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Busy container traffic in Pier 300 Channel
Ports

Port of Los Angeles Caps Record Summer as U.S. Import Strength Holds Up

The Port of Los Angeles capped its strongest three-month cargo stretch on record in August, adding to evidence that Southern California’s container gateway

9 hours ago
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Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam
News

U.S. Rejects Iran’s Mine Claim as Hormuz Shipping Threat Remains Severe

U.S. Central Command is disputing an Iranian claim that a Panama-flagged tanker recently struck a naval mine in the Strait of Hormuz, saying the ship was

10 hours ago
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Aerial view of a heavy loaded crude oil tanker traveling over open ocean during sunset time
News

Oil Tanker Rates Top $1 Million a Day as Hormuz War Squeezes Fleet

The cost of hiring an oil tanker on the industry’s benchmark trade route topped $1 million a day for the first time, as the Iran war leaves too few ships

12 hours ago
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Canadian Coast Guard Ship Judy LaMarsh, a red-and-white light icebreaker, underway on calm waters of the Great Lakes.
News

Canadian Coast Guard Adds First Large Great Lakes Vessel in More Than 30 Years

The Canadian Coast Guard has officially welcomed the CCGS Judy LaMarsh into its fleet, marking the first addition of a large vessel to its Great Lakes

13 hours ago
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Traffic at Yemen's southern port of Aden steady after Houthis say they attacked Saudi tankers
News

New Attacks in Hormuz and Saudi Test Nerves as War’s Spread Worsens Oil Disruption

New strikes on Saudi Arabia and on ships in the Gulf tested nerves in the Middle East on Sunday, after an attack on a Saudi oil pipeline and an advance by

13 hours ago
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Gulf States Postpone Iran Talks as Houthis Strike Saudi Arabia
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Gulf States Postpone Iran Talks as Houthis Strike Saudi Arabia

TAIZ, Yemen/DUBAI, Sept 14 (Reuters) – Arab states in the Gulf called off a meeting with Iran planned for Monday, while Yemen’s Houthis

14 hours ago
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Swedish Club Warns Cape Horn Is No Simple Panama Canal Alternative

A tightening Panama Canal is once again forcing shipowners to weigh longer routes around South America, but the Swedish Club is warning that Cape Horn and the

Defense

Anthropic Says Iran-Linked Actor Used Claude to Compile U.S. Navy Targeting Data

Anthropic says it disrupted an Iran-linked user that used its Claude artificial intelligence models to track U.S. naval forces, compile targeting material and

News

MSC Baltic III Wreck Pulled Toward Shore as Removal Advances

Wreck removal crews have now pulled the grounded containership MSC Baltic III about 53 meters toward shore in Newfoundland and Labrador as salvage teams

Shipping

Crew Of Vessel Attacked In Hormuz Strait Evacuated

CAIRO, Sept 13 (Reuters) – A vessel has been struck by an unknown projectile while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, the United Kingdom Maritime ?Trade

Shipping

Russia Expands Arctic Oil Shadow Fleet With Dark STS Transfers in Sea of Japan

Russia has conducted two dark ship-to-ship (STS) transfers involving oil cargoes that traveled through the Northern Sea Route, highlighting the increasingly


Today
A tanker transits the Panama Canal Locks
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Swedish Club Warns Cape Horn Is No Simple Panama Canal Alternative

A tightening Panama Canal is once again forcing shipowners to weigh longer routes around South America, but the Swedish Club is warning that Cape Horn and the

14 hours ago
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A Maersk containership is seen near Suez Canal Bridge which is known as the "Peace Bridge" in the Suez Canal, Egypt, August 6, 2023. Suez Canal Authority/Handout via REUTERS
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Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd Accelerate Return to Suez Despite Red Sea Risks

Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd are significantly expanding their return to the Suez Canal, shifting four additional Gemini Cooperation services away from the Cape of

15 hours ago
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The Evolution of Offshore Emergency Response
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The Evolution of Offshore Emergency Response

