USS Harry S. Truman Resumes Operations after Collision Repairs
USS Harry S. Truman resumes operations in the U.S. Sixth Fleet after completing emergent repairs at Souda Bay, Greece.
ERAV completed in five...
Enhancing Inland Waterway Freight Transportation in the United States
Key U.S. policies like the FAST Act, WRDA, and IIJA fund infrastructure upgrades and promote multimodal integration.
Programs such as the Navigation and...
UK Expands Russia Sanctions, Targeting “Shadow Fleet” And Foreign Financial Institutions
To mark the third anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the United Kingdom has announced over 100 new sanctions. These sanctions are specifically...
ReCAAP Reports Three Armed Robbery Incidents In Asia
From February 18th to 24th, there were three reported armed robbery incidents against ships in Asia, as documented by the ReCAAP ISC. Two of...
Sailing Towards Sustainability: bound4blue Installs Wind Sails On EPS Tanker
bound4blue has successfully installed its eSAIL suction sails on the tanker Pacific Sentinel. The installation, completed in a single, efficient process, was carried out...
China’s Changing Grain Import Approach Leads To Decreased Panamax Demand
China is changing its grain import approach, prioritizing domestic production to boost food security and aid local farmers. This shift is impacting the global...
VLCC Freight Market Highly Volatile Amid Sanctions And Geopolitical Shifts
The VLCC freight market at the end of February was highly volatile, reacting strongly to sanctions and geopolitical changes. Even with stricter global sanctions,...
V.Ships Partners With REV Ocean To Support Marine Research And Expedition...
V.Ships, a division of V.Group, has announced a partnership with REV Ocean. V.Ships will provide specialized ship management services for the REV Ocean, a...
EMSA Publishes Final Reports On Alternative Fuels And Decarbonization Technologies
The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) has released the last two reports in a series of six, focused on alternative fuels and decarbonization technologies...
NNPC Shipping, Stena Bulk, And Caverton Marine Announce Joint Venture
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Shipping, Stena Bulk, and Caverton Marine Limited have signed a joint venture agreement aimed at transforming maritime transportation...
Argentina Eases Shipping Regulations For Parana-Paraguay Waterway
Argentina has relaxed safety regulations for vessels traveling along the Parana-Paraguay waterway, a major route for the nation’s agricultural exports. This change could boost...
Global LNG Demand Forecast to Surge By 60% By 2040
According to Shell’s LNG Outlook 2025, global demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG) is expected to rise by around 60% by 2040. This surge...
SOHAR Port And Freezone Begins Dredging For Marsa LNG Project
SOHAR Port and Freezone has officially launched dredging operations for the Marsa LNG project, a key initiative positioning SOHAR as the Middle East’s first...
Lessons Learned: Safety Failures in Tanker Cargo Fire
Bahamas Maritime Authority reports of a fire aboard liquified petroleum gas tanker.
What happened
In the early morning of 27 October 2023, the tanker had completed...
Maintenance & Training Gaps Cause Ballast Water Failures
Over 30% of ballast water treatment systems fail Port State Control inspections despite 95% passing initial commissioning tests.
Poor maintenance, inadequate record-keeping, and...
HMM Containership Completes First LNG STS Bunkering
Korea-based integrated logistics company HMM said its LNG-fuelled containership completed its first commercial ship-to-ship (STS) LNG bunkering operation at Busan New Port, reports Offshore...
12 Crew Members Freed a Year After Cocaine Seizure
After a prolonged detention of over a year, 21 Vietnamese crew members of a bulk carrier have been released from Indian custody, reports Baird...
USTR Proposes $1.5M Fee on Chinese Ships Entering U.S. Ports
Steep US port fees to discourage the use of Chinese vessels.
USTR to hold a March 24 hearing on fees and shipping restrictions.
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NYK & Partners Win ClassNK AiP for Ammonia Bunkering Vessel
ClassNK has issued an Approval-in-Principle (AiP) certificate for an ammonia fueled ammonia bunkering vessel designed by NYK and its partners, reads a NYK press...
U.S. Expands Sanctions on Iran’s Shadow Fleet & Oil Trade, Targeting...
The United States has imposed a fresh round of sanctions on Iran’s oil sector, targeting more than 30 brokers, tanker operators, and shipping companies...