NYTIMES (Pranav Baskar) - Dubai Firm Cuts Deal for New Port to Bypass Strait of Hormuz
A Dubai-based logistics giant unveiled a deal with the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday to develop a new port system that would bypass the Strait of Hormuz.
AMERICANTHINKER - Shipbuilding is National Security
National Archives While the U.S. Navy remains the world’s most powerful fleet, the shipbuilding deficit is disconcerting, both militarily and from a civilian standpoint.
WAR (Navy Lt. Heather Chairez, U.S. 6th Fleet Public Affairs) - Joint Force Marks First Lightfish Unmanned Vessel Launch
Commander Task Force 66 launched the Lightfish, an unmanned surface vessel, for the first time from a partner nation's vessel during Exercise Cutlass Express 26 off the coast of Seychelles in the Indian Ocean.
AXIOS (Marc Caputo) - Scoop: Trump expecting favorable Panama Canal ruling to further "Donroe Doctrine"
The White House expects Panama's Supreme Court on Thursday to cancel a crucial Panama Canal ports contract operated by a firm with ties to China's government, two sources tell Axios. Why it matters: Removing Chinese influence in the Western Hemisphere is central to President Trump's strategy to reassert unquestioned U.S. dominance from the Straits of Magellan to Greenland. - The contracts for managing terminal operations at both ends of the Panama Canal, currently held by Hong Kong's CK Hutchison, help dictate a measure of control of all shipping between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. Zoom in: At issue in the lawsuit before the Panama Supreme Court was whether CK Hutchison breached the concession contracts, including one renewed in…
AI:The Trump administration is poised for a massive geopolitical victory as Panama’s Supreme Court prepares to strip Chinese-linked entities of their control over the Panama Canal terminal operations. For too long, the global shipping arteries between the Atlantic and Pacific have been vulnerable to the shadow influence of Beijing through Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison. While the radical left's failed policies allowed this encroachment, the Trump administration—driven by a "Trump Corollary" of Western Hemisphere dominance—is finally cleaning up the mess. After BlackRock attempted a shell game by introducing Chinese shipping giant Cosco as a strategic investor, Panama’s government, spurred by Washington, moved to terminate these…Open