On the evening of July 6, 1988, a gas leak ignited on the Piper Alpha platform in the North Sea. The explosion damaged the control room and destroyed power,

15 hours ago
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Indonesia Rescuers Battle Turbulent Seas in Search for 129 People After Passenger Ship Capsizes
Incidents

Indonesia Rescuers Battle Turbulent Seas in Search for 129 People After Passenger Ship Capsizes

Hundreds of Indonesian rescuers including the coast guard and the navy raced on Monday to board a passenger ship that capsized in the Java Sea over the weekend

17 hours ago
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Aerial view of DP World’s Southern Container Terminal at Jeddah Islamic Port showing container stacks, quay cranes, and berthed container vessels along the Red Sea waterfront
Ports

Ports Giant DP World Redraws Hormuz Logistics With Truck Bet

Ports giant DP World is expanding its overland logistics network in a bet that shipping through the Strait of Hormuz — vital for its flagship container and

17 hours ago
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Swedish Club Warns Cape Horn Is No Simple Panama Canal Alternative
News

Swedish Club Warns Cape Horn Is No Simple Panama Canal Alternative

A tightening Panama Canal is once again forcing shipowners to weigh longer routes around South America, but the Swedish Club is warning that Cape Horn and the

Anthropic Says Iran-Linked Actor Used Claude to Compile U.S. Navy Targeting Data
Defense

Anthropic Says Iran-Linked Actor Used Claude to Compile U.S. Navy Targeting Data

Anthropic says it disrupted an Iran-linked user that used its Claude artificial intelligence models to track U.S. naval forces, compile targeting material and

MSC Baltic III Wreck Pulled Toward Shore as Removal Advances
News

MSC Baltic III Wreck Pulled Toward Shore as Removal Advances

Wreck removal crews have now pulled the grounded containership MSC Baltic III about 53 meters toward shore in Newfoundland and Labrador as salvage teams

Crew Of Vessel Attacked In Hormuz Strait Evacuated
Shipping

Crew Of Vessel Attacked In Hormuz Strait Evacuated

CAIRO, Sept 13 (Reuters) – A vessel has been struck by an unknown projectile while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, the United Kingdom Maritime ?Trade

Russia Expands Arctic Oil Shadow Fleet With Dark STS Transfers in Sea of Japan
Shipping

Russia Expands Arctic Oil Shadow Fleet With Dark STS Transfers in Sea of Japan

Russia has conducted two dark ship-to-ship (STS) transfers involving oil cargoes that traveled through the Northern Sea Route, highlighting the increasingly


Sunday, September 13, 2026
Satellite imagery shows the Saudi Arabia East-West pipeline before and after attack
Energy

Saudi Pipeline Outage Threatens Loss Of 4% Of Global Oil Supply

By Alex Lawler and Dmitry Zhdannikov LONDON, Sept 13 (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia will run out of oil stocks for exports if it doesn’t

September 13, 2026
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Facilities of CPC marine terminal near Novorossiysk
Energy

Trump Demands Ukraine Halt Refinery Strikes As Diesel Surges

By Jennifer A. Dlouhy Sep 13, 2026, (Bloomberg) –President Donald Trump said he’d warned Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to stop targeting

September 13, 2026
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offshore oil platform off California
Energy

California Gas Station With $9.99 Diesel Exemplifies Fuel Crisis

By Will Kubzansky Sep 12, 2026 (Bloomberg) –At a fuel station in San Diego where diesel is retailing for $9.99 a gallon, Californians can take

September 13, 2026
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Shipping containers at the Port of Montreal
Shipping News

Carney Pushes Idea Of Making Canada ‘Associate Member’ Of EU

BRUSSELS, Sept 13 (Reuters) – Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney wants a closer relationship with the European Union and is exploring

September 13, 2026
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View shows a civilian cargo vessel damaged by a Russian missile strike in the Black Sea.
Defense

Russia Hits Odesa Again As Black Sea Shipping Disrupted

By Bloomberg News Sep 12, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Russia carried out a large airstrike on Ukraine’s port city of Odesa and the surrounding region as

