Navy

by John Konrad (gCaptain) On Tuesday, Turkey made the controversial decision to block two British minehunter ships from entering the Black Sea, citing the

by Elwely Elwelly (Reuters) – Iran’s Alborz warship has entered the Red Sea, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on

(Bloomberg) Russia has based its Black Sea fleet in Crimea for 240 years. Now President Vladimir Putin is at risk of losing the flagship naval hub as Ukraine

By Max Zimmerman (Bloomberg) The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier strike group will leave the eastern Mediterranean Sea more than two months after being

by John Konrad (gCaptain) Today in the Red Sea, the crew of the Maersk Hangzhou took evasive action and opened fire on Houthi boats that were aggressively

(Bloomberg) China named navy veteran Dong Jun as its new defense minister, a move that will help resume top-level military talks with the US that are seen as

China is not the only potentially adversarial maritime power that is flexing its muscles in the Indo-Pacific region. Russia is a cause for concern, too. Alexey

By Courtney McBride and Daniel Flatley (Bloomberg) The US military is trying to reassure shipping companies that a multinational force is making it safe to

By Phil Stewart, David Latona, Angelo Amante and Jonathan Saul (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden hoped to present a firm international response to

Will the actions of Houthi militants and climate activists inadvertently avert the widely anticipated financial fallout in the containership market set for

by Ahmed Elimam (Reuters) Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi militia claimed responsibility for a missile attack on Tuesday on a container ship in the Red

By Wilfried Eckl-Dorna (Bloomberg) Shipping giant Hapag-Lloyd AG said it will keep its vessels away from the Red Sea even after the launch of a US-led

By Andrew Osborn and Max Hunder (Reuters) – Ukraine struck a large Russian landing warship in Crimea with cruise missiles in an overnight attack that

by Krishn Kaushik (Reuters) – The Indian navy will deploy guided-missile destroyers in the Arabian Sea as a deterrent after an Israel-affiliated

by Captain John Konrad (gCaptain OpEd) LloydsList is a competitor of my publication gCaptain. We believe in shipping media working together for the greater

by Sachin Ravikumar (Reuters) Britain will deploy a naval ship off Guyana later this month, its ministry of defense said on Sunday, as the South American

by John Konrad (gCaptain) Action in the Red Sea has reignited. A report by US Central Command says the navy, operating as part of Operation Prosperity

UPDATE: The Economic Times is reporting the ship attacked was the Liberian-flagged chemical tanker MV Chem Pluto by John Konrad (gCaptain) Bloomberg is

By Nick Wadhams (Bloomberg) The Biden administration heralded a prisoner swap with Venezuela on Wednesday as a diplomatic breakthrough between two

by Steve Holland (Reuters) – Iran was “deeply involved” in planning operations against commercial vessels in the Red Sea and its