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Authorities in Brazil are investigating the circumstances aboard a rusting, disabled pollution control vessel found drifting off the coast last week....
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Confused? A Hormuz War Aide Memoire for Mariners
The maritime community know the Gulf well. But when mixed in with the political system in Iran, which is sophisticated but opaque and very different...
Journalist Tracks Dutch Frigate By Mailing It a $5 Bluetooth Tracker
In the recent past, there has been a rise in cases of operational security (OPSEC) flaws affecting active naval vessels. While navies invest heavily...
Norway is Building the Most Advanced Testing Basin Ever Constructed
[By Henriette Louise Krogness and Tore Stensvold]It was no easy task for Statsbygg when the Norwegian Ocean Technology Centre was given the go-ahead...
Time, Not Distance
For centuries, the great circle route has been an elegant solution addressing the shortest path between two points.Modern shipping, however, operates...
Inland Cargo Vessel Sinks Near Port of Antwerp
An inland freighter struck mooring bollards and sank near the port of Antwerp over the weekend, forcing the crew to abandon ship, according to Belgia...
U.S. Navy Attacks and Seizes First Vessel in Blockade of Iran's Seaports
The U.S. Navy has fired upon and boarded an inbound Iranian container ship, according to U.S. President Donald Trump. It is the first instance of kine...
India Commits $1.4 Billion to the Creation of a Domestic P&I Club
India has made progress in establishing a local P&I club to protect the country’s shipping interests. Over the weekend, the cabinet approved creation...
United States Ambivalent to Russian Oil Sanctions
Particularly in the United States, where the constitution was designed to incorporate checks and balances between the different parts of government,...
Indonesia Discovered a Subsea Spy Drone. Is it Legally a Ship?
[By Dita Liliansa]Indonesian fishers found a torpedo-like object in the waters north of Gili Trawangan, Lombok, on April 6. The exact coordinates of...
Iran Fires on Containership, Tanker and Cruise Ship Saying Hormuz is Closed
Iranian officials on Saturday reversed the previous statements and once again declared the Strait of Hormuz is closed, along with renewing their stric...
Riding the LNG Wave
The age of global LNG is upon us.In the latter half of 2025, the global supply increased nearly seven percent. This came largely from North America,...
Canada Investigates Bridge Allision on the Welland Canal
Marine investigators in Canada have launched an investigation after a general cargo vessel struck a bridge while transiting the busy Welland Canal in...
U.S.-Flagged Cargo Ship Goes Missing During Passage of Typhoon Sinlaku
The U.S. Coast Guard reports that a small U.S.-flagged cargo ship went missing off the coast of Saipan during the passage of Super Typhoon Sinlaku. A...
Royal Navy Pays a Visit to Pitcairn, the UK's Sole Pacific Territory
Unlike the French, the United Kingdom has for the most part given up what used to be its empire, retaining only a ceremonial role in the governance o...
"Energy Dominance" In Action
The crisis in the Middle East and in particular the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz has upended global oil markets. Both crude oil and refi...
Cruise Ship Reports “Splash” in Strait as Five Ships Escape Persian Gulf
Taking advantage of the relative calm with the current ceasefire and reports that the Strait of Hormuz is open, the first of the cruise ships began t...
Zim's Employees Go Out On Strike as Hapag Merger Moves Forward
Employees of Israeli shipping firm Zim have gone on strike to protest the labor terms of the firm's sale to Hapag-Lloyd, according to local media. Un...
Can Coral be Bred for Better Tolerance to Heatwaves?
[By Liam Lachs, Adriana Humanes and James Guest]As global warming accelerates, extreme heatwaves are causing widespread death of tropical reef corals...
Traffic Confusion in the Strait of Hormuz
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in a post on X on April 17 that the Strait of Hormuz ‘is open for all commercial vessels for the remaind...