September 13, 2026
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Corporate News

13 hours ago

New Pacific Launches First Shipbuilding Program Featuring Two  Tugboats for American Marine Corporation

Glosten-designed 122-foot vessels mark the first new builds at New Pacific’s historic Vancouver  waterfront facility. New Pacific Industrial (NP) has launched its first

13 hours ago

ABS Joins Korean Initiative to Advance Standards for Next-Generation Ships and Shipyards

ABS has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with three Korean maritime organizations to advance the development of international standards for the next generation of smart

13 hours ago

ABB joins forces with Ferrari Hypersail to take Direct Current to new horizons 

ABB today announces a technology partnership with Ferrari Hypersail that brings ABB’s electrification expertise to the world’s most ambitious offshore challenge. As

September 10, 2026

TotalEnergies Lubmarine Launches Aurelia FE, an InnovativeFuel Economy Lubricant for 4-Stroke Medium Speed Marine Engines

TotalEnergies Lubmarine division announces the launch of Aurelia FE, an innovative trunk piston engine oil designed to help shipowners reduce fuel consumption, lower operating

September 10, 2026

Inmarsat NexusWave Earns Bureau Veritas Cyber Security Type Approval, Advancing Secure Multi-Network Connectivity for the Digital Vessel

Latest classification society approval against IACS UR E27 verifies the secure-by-design architecture underpinning NexusWave and reinforces Inmarsat Maritime’s commitment to

September 3, 2026

ABS and JB Energy Sign MOU to Support Floating Offshore Wind Development in Brazil

ABS and JB Energy have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate on strategic studies for the proposed Aura Sul Wind Project, a floating offshore wind pilot under

September 2, 2026

New Inmarsat Maritime Safety Data Hub insights combine GMDSS distress and weather data to provide unique insight into maritime risk

Industry-first analysis combines three years of GMDSS distress call data with almost 107,000 maritime safety broadcasts, revealing how extreme weather, operational pressures and

September 2, 2026

ABB to power New Zealand’s new generation rail-enabled ferries for Cook Strait

ABB has been selected as the power, propulsion and automation technology partner for two new Ro-Pax ferries, to be named Kupe and Cook, which form part of Cook Strait

Corporate News

13 hours ago

New Pacific Launches First Shipbuilding Program Featuring Two  Tugboats for American Marine Corporation

Glosten-designed 122-foot vessels mark the first new builds at New Pacific’s historic Vancouver  waterfront facility. New Pacific Industrial (NP) has launched its first

13 hours ago

ABS Joins Korean Initiative to Advance Standards for Next-Generation Ships and Shipyards

ABS has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with three Korean maritime organizations to advance the development of international standards for the next generation of smart

13 hours ago

ABB joins forces with Ferrari Hypersail to take Direct Current to new horizons 

ABB today announces a technology partnership with Ferrari Hypersail that brings ABB’s electrification expertise to the world’s most ambitious offshore challenge. As

September 10, 2026

TotalEnergies Lubmarine Launches Aurelia FE, an InnovativeFuel Economy Lubricant for 4-Stroke Medium Speed Marine Engines

TotalEnergies Lubmarine division announces the launch of Aurelia FE, an innovative trunk piston engine oil designed to help shipowners reduce fuel consumption, lower operating

September 10, 2026

Inmarsat NexusWave Earns Bureau Veritas Cyber Security Type Approval, Advancing Secure Multi-Network Connectivity for the Digital Vessel

Latest classification society approval against IACS UR E27 verifies the secure-by-design architecture underpinning NexusWave and reinforces Inmarsat Maritime’s commitment to

September 3, 2026

ABS and JB Energy Sign MOU to Support Floating Offshore Wind Development in Brazil

ABS and JB Energy have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate on strategic studies for the proposed Aura Sul Wind Project, a floating offshore wind pilot under

September 2, 2026

New Inmarsat Maritime Safety Data Hub insights combine GMDSS distress and weather data to provide unique insight into maritime risk

