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Import cargo volumes at major U.S. container ports are expected to surge through the summer months as retailers rush to take advantage of temporarily reduced

Imagine you’ve just thrown your sea bag in the rack and started a three-month hitch aboard a tanker running from Beaumont to Singapore. You’re working day

Multiple explosions and fires erupted on a cargo ship bound for India's financial capital Mumbai on Monday, causing 40 containers to fall into the Arabian Sea

The Japanese oil refiner Taiyo Oil Co. is taking delivery of a cargo of Russian crude on a tanker that’s blacklisted by both the US Treasury and the European

By Daniele Lepido Jun 6, 2025 (Bloomberg) –In early April 2024, Xu Xinyu, an executive director at Ferretti SpA, noticed an SUV and two strange men

By Ben Blanchard KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan, June 8 (Reuters) – Taiwan’s coast guard held drills with the military on Sunday to better practice joint

By Crispian Balmer JERUSALEM, June 8 (Reuters) – Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz told the military on Sunday to stop a charity boat carrying

The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) has opened a public comment period regarding proposed modifications to its Section 301 trade

The Australian National Maritime Museum (ANMM) has released its final report confirming the discovery of one of maritime history’s most significant

By Ben Blanchard TAIPEI, June 6 (Reuters) – Taiwan accused China on Friday of raising tensions in the region with a “provocative” military

By Joe Wertz May 30, 2025 (Bloomberg) –Some English fishermen have hit the jackpot this season, hauling in tons of octopus, but the invasion of the

A crew member has died following a maritime incident aboard the US-flagged Tidewater vessel POLARIS on June 2, while conducting operations in the Atlantic

By Arathy Somasekhar, Georgina McCartney and Trixie Yap HOUSTON/SINGAPORE, June 6 (Reuters) – Over half a dozen U.S.-loaded ethane vessels,

By Lori Ann LaRocco – Global insurer Allianz Commercial warns the Morning Midas fire is the latest example of an underling safety problem facing seafarers.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has announced sweeping sanctions against an Iranian shadow banking network,

Container spot freight rates on the transpacific and Asia-Europe trades saw a massive jump this week, as a series of 1 June general rate increases (GRIs) took

Much of the historic Strand District in Galveston, Texas, is about as tacky as it comes. The 19th-century buildings that line its streets are packed with

A Coast Guard C-130J Super Hercules aircrew conducted an overflight of the burning car carrier Morning Midas on Wednesday morning, revealing the fire has

The Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC) of New Zealand has called for legislative changes to ban substandard ships from the country’s

North Korea has launched a warship that was damaged in May upon its attempted first launch, state media KCNA reported on Friday. After restoring the balance of

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced today the cancellation of a delayed Legend-class National Security Cutter contract with

The U.S. trade deficit narrowed sharply in April, with imports decreasing by the most on record as the front-running of goods ahead of tariffs ebbed, which

Container shipping rates continued their climb this week, fueled by the temporary tariff pause between the U.S. and China, but there are signs that demand

The U.S. Department of Justice has filed criminal charges against former ship captain John Merrone for allegedly drugging and sexually assaulting a U.S.

Zodiac Maritime has appointed Resolve Marine to lead salvage operations for the vehicle carrier Morning Midas, which continues to burn approximately 300 miles