Monday, August 5, 2024
Shipping

Filipino Seafarers from Seized MSC Aries Return Home

The three remaining Filipino seafarers from the Portuguese-flagged MSC Aries, which was seized by Iranian authorities in April while transiting the Strait of

August 5, 2024
Total Views: 2782

Shipping

Panama Canal Authority Increases Capacity as Water Levels Return

The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has increased the number of daily transits and maximum draft of the expanded neopanamax locks, bringing the waterway one step

August 5, 2024
Total Views: 1716

Shipping

Potential Coast-Wide Port Strike Inches Closer

The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) has scheduled Wage Scale Committee Meetings for earlier next month in New Jersey to review demands to

August 5, 2024
Total Views: 1973

Illustration of the wind-assisted LNG carrier concept
Shipping

MOL Secures Class Approval for World’s First Wind-Assisted LNG Carrier Design

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) has achieved a significant milestone by receiving approval in principle (AiP) from classification society ClassNK for the

August 5, 2024
Total Views: 1281

Shipping

A Gas Carrier Faking Its Location Helps Russia Avoid Sanctions

(Bloomberg) — A liquefied natural gas tanker that’s docked at a sanctioned Russian gas facility has no known insurer, is managed by a little known

August 5, 2024
Total Views: 5436

News

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards: Powerful Group With Wide Regional Reach

DUBAI, Aug 5 (Reuters) – Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards are likely to play a central role if the country retaliates for the

August 5, 2024
Total Views: 1841

Shipping

Philippines Working on Release of Galaxy Leader Crew After Some Hospitalized with Malaria

The Philippines’ Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) has reported ongoing efforts to secure the release of 17 Filipino crew members of the MV Galaxy Leader,

August 5, 2024
Total Views: 1198

Offshore

Vard Signs Contract for State-of-the-Art Energy Construction Vessel

Norwegian shipbuilder Vard has signed a contract with Wind Energy Construction AS to design and construct an advanced Energy Construction Vessel (ECV), with an

August 5, 2024
Total Views: 733

Shipping

Flex LNG CEO Kalleklev: Russia is Putting Together LNG ‘Shadow Fleet’ and Will Find Buyers

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – The first loading of liquefied natural gas aboard a “dark vessel” at Russia’s Arctic LNG 2 confirms months of

August 5, 2024
Total Views: 1665

Sponsored

Navigating Cyber Risk in Ports and Terminals: The Role of Specialized Insurance

Last year was exceedingly busy for ports, terminals and maritime-related operations of all types—but in some very unwelcome ways. Early in the year, for

August 5, 2024
Total Views: 1311

Press Releases

North Standards New Digital Platforms Enhance User Experience And Streamline Access To Operational Insights

The new NorthStandard website, launched today, delivers an array of digital resources and crucial, real-time operational insights.   NorthStandard’s

August 5, 2024
Total Views: 307

Wallem Group and COSCO Enter Strategic Cooperation Agreement
Press Releases

Wallem Group and COSCO Enter Strategic Cooperation Agreement

Wallem Group, a leading global maritime partner, is pleased to announce it has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with COSCO Shipping Seafarer Management

August 5, 2024
Total Views: 275

Sunday, August 4, 2024
Offshore

A Fraught Election Just Reshaped The Next Steps For Deep Sea Mining

By Todd Woody Aug 4, 2024(Bloomberg) –A Brazilian oceanographer has been elected the next secretary-general of the International Seabed Authority,

August 4, 2024
Total Views: 2438

Chinese militia vessels spotted at Sabina Shoal in South China Sea
Defense

China Coast Guard Monitors Philippine Patrol Boats In Sabina Shoal

BEIJING, Aug 5 (Reuters) – China’s coast guard said it was monitoring Philippine patrol and fishing vessels that have gathered around the

August 4, 2024
Total Views: 3827

Shipping

Yemen’s Houthis Say They Targeted MV Groton In The Gulf of Aden

CAIRO, Aug 4 (Reuters) – Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement said on Sunday that it targeted MV Groton vessel in the Gulf of Aden and also

August 4, 2024
Total Views: 2883

Saturday, August 3, 2024
Smoke rises from Marlin Luanda, merchant vessel, at the location given as Gulf of Aden.
Shipping

UKMTO Confirms Missile Strike On Vessel Near Yemen’s Aden

By Enas Alashray and Adam Makary CAIRO, Aug 3 (Reuters) – A merchant vessel was hit by a missile 125 nautical miles east of Yemen‘s port of

August 3, 2024
Total Views: 2772

Ports

East Coast, Gulf Dockworkers To Meet Next Month On Strike Plan

By Laura Curtis Aug 3, 2024 (Bloomberg) –A labor strike that would shut down six out of 10 of the busiest ports in the US just weeks before the

August 3, 2024
Total Views: 1938

Defense

Vietnam Sends Coast Guard Ship To Philippines For Joint Training

By Nguyen Xuan Quynh (Bloomberg) —Vietnam said it has sent a coast guard delegation to the Philippines for joint training between the two Southeast

August 3, 2024
Total Views: 3847

Navy

Billions for EV Charging Stations, Pennies for Warships: Will The US Dollar Sink The Navy?

by John Konrad (gCaptain) Near the start of his term, Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg was appropriated $7.5 billion to install hundreds of EV

August 3, 2024
Total Views: 4547

Offshore

Exclusive: Russia Appears to Load First Arctic LNG 2 Cargo on ‘Shadow Fleet’ Vessel

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – Russia’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) producer Novatek appears to have loaded the first cargo from its sanctioned Arctic

August 3, 2024
Total Views: 7177