Norwegian chemical tanker specialist Odfjell said that the crew on Bow Dalian responded correctly when Stolt Groenland exploded when both chemical tankers were engaged in ship-to-ship (STS) transfers of cargoes while anchored at South Korea’s […]
The port authority at Douala in Cameroon will be providing armed guards to vessels at anchorage at its Base Buoy (B9) pilot station following a spate of pirate attacks at the river port. An information […]
The Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against ships in Asia (ReCAAP) warned last week that three Indonesian crew members had been abducted from a Malaysian fishing boat near Tambisan Island, Lahad Datu, […]
Earlier this month, Saudi Arabia announced its decision to join the US-led International Maritime Security Construct (IMSC), which strives to ensure freedom of navigation and safe passage through the Gulf. Saudi Arabia’s decision comes after […]
South Korea’s Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF) has announced that it will join the US National Transportation Safety Board in investigating the fire on board the Hyundai Glovis car carrier Golden Ray. The 2017-built, […]
Oil from a car carrier that capsized off the coast of Georgia in early September has reached several parts of the state’s shoreline, according to local media reports. The Marshall Islands-flagged Golden Ray – which […]
After a two-month wait, Iran has freed British-flagged tanker Stena Impero from its detention near Bandar Abbas, in the Strait of Hormuz. “The legal process has finished and based on that the conditions for letting […]
The Kuwait transportation and shipping industry has undergone two major cyber attack campaigns on their IT systems between May and June 2019, identified by Unit 42, a global threat intelligence team at Palo Alto Networks. […]
A New Zealand court has fined the captain and chief officer of the 32,690 dwt Emilie Bulker for lying to port state control after one of their crew nearly died in the ship’s hold. A […]
A judge has indicted two Italian officials – Leopoldo Manna of the Italian coastguard and Luca Licciardi of the navy – on charges of manslaughter and negligence for their alleged role in the deaths of […]
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