26 FEB 2026 What distinguishes current talks from the historical cooperation among the three countries is the effort to formalize these relationships under a mutual defense framework. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan talks with Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud as Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign …
Read More »TWENTY YEARS OF SEAFARER PROTECTIONS: MARITIME LABOUR CONVENTION MARKS HISTORIC MILESTONE
25 FEB 2026 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 a renewed push to strengthen seafarer protections — and a fresh call for governments to formally recognize seafarers as essential workers. Adopted …
Read More »IMO GUIDELINES ARE QUIETLY WEAKENING THE BASEL CONVENTION
24 FEB 2026 Basel parties should decide, openly and formally, how ship recycling should be treated under Basel. International law depends on a basic understanding that obligations accepted by states cannot be set aside by administrative preference. Treaties are binding because states have consented to be bound, and that consent …
Read More »COMMON DIABETES DRUG LINKED WITH ‘EXCEPTIONAL LONGEVITY’ IN WOMEN
24 FEB 2026 Not only can the drug metformin help to effectively manage type 2 diabetes, but it may also give older women a better chance of living to the grand old age of 90, according to research published in 2025 – thanks, it seems, to a variety of anti-aging …
Read More »‘PINK NOISE’ COULD BE HARMING YOUR SLEEP QUALITY, STUDY WARNS
23 FEB 2026 The soothing sounds of pink noise, designed to obscure outside clamor and lull listeners into sleep, may not be so innocuous, a new study suggests. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania, with their collaborators in Europe and Canada, have found that pink noise, a sound palette touted …
Read More »U.S. INDICTS CAPTAIN FROM FUGITIVE SHADOW TANKER REPORTS NY TIMES
22 FEB 2026 The captain of the tanker Marinera (Bella 1) has reportedly been officially indicted in the United States, according to a report from The New York Times. The paper writes on February 17 that an indictment was filed last week on February 12, although the White House and …
Read More »ARCTIC SHIP TRAFFIC HITS RECORD HIGH IN 2025 AS RESOURCE PROJECTS DRIVE GROWTH
21 FEB 2026 Ship traffic in the Arctic reached a new milestone in 2025, with 1,812 unique vessels operating inside the Polar Code area, according to new data released by the Arctic Council Working Group on the Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment (PAME). The figures mark a 40% increase …
Read More »HAPAG-LLOYD BUYS ISRAEL’S ZIM INTEGRATED SHIPPING FOR $4.2 BILLION
20 FEB 2026 Container shipping group Hapag-Lloyd HLAG.DE said on Monday it would buy Israeli rival ZIM Integrated Shipping Services ZIM.Nfor $4.2 billion in a deal that would consolidate its position as one of the world’s biggest ocean shipping companies. “The merger would secure Hapag-Lloyd’s market position as the fifth-largest shipping line in the world with a modern fleet of over 400 vessels,” Hapag-Lloyd said, a …
Read More »LNG IS THE FUTURE OF SHIPPING’S ENERGY TRANSITION
19 FEB 2026 The maritime industry’s energy transition is no longer a distant ambition – it is a present-day reality. What was all-too-recently framed as a future challenge to tackle with a “silver bullet” solution, is now an immediate operational fact, calling for continuing action across the maritime industry. With …
Read More