President Trump’s proposal to dispatch a U.S. hospital ship to Greenland would run into a combination of environmental and logistical hurdles that make such a… Weiterlesen »Too Much Ice and Too Little Draft: The Harsh Reality Facing a U.S. Hospital Ship Mission to Greenland

Panama on Monday published in its official gazette a Supreme Court ruling canceling key port contracts held by a subsidiary of CK Hutchison, clearing the way for… Weiterlesen »Panama Officially Cancels CK Hutchison Port Concessions, Clearing Path for Maersk

Austal Limited has secured a A$4 billion (USD $2.82 billion) contract from the Commonwealth of Australia to build eight 100-meter Landing Craft Heavy vessels, marking one… Weiterlesen »Austal Lands $2.8B Deal to Build Australia’s New Heavy Landing Craft Fleet

The Proteus Bohemia carrying 100,000 tons of diesel from India’s Reliance facility has arrived in Rotterdam, the first such cargo since EU sanctions on Russian-sourced… Weiterlesen »First Indian Diesel Cargo Arrives in Europe After New Russian Sanctions Take Effect

President Donald Trump on Monday said any countries that wanted to “play games” after a key U.S. Supreme Court tariff ruling that they would face much higher… Weiterlesen »Trump Warns of Higher Tariffs for Countries That ‘Play Games’ After Court Ruling

West African crude traders are slashing prices as soaring freight costs and an unfavorable Brent-Dubai spread kill Asian demand. Tanker rates to Asia hit five-year… Weiterlesen »Soaring Tanker Costs Force West African Oil Price Cuts

Houston-based offshore vessel giant Tidewater Inc. is making a major push into Brazil, announcing a definitive agreement to acquire Wilson Sons Ultratug Participações S.A. (WSUT) and its affiliate Atlantic Offshore… Weiterlesen »Tidewater Makes $500M Bet on Brazil with Wilson Sons Fleet Acquisition

The enforcement problem has changed. Detection is no longer the constraint. Attribution is. In December 2025, a combined U.S. Coast Guard and Marine special operations… Weiterlesen »Sanctions, Seizures, and the Limits of Maritime Visibility

The International Labour Organization (ILO), the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), and the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) marked the 20th anniversary of the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) this week with… Weiterlesen »Twenty Years of Seafarer Protections: Maritime Labour Convention Marks Historic Milestone

Russia’s flagship crude is selling at the deepest discount in the international marketplace in almost three years as western sanctions deter trade with Moscow.