Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…there’s a shadow fleet of tankers trading the world’s oceans – by some estimates nearly 2,000 tankers, about a fifth of the global tanker fleet. The ships evade international law, break embargoes, and can cause economic and ecological havoc. Michelle Wiese Bockmann is an expert on the deceptions, and she’ll join us to talk about the strategic and security threats this growing fleet poses to worldwide security.

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CAVASShips Podcast - Defense & Aerospace Report CAVASSHIPS Podcast [Aug 22, ’25] Ep: 206 Shining a Light on the Global Shadow Fleet

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…it's that bi-annual time again– DSEI – the Defence and Security Equipment International exposition - will be held September 9-12 at Excel in London. Joining us to discuss this year’s focus, as well as recent maritime headlines and trends in the UK and across Europe is Rear Adm (ret’d) Jon Pentreath, DSEI’s Senior Military Adviser for Navy and Army programs.

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CAVASSHIPS Podcast [Aug 29, ’25] Ep: 207 DSEI Preview and Look at European Naval Trends

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…New President of the Surface Navy Association Retired Vice Admiral Ron Boxall joins us to discuss SNA’s upcoming west coast symposium, latest Navy headlines and the contribution surface warfare is making around the globe.

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Defense & Aerospace Report CAVASSHIPS Podcast [Sep 05, ’25] Ep: 208 SNA President Ron Boxall

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…Servello spent a week in London at DSEI, the world’s largest military exposition. We’ll hear from Babcock Marine CEO Sir Nick Hine on the latest naval developments in the UK, and then we will give our take on what we saw and heard from the five-day show.

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Defense & Aerospace Report CAVASSHIPS Podcast [Sep 12, ’25] Ep: 209 Babcock Marine's Sir Nick Hine & Takeaways from DSEI

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…the Chinese Navy is on the move again. Its new carrier recently came through the Taiwan Strait for the first time, and a plethora of new weaponry was on display at a major parade in Beijing. China expert Tom Shugart is back with us to break it down.   

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Defense & Aerospace Report CAVASSHIPS Podcast [Sep 19, ’25] Ep: 210 Tom Shugart on Recently Revealed Chinese Technology

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…friends of the pod and maritime experts Sal Mercogliano and John Konrad are back to discuss maritime effects of the government shutdown, intersecting shipping and naval trends across the globe and why no one in government wants to talk.

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Defense & Aerospace Report CAVASSHIPS Podcast [Oct 03, ’25] Ep: 211 Sal Mercogliano & John Konrad

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week… 2024’s collision of a huge containership with the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore garnered world-wide headlines, but cleaning up the mess - clearing the wreckage, moving the ship - was a major operation. One of the leaders of that effort is with us today - Gregg Baumann, a former US Navy Supervisor of Salvage now a leader in the worldwide salvage community. Stand by for a great discussion!

Defense & Aerospace Report CAVASSHIPS Podcast [Oct 10, ’25] Ep: 212 Resolve Marine's Gregg Baumann Talks Salvage

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week… noted analyst Bryan Clark is back to let us in on the latest thinking about the US Navy’s future force structure, including how unmanned systems and so-called battleships fit into the picture.

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Defense & Aerospace Report CAVASSHIPS Podcast [Oct 17, ’25] Ep: 213 Bryan Clark on Navy's Future Force Structure

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…on the scene reports from Taiwan, what’s going on with Venezuela as the US continues killing people on the high seas, and a new world order for Pentagon Press. Chief editor of USNI News Sam LaGrone and Deputy Editor Mallory Shelbourne are back with us to dive in.

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Defense & Aerospace Report CAVASSHIPS Podcast [Oct 24, ’25] Ep: 214 Sam LaGrone & Mallory Shellborne of USNI News

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…Navy shipbuilding, the future of unmanned surface warfare, and now something called The Golden Fleet. We’ll dive into those topics and more with Greg Glaros, a former Top Gun Naval Aviator widely known as a technical innovator and entrepreneur who has special insight into the administration’s push to boost domestic shipbuilding.
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Defense & Aerospace Report CAVASSHIPS Podcast [Oct 17, ’25] Ep: 213 Bryan Clark on Navy's Future Force Structure

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