ITF Calls Out "Worst Case of Seafarer Abandonment Ever Seen"
The International Transport Workers’ Federation has identified another Mideast vessel operator that has allegedly abandoned multiple ships and their crews,…
Smugglers Toss 2.5 Tons of Cocaine Overboard to Escape Royal Navy Pursuit
The latest interdiction in the Caribbean by the Royal Navy’s patrol ship HMS Trent sounds like a scene from a…
USCG Agreement Sets Development Pathway for First Hydrogen-Power US Towboat
The project that has been underway for the past several years to develop the U.S.’s first hydrogen-power towboat reached a…
Equatorial Guinea May Be Holding S. African Engineers Over Seized Yacht
The government of South Africa is working to secure the release of two oil and gas executives who were charged…
Senegal’s O3S Orders Fast Supply Vessel from Penguin
O3S – Oil Senegal Support Services, a homegrown Senegalese operator servicing the country’s fledgling offshore energy sector, has ordered a…
Sea Drone Warfare has Arrived, and the US is Floundering
The U.S. Navy’s efforts to build a fleet of unmanned vessels are faltering because the Pentagon remains wedded to big…
The Power of Now: Sailing Toward Shipping’s Climate Goals
When Bertrand Charrier worked with Jacques Cousteau four decades ago on the development of a revolutionary sail for the maritime…
Stock watchers brace for modest summer bounce in LNG shipping spot rates
Lack of tonne-mile slump, vessel supply and gradual export capacity growth on list of concerns
Venezuela shipments plunge as shipowners pull tankers away ahead of sanctions return
Shipping data suggests six big crude ships have left the country empty in recent weeks
VLCC rates show momentum as Atlantic production could offset Opec+ inaction
Rates for largest tankers rise even as bloc seems content to roll with current production levels