Industry-first analysis combines three years of GMDSS distress call data with almost 107,000 maritime safety broadcasts, revealing how extreme weather, operational pressures and

September 2, 2026

ABB to power New Zealand’s new generation rail-enabled ferries for Cook Strait

ABB has been selected as the power, propulsion and automation technology partner for two new Ro-Pax ferries, to be named Kupe and Cook, which form part of Cook Strait


Sunday, September 13, 2026
A satellite image shows black smoke rising from an area of Saudi Arabia’s East-West oil pipeline south of Medina
Energy

Iraq Under Pressure After Drone Strikes Close Key Saudi Pipeline

By Khalid Al-Ansary and Devika Krishna Kumar Sep 12, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Iraq is moving to contain the fallout from attacks that caused the closure of

September 13, 2026
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A ship is illuminated by fire from a burning vessel, after Iranian explosive-laden boats appear to have attacked two fuel tankers in Iraqi waters setting them ablaze, according to port, maritime security and risk firms, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in this screengrab taken from a handout video released March 12, 2026
Shipping

Crew Of Vessel Attacked In Hormuz Strait Evacuated

CAIRO, Sept 13 (Reuters) – A vessel has been struck by an unknown projectile while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, the United Kingdom Maritime ?Trade

September 13, 2026
Total Views: 2638

Oil tanker Al Shaffiah sails at the sea near the Omani coast, as seen from Musandam
Defense

US Limits Air Defense Time Slots For Tankers Sailing Through Hormuz

Sept 12 (Reuters) – The U.S. has asked tankers traveling through the Strait of Hormuz to sail only at specific times to guarantee military protection

September 13, 2026
Total Views: 1179

Friday, September 11, 2026
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces began setting conditions for clearing mines in the Strait of Hormuz, April 11, as two U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyers conducted operations
Defense

Anthropic Says Iran-Linked Actor Used Claude to Compile U.S. Navy Targeting Data

Anthropic says it disrupted an Iran-linked user that used its Claude artificial intelligence models to track U.S. naval forces, compile targeting material and

September 11, 2026
Total Views: 3977

Patrol Boat Hocking heads toward lower Manhattan on 9/11 to provide assistance following the attacks on the World Trade Center.
Shipping

‘Merchant Mariners Delivered’: Remembering the 9/11 Boatlift 25 Years Later

U.S. Maritime Administrator Stephen Carmel on Friday marked the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks by honoring the merchant mariners who answered an

September 11, 2026
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Friday, September 11, 2026
Tanker
Shipping

Oil Tanker Rates Hit Record Highs Following Iran, US Shipping Attacks

The cost of shipping oil in the largest tankers hit record highs this week following the biggest wave of attacks on shipping since the U.S.-Iran war began

September 11, 2026
Total Views: 1019

A Port State Control inspection in Nine Mile Anchorage
News

Coast Guard’s New Digital Mariner Credentialing Platform Set to Go Live

The U.S. Coast Guard is set to launch its new digital mariner credentialing system, marking a major shift in how mariners apply for Merchant Mariner

September 11, 2026
Total Views: 1211

Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz
News

U.S.-Facilitated Hormuz Transits Help Lift Gulf Crude Exports Above 10 Million Bpd

Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz is still running far below normal, but the latest UKMTO data shows a steady flow of ships continuing to move through the

September 11, 2026
Total Views: 1081

Yemen’s Houthis Reach Strategic Island at Mouth of Vital Shipping Lane
News

Yemen’s Houthis Reach Strategic Island at Mouth of Vital Shipping Lane

Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis reached the strategic island of Perim in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait on Friday, four Yemeni government sources told Reuters, moving

September 11, 2026
Total Views: 894

Containership at the Port of Long Beach
News

Strong Imports Push Port of Long Beach to Busiest August on Record

The Port of Long Beach handled its busiest August on record as U.S. container imports remained stronger than expected through the late summer peak season. The

September 11, 2026
Total Views: 522