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Why China presents a bigger risk to freedom of navigation than the Houthis | Baltimore bridge litigation could reach Supreme...
Why China presents a bigger risk to freedom of navigation than the Houthis | Baltimore bridge litigation could reach Supreme...
Salvors hired by the New Zealand Defence Force have recovered a substantial share of the fuel aboard the lost survey ship HMNZS Manawanui, which ran aground on a reef and sank off Samoa in October 2024. Working from a moored deck barge, the salvage divers...
Maersk chief doubles down on integrator strategy | Shipowners face unlimited liability for alternative fuel spills, lawyers warn | Vehicle...
The new governing power in Syria, Islamist group Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham, has renegotiated CMA CGM's container terminal lease at the port of Latakia and will allow the French liner to continue to operate the facility under modified terms. CMA CGM signed a contract to run Latakia’s...
US reimposes ‘maximum pressure’ sanctions on Iran | What a second round of ‘maximum pressure’ Iran sanctions means for shipping...
The Sea Tow Foundation™ has won the A100 CommImpact Awards for Best Event Promotion. Presented by The Association 100 and OnWrd & UpWrd, this prestigious award recognizes the Foundation’s successful promotion of its Life Jacket Loaner Conference. The award-winning entry highlighted the Sea Tow Foundation’s Life Jacket Loaner Conference, held virtually...
Chinese retaliatory tariffs could harm dry bulk tonne-miles | Trump tariff workarounds will lessen impact of trade war escalation |...
Noble Drilling has decided to decommission two relatively young, cold-stacked drillships, remnants of the idle fleet that accumulated in the Canary Islands during the offshore downturn of the mid-2010s. The vessels named for possible demolition sale are Pacific Meltem (built 2014) and Pacific Scirocco (built 2011),...
The European Union banned imports of Russian propane in late December, leading to a reported plunge in domestic prices and...
Russia’s plans for maintaining a naval presence in the Mediterranean, now that it has lost its only permanent base at Tartus, are likely to become clear once coastal watchers covering the Straits of Gibraltar spot ship transits in the coming days. Talks which concluded on...