Five crewmembers from the product tanker Scot Bremen have been arrested after the vessel's master found out that they were concealing packages of narcotics, operator Scot Tankers said Thursday. The update adds new dimensions to the story of the seizure, which Belgian authorities announced earlier...
Cat-and-mouse tariffs game to reshape global shipping routes | Private equity is circling maritime tech again in search of consolidation...
British supermajor Shell has denied reports that it is in talks to acquire BP, a mega-takeover that would be worth more than $80 billion. If completed, the combined firm would be the second-largest publicly-traded energy firm, rivalling ExxonMobil. In an exclusive published Wednesday, the Wall Street...
Why a ceasefire and sanctions deal with Iran does not necessarily reopen the Red Sea | Seafarer suicides now outnumber...
This year, IMO is focusing its Day of the Seafarer spotlight on harassment, a perennial - and often hidden - challenge of life at sea. Harassment affects one out of every four seafarers at some point in their careers, according to the Global Maritime Forum,...
Gulf war risk premiums double but softening now expected | Tanker stocks plunge after Trump’s ceasefire message | Pacific Basin...
This year's Day of the Seafarer celebration is focused on reducing harassment at sea, a challenge of the seafaring life since the days of sail - present on countless ships, often undiscussed, often invisible to shoreside personnel. Though ubiquitous and discouraging, harassment is far from...
Caution, U-turns and rising rates, but tanker traffic continues largely unscathed for now | China orders fleet to report Hormuz...
[By Sheridan Ward] What happens when a country ceases to exist? Where do its people go, who no longer have a citizenship to protect them? Statelessness usually follows conflict, or the dissolution or unification of a country, such as occurred with the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, South...
Tanker execs lay out Strait of Hormuz scenarios as spot rates double | Russia redraws territorial waters baseline in Baltic...
