LoginMaine Maritime Academy Welcomes Historic Arrival of T/S State of Maine
Maine Maritime Academy, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD), TOTE Services, and Hanwha Philly...
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Somalia Registers First Ship in 30 Years with International Registry Launch
Somalia officially registered its first ocean-going ship in more than 30 years on Wednesday as part of what the government calls a revitalization of i...
Insurer Pays Out $350M to Dali’s Owner/Operator Before Trial Starts
The insurance company that underwrote the coverage for Maryland on the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore reported to the court that it has settled...
Houthis Release Russian Seafarer in Apparent UN-Brokered Deal
A Russian seafarer, believed to be the last held by the Houthis, was released and flown out of Yemen by the United Nations on April 2. It appears to...
APM Terminals Becomes Minority Shareholder & Operating Partner in Hai Phong
After three years of close partnership developing the Hateco Hai Phong International Container Terminal (HHIT) from greenfield to go-live, APM Termina...
Human Remains Reportedly Found on Thai Bulker Attacked by Iranians
The Thai shipping company Precious Shipping reported on Friday, April 3, that human remains had been located aboard its vessel, the Mayuree Naree, mor...
Dramatic Rescue of CBP Agents and Boaters by USCG and Puerto Rico Police
A dramatic rescue took place Tuesday night, April 2, off the shores of Puerto Rico, according to a report from the U.S. Coast Guard. The incident, whi...
Chinese Bulker Grounds in Suez Canal Stopping Traffic for Four Hours
A Chinese bulker briefly disrupted traffic for the southbound convoy of the Suez Canal on April 2 after the vessel experienced a reported “technical f...
CMA CGM Vessel Is First Major Carrier Vessel Through Strait of Hormuz
Tracking services spotted that a French-owned containership was on the move and successfully made the transit of the Strait of Hormuz starting on Apri...
Competing Strategies Emerge for Opening the Strait of Hormuz
A resumption of international freedom of movement through the Strait of Hormuz is clearly of vital importance to the maritime community.Doing so by f...
Sweden Detains Third Shadow Fleet Vessel in a Month
Swedish authorities on Friday morning, April 3, detained a shadow fleet tanker on suspicion that the vessel caused an oil spill in the Swedish EEZ. Af...
Wah Kwong & Bureau Veritas 1st SMART “Augmented Ship” in Newbuild Series
Wah Kwong Maritime Transport (“Wah Kwong”) and Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore (“BV”) celebrated the delivery of the LR2 tanker Frontier Venture yest...
Saudi Global Ports Begins Operations at Jubail Container Terminal (JCT)
Saudi Global Ports Group (SGP) has begun operations at the Jubail Container Terminal (JCT) at Jubail Commercial Port under a long-term privatization a...
World Fuel Services & West Coast Clean Fuels Establish Methanol Bunkering
World Fuel Services, in collaboration with West Coast Clean Fuels, has established a proven methanol bunkering capability available to vessel owners a...
China's Deep Sea Mining Research May Be Cover for Surveillance
[By Elizabeth Claire Alberts and Kara Fox]A Mongabay and CNN investigation found the eight Chinese state-owned ships that conduct deep-sea mining res...
UN Security Council Expected to Vote Down Use-of-Force Request for Hormuz
Three of the permanent members of the UN Security Council have signaled that they do not support a motion to authorize use of force to reopen the Str...
Russia Plans to Send Second Tanker Through U.S. Energy Blockade on Cuba
As a Russian tanker unloads in Matanzas, Cuba, breaking the de facto energy blockade imposed by the Trump administration, Moscow is said to be planni...
Fincantieri, Fraser, Donjon Shipyards Support Shipbuilding in Great Lakes
Fincantieri Marine Group and two Great Lakes shipbuilders, Fraser Shipyards (Superior, Wis.) and Donjon Marine (Erie, Pa.), have established a collabo...
How Iran Can Stop Shipping With Mines, From the Arabian Gulf to the Red Sea
[By Andy Perry]Just reports of mines are often sufficient to disrupt maritime traffic. Even if ship owners, crews and insurers weren’t aware of the m...
Samsung Heavy Industries Participates in Its First U.S. Navy MASGA Project
South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries announced that it will be participating in its first U.S. shipbuilding project, working with General...
