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maritime

[mar-i-tahym] / ˈmær ɪˌtaɪm /


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South Bay’s maritime city where creativity and community seem to emerge in the most unexpected spaces.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

The Panama Canal handles five percent of global maritime trade and around 40 percent of US container traffic.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

Charlie Eastaugh, director of maritime and small boats at the Border Security Command, told the BBC that "last Thursday alone, the French prevented all three of the boats that tried to cross".

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

Separately, Trump also signed a National Security Presidential Memorandum aimed at fixing long-term issues in Navy shipbuilding and ship-repair programs, as well as restore capacity and competition to the maritime industrial base.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

“I was convinced,” he stated, “that the seabed contained memories of maritime civilizations that had never been recorded. What historians had missed, the sea remembered.”

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler




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