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  [By Sølvi Normannsen] Despite their great trust in on-board autopilots, bridge officers do not believe that autonomous ships will make shipping safer. Moreover, the greater the professional commitment and pride of the bridge officers, the less confidence they have in automation increasing safety at sea.  The maritime profession...

  Luxury cruising brand Windstar is known best for its iconic Wind-class motor-sailing vessels, but it also operates a fleet of three conventionally-powered ships. On Wednesday at Seatrade Cruise Global, Windstar announced that it is expanding this fleet with two more motor-driven vessels, the future Star Seeker...

  Once again, U.S. Central Command has delivered a cache of Iranian-made armaments to the government of Ukraine, turning a seized cargo into a small contribution to an American ally.  On Thursday, U.S. forces transferred 5,000 assault rifles, plus machine guns, sniper rifles, RPG-7s and over 500,000...