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Crimea to Syria route closed after Assad regime falls | Marine war risk will lose money in 2024, argues Aon’s...
Crimea to Syria route closed after Assad regime falls | Marine war risk will lose money in 2024, argues Aon’s...
The masters of the two aging river-sea tankers that broke up and spilled fuel in the Kerch Strait last weekend have been arrested and criminally charged, according to authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea. Both vessels were more than 50 years old, and the head of Russia's maritime...
America is woefully behind China when it comes to shipbuilding and shipowning. A new bipartisan bill proposes shock therapy to...
The UK Government’s chief negotiator, Jonathan Powell, made an emergency trip to Mauritius last week in an attempt to salvage the draft deal to surrender sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The incoming and newly-elected government of Mauritius had rejected the draft agreement, which it...
Ukraine ‘outraged’ at Yemen grain shipment from occupied Crimea | Boxships hit by huge hike in International Group reinsurance levy |...
The U.S. Navy has awarded its highest civilian honor to actor Tom Cruise, whose reboot of the "Top Gun" franchise has given the service a much-needed publicity boost. In a ceremony on Tuesday, outgoing Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro presented Cruise with the Distinguished...
UK expands sanctions on Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’ and targets trader | Baltic countries to check dark fleet insurance | Commodity...
On Monday, the littoral combat ship USS Savannah arrived in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, several miles away from a naval base that the U.S. helped build. That base is now used in large part by Chinese forces, according to the Asia Maritime Transparency Institute (AMTI). Savannah is the...
Fears grow over future abandonment — not scrapping — of dark fleet tankers | Iran oil exports to China snarled...
CMA Terminals has inaugurated a container terminal in Khalifa Port, furthering the UAE’s port expansion plan. The $845 million container terminal is managed as a joint venture between the CMA CGM Group’s subsidiary CMA Terminals (70 percent) and Abu Dhabi Ports (30 percent). The facility adds...