping new sanctions on a major shipping and oil trading network just hours after the U.S. military resumed its maritime blockade of Iranian ports.