In toughly worded statements, Gibraltar said a Spanish warship ordered commercial ships to leave anchorages in British waters near Gibraltar, adding it was challenged by the British navy and sailed away, while the commercial ships stayed put.
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This summer, Russia raised the tensions, regularly halting commercial ships destined for Ukrainian ports.
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Commercial ships in northern waters have occasionally run into trouble, sometimes with deadly results.
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When recruits crossed the Pacific on commercial ships, they were forced to assume fake identities.
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The last two are currently standard practice for commercial ships sailing under the U.S. flag.
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Without the locks, a section of rapids would make the water impassable for commercial ships.
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Officers on commercial ships also undergo frequent training exercises with an emphasis on collision avoidance.
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By 2012, pirates were costing commercial ships between $900 million and $3.3 billion per year.
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As a result, crews onboard the Navy and commercial ships had no warning of the collision.
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"Our great ancestors used to make big commercial ships," said master boat builder Farouq Mohammed Bahlawan, 50.
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But Somali pirates have in recent years attacked several commercial ships off the east coast of Africa.
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The researchers assembled data from the thousands of commercial ships that moved across the ocean in 2012.
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The U.S. Fifth Fleet, based in Bahrain, is tasked with protecting the commercial ships in the area.
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In May and June Iran was accused of planting mines on several commercial ships in the Persian Gulf.
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That group had been connected to recent attacks on commercial ships in the region, according to Yahoo News.
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Chinese naval vessels have reportedly been escorting Chinese commercial ships in and out of Gwadar since November 2016.
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More than 80 percent of ageing commercial ships are broken up on the beaches of Bangladesh, Pakistan and India.
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More than 80 percent of aging commercial ships are broken up on the beaches of Bangladesh, Pakistan and India.
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All commercial ships have to be registered, or flagged, with a country partly to comply with safety and environmental regulations.
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Across the riverbank from Pavol's village, heavy machinery loads oversized logs into commercial ships seven days a week, he said.
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All commercial ships have to be registered - flagged in a particular country - partly to comply with safety and environmental laws.
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About 150,13 crew members aboard commercial ships worldwide are being forced to keep working to deliver gas, food and medicine.
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Last week the Maritime Administration said Iran could target U.S. commercial ships including oil tankers sailing through Middle East waterways.
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So an emergency operation would most likely rely heavily on other commercial ships that happen to be in the area.
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All commercial ships have to be registered, or flagged, with a particular country partly to comply with safety and environmental regulations.
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The U.S. Maritime Administration said last week that Iran could target U.S. commercial ships including oil tankers sailing through Middle East waterways.
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Other substances, such as heroin, are by and large smuggled through legal trade or transportation routes — think roads, commercial ships, and airplanes.
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The two companies have multiple shipyards across China whose products range from aircraft carriers to commercial ships which carry oil and gas.
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The Spanish government said the commercial ships were in Spanish waters and they left the area after being contacted by the Spanish warship.
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Heavy icebreakers are essential to ensure safe passage for commercial ships, conduct search and rescue operations, and project American sovereignty in the region.
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That report found that performance and training mistakes led to the "preventable" collisions between the U.S. guided-missile destroyers and foreign commercial ships.
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"The Tornado called three commercial ships that were breaking maritime security law in Spanish territorial waters by standing still ..." Borrell told reporters in Brussels.
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Abu Sayyaf is infamous for taking fishermen and crew from commercial ships as hostages and beheading Western captives for whom ransom is not paid.
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Deadly collisions among large commercial ships have become extremely rare, even though large freighters and tankers vastly outnumber naval vessels on the high seas.
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US and Iran The United States says it has multiple images of Iranian commercial ships in the Persian Gulf that it believes are carrying missiles.
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The naval presence in Somalia's waters dropped 15 percent between 2014 and 2015, with commercial ships increasingly less likely to post armed guards on board.
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Modern piracy reached its peak around 2011, when Somali pirates were attacking hundreds of vessels — often commercial ships — off the coast of Africa each year.
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Just after dawn on July 3, 1988, the USS Vincennes sent a helicopter to hover over Iranian speedboats the Navy described as harassing commercial ships.
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Lately, the Iranians have preyed on commercial ships navigating in international waters in the area of the Strait of Hormuz — seizing ships and taking crews.
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"There have been four this year for the U.S. Navy, and the Singapore Navy has experienced one or two" collisions with commercial ships, said Capt.
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But even after the U.N. grants clearances, all commercial ships have to get approval from a Saudi-managed warship stationed 61 km west of Hodeida port.
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Both sides also discussed reinstating a joint military commission and forming a combined team to survey watercourses in the Han River their commercial ships could share.
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It was a reasonable concern: Four commercial ships were attacked at anchor as they waited to fill up with oil off the strategic Emirati port of Fujairah.
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There are reportedly another 60 US-flagged commercial ships in the US Maritime Security Program available to serve, but they are not part of the reserve fleets.
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Last year, two of the Seventh Fleet's commanders were forced out after two collisions between Navy destroyers and commercial ships resulted in the deaths of 17 sailors.
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Nautical instruments on large commercial ships track data, and ships usually have a voyage data recorder, or VDR, much like the flight recorders recovered after airplane crashes.
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"Russia has delayed hundreds of commercial vessels since April and in recent weeks has stopped at least 16 commercial ships attempting to reach Ukrainian ports," she added.
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That, added to attacks on four commercial ships a month ago, triggered the spike in tensions that led to Japan's PM Shinzo Abe meeting with Iran's supreme leader.
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The short-range ballistic missile traveled an estimated 248 miles, splashing down within Japan's exclusive economic zone, an area of sea where commercial ships are known to operate.
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But in this gentrification debate, the cost of new berths is less important than the architecture of the ship — and whether they ever served as actual commercial ships.
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The guided-missile destroyers USS Fitzgerald and USS John S. McCain collided with commercial ships in June and August, respectively, and resulted in the deaths of 17 sailors.
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At his genial confirmation hearing, Gilday talked to senators about U.S. plans for a naval coalition to protect commercial ships in the Gulf region amid tensions with Iran.
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When he met last month with Mr. Kim in Pyongyang, the capital, the South agreed to discuss letting North Korean commercial ships use the South's shipping lanes again.
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Since waterways began freezing in mid-December, the 57-member crew has focused on freeing commercial ships, often four or five a day, sometimes from sunup until midnight.
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For example, commercial ships produce more than a million tonnes of CO2 a day, which is more than that produced by the whole of the UK, Canada, or Brazil.
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But U.S. Cyber Command launched a retaliatory cyber attack on "an Iranian spy group that supported last week's limpet mine attacks on commercial ships," Yahoo News reported on Friday.
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The review found that two deadly accidents -- the collisions of the USS Fitzgerald and the USS John S. McCain with commercial ships in June and August, respectively -- were avoidable.
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Four commercial ships were sabotaged off the coast of the United Arab Emirates last Sunday, and two days later drones attacked oil installations west of the Saudi capital Riyadh.
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But some are beginning to realize that there is no infrastructure for emergency response, so in a disaster, other commercial ships in the area would be the only recourse.
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Dubai and Abu Dhabi stock markets suffered their biggest single-day decline in years on Monday after several commercial ships were attacked off the coast of the United Arab Emirates.
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The three countries also agreed to step up air and sea patrols and escorts for commercial ships in the common maritime areas to fend off potential hijacks, kidnaps and robbery.
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"It's the worst I've ever seen," James H. I. Weakley, president of the Lake Carriers' Association, which represents American commercial ships, said of this season's pileup of iced-in boats.
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Over the last year especially, Iran and its proxies have attempted to test U.S. resolve by attacking Saudi oil fields, seizing commercial ships, carrying out drone strikes, and other goading.
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Of the four commercial ships targeted in the May 12 attack, one was flying a UAE flag, two were tankers owned by Saudi Arabia, and the fourth was a Norwegian tanker.
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The U.S. has deployed more forces to the region in recent weeks, including the USS Boxer that was involved in yesterday's altercation, to help guard commercial ships against Iran's escalatory actions.
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These ships would appear to be commercial ships and would fly the flags of their nations, but the crews would be military and special forces who will only respond to threats.
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On Friday, a Pentagon official said the United States had detected "anomalous naval activity" by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and commercial ships suspected of carrying missiles and other military hardware.
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Malaysia, Indonesia and Philippines agreed in June to step up air and sea patrols and escorts for commercial ships in their common maritime areas to fend off potential hijacks, kidnaps and robbery.
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"If there is major chaos at Dover, it is vital to ensure that trucks don't get backed up and the government is exploring the use of commercial ships," an industry source said.
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In recent years, the naval forces have confronted threats including marauding pirates, harassing Iranian revolutionary guard attack boats, weapons smugglers, and Iranian-aligned Houthi rebels in Yemen firing missiles at commercial ships.
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It said there was an "increased possibility that Iran and/or its regional proxies" could target oil tankers, other commercial ships or military vessels belonging to the United States or its allies.
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The group includes former space-shuttle flyers, ex-military test pilots, rookies, and — critically — a cadre of four astronauts who've been testing and providing feedback on the new commercial ships for years.
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Credible reports indicate that Somali pirates possess the intent and capability to resume attacks against large commercial ships, should the opportunity present itself, and to endanger smaller vessels, which remain particularly vulnerable.
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Conservation efforts led to the enactment of regulations that required commercial ships to slow down in zones along the U.S. Atlantic coast where they were highly likely to encounter whales, reducing boat strikes.
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America, which pulled out of the deal last year, said Iran was behind the recent attacks on two commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz and sent 1,000 more troops to the region.
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The dismal training record for the two ships sheds new light on one factor that may have contributed to the two collisions with commercial ships in June and August, which killed 17 sailors.
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The United States has been trying to sell a plan to partners and allies that it has dubbed Operation Sentinel to protect commercial ships sailing through the region amid heightened tensions with Iran.
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Seventeen Vietnamese sailors were taken captive in the south of the Philippines when pro-Islamic State militants attacked commercial ships in the Sulu and Celebes seas, generating millions of dollars from ransom payments.
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The coalition has asked the United Nations to send a team to discuss ways of bolstering its verification and inspection mechanism programme which was agreed in 2015 to allow commercial ships to enter Hodeidah.
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The US has also blamed Iran for explosions on two oil tankers this month near the strait, as well as on four commercial ships off the coast of the United Arab Emirates last month.
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Earlier this month, the Maritime Administration said U.S. commercial ships including oil tankers sailing through Middle East waterways could be targeted by Iran in one of the threats to U.S. interests posed by Tehran.
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Background: Moscow has been harassing commercial ships bound for Ukraine's ports in the Sea of Azov for months, even though Russia and Ukraine have dual control of the sea according to a 2003 agreement.
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U.S. General Mark Milley said freedom of navigation was a fundamental principle and that military escorts for commercial ships was something being looked at with allies and would be developed over the coming weeks.
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In both accidents, sailors on the bridge didn't follow standard Navy procedures and sound a ship-wide alarm notifying the crew of danger, nor did they try to communicate with the approaching commercial ships.
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The services' problems with readiness burst into public view in the summer of 2242, when two American destroyers collided with two commercial ships in separate incidents that left 210 sailors dead and scores injured.
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"Four passengers have been rescued by Spanish and Yemeni commercial ships that we were sailing in the area, and we are still looking for survivors," said the official, Fahd Kafayen, the minister of fisheries.
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The Milius joins two other ships in the Seventh Fleet with similar upgrades and reinforces the fleet after two other U.S. warships in the region were crippled in collisions with commercial ships last year.
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Nuclear tipped ICBMs launched from commercial ships in the Pacific, Atlantic and the Gulf, detonated at high altitudes above the Rockies, the Alleghenies and the Central Mississippi River, could virtually destroy the national electrical grid.
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It is also certain to add to a crisis in the Persian Gulf region, where the United States and Iran are trading low-level hostilities and where Iranian soldiers are boarding or seizing commercial ships.
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It is also certain to add to a crisis in the Persian Gulf region, where the United States and Iran are trading low-level hostilities and where Iranian soldiers are boarding or seizing commercial ships.
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The Maritime Administration had said earlier this month that U.S. commercial ships including oil tankers sailing through Middle East waterways could be targeted by Iran in one of the threats to U.S. interests posed by Tehran.
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Earlier this month, the Maritime Administration warned that U.S. commercial ships including oil tankers sailing through key Middle East waterways could be targeted by Iran in one of the threats to U.S. interests posed by Tehran.
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"" Yet, Christmas Island in Kiribati is home to more than 2,000 people and includes a port that can fit commercial ships, and the women could have used their 20 flares to alert residents and get help.
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A senior Pentagon told Reuters earlier this week the United States was not aiming to set up a military coalition against Iran but simply "shining a flashlight" in the region to deter attacks on commercial ships.
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The images of the missiles, which had been placed on small boats by Iranian paramilitary forces, were said to have prompted fears of potential attacks on U.S. naval vessels, commercial ships and American troops in Iraq.
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About one-third of the world's commercial ships travel near Djibouti, through the Gulf of Aden and toward the Mediterranean, and the return of attacks may mean another coordinated international effort to fight piracy, officials said.
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Thomas D. Waldhauser, the head of the United States Africa Command, said drought and famine in Somalia are probably behind the recent spike in attacks, in which pirates have boarded commercial ships and seized food and oil.
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There was also a muted market reaction In May of last year, when four commercial ships anchored in the United Arab Emirates were hit by explosive charges causing large holes in their hulls, just above the waterline.
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"I think what we'll do is, we certainly from the United States perspective would provide maritime domain awareness and surveillance," he said, adding that naval vessels would escort commercial ships that shared a country of origin, if required.
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LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. commercial ships including oil tankers sailing through key Middle East waterways could be targeted by Iran in one of the threats to U.S. interests posed by Tehran, the U.S. Maritime Administration said in an advisory.
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In the past, only powerful nuclear-powered icebreakers could forge through Arctic seas; these days, even commercial ships can navigate the region from roughly July to October—albeit sometimes with the help of skilled pilots and icebreaker escorts.
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In 2002, the United Nations' maritime organization mandated A.I.S. for nearly all passenger ships regardless of size, and commercial ships, fishing vessels included, with a gross tonnage of more than 300 (typically, that's a 130-foot long vessel) in international waters.
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LONDON/MADRID (Reuters) - Authorities in Madrid and Gibraltar gave differing versions on Monday of an incident in which a Spanish warship told commercial ships to leave anchorages near Gibraltar, the latest example of tension over the strategic port as Brexit approaches.
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The short-range ballistic missile traveled an estimated 248 miles, splashing down within Japan's exclusive economic zone, an area of sea where commercial ships are known to operate, according to statements from both the Japanese government and the South Korean military.
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This is a new provocation, the latest in a dangerous game that the Kremlin launched last April, when it began to "inspect" commercial ships going to and from the Ukrainian ports of Mariupol and Berdyansk in the Sea of Azoz.
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There is no immediate need for the expensive air deliveries such as the ones that the UAE have conducted -- aid and commercial ships still go through Hodeidah's port and many communities in coalition-controlled areas are still accessible by road.
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CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti — Commercial ships must once again shore up their defenses against forced boardings at sea, United States Defense Department officials said on Sunday, warning that Somali pirates are returning to waters off East Africa after five years of calm.
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The US has also blamed Iran for explosions on two oil tankers last week on one of the world's most vital strategic shipping routes, the Strait of Hormuz, as well as on four commercial ships off the coast of the UAE last month.
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The announcement came hours after the Saudi king invited Gulf and Arab leaders to convene emergency summits to discuss the implications of this week's attacks against oil installations in the kingdom and commercial ships off the coast of the United Arab Emirates.
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The 71-page report — which dissects the separate accidents involving the USS Fitzgerald and the USS John S. McCain earlier this year in the Pacific — found that performance and training mistakes led to the collisions between the guided-missile destroyers and commercial ships.
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In September, CNN first reported on the ships' dismal training records and the latest GAO assessment continues to shed light on one factor that may have contributed to the two collisions with commercial ships in June and August, which killed 17 sailors.
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The US has also blamed Iran for explosions on two oil tankers this month near the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world's most vital strategic shipping routes, as well as on four commercial ships off the coast of the United Arab Emirates last month.
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In the UAE, where the company is based, both stock markets in Abu Dhabi and Dubai suffered their biggest single-day declines in years due to escalating tensions in the Middle East after several commercial ships were attacked off the coast of the UAE.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is not aiming to set up a military coalition against Iran with its new security initiative in the Gulf, but simply "shining a flashlight" in the region to deter attacks on commercial ships, a top Pentagon official told Reuters.
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As a sad result, in California, Israeli commercial ships have been disrupted at the Port of Oakland, and student governments in our state university system are succumbing to the lies and propaganda of the BDS movement by voting in favor of divestment from Israel.
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" The U.S. is preparing for strikes in Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan based on intelligence, CNN reported, and the U.S. Maritime Administration has cautioned commercial ships in the Middle East about potential "Iranian action against U.S. maritime interests in the region.
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Bonji Ohara, a research fellow at the Sasakawa Peace Foundation in Tokyo, said that one recurring problem was that while naval ships tended to have live crews on watch, most commercial ships work on autopilot mode to reduce costs, which can lead to problems in busy sea lanes.
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The Hill's Ellen Mitchell reports: The 2628-page report -- which dissects the separate accidents involving the USS Fitzgerald and the USS John S. McCain earlier this year in the Pacific -- found that performance and training mistakes led to the collisions between the guided-missile destroyers and commercial ships.
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" In a series of tweets on Wednesday, he added: "The Houthi's continued obstruction with regards to Hodeidah is due to their use of the port to raise revenues through looting, extortion, and illegal taxation imposed on commercial ships to finance and sustain their military aggression against Yemen and neighboring countries.
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The Washington Institute, a DC-based think tank covering the Middle East, detailed attacks by the Yemen-based and Iranian-backed Houthi rebels on commercial ships transiting the Bab al-Mandab Strait, a narrow waterway that in some places only separates the coast of Yemen and Djibouti by 20 miles.
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Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said that while he was not calling for a response yet from the United States Navy, a half-dozen pirate attacks on commercial ships off the coast of Somalia in the past eight weeks meant that civilian mariners and shipping companies must again be on high alert.
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The U.S. Office of Naval Intelligence said in a report last week commercial ships in the Red Sea, Bab al-Mandab and Gulf of Aden areas should operate "under a heightened state of alert as increasing tensions in the region escalate the potential for direct or collateral damage to vessels transiting the region".
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Beyond this week&aposs Iranian missile strike, which was the first direct Iranian attack on US forces in years, or last summer&aposs hit-and-run operations against commercial ships in the Persian Gulf likely carried out by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, it is Iranian-backed proxies that pose the greatest risk to stability in the region.
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A strike on Iran, however limited in its design, could unspool widespread chaos in the form of retaliation by Iranian proxy groups on American forces in the gulf region, escalating attacks on commercial ships that could send oil prices skyrocketing, waves of Hezbollah terrorist strikes against Israel, cyberattacks against the West and ultimately more American troops being sent to stamp out fires wherever Iran has influence — from Lebanon to Syria to Yemen to Iraq.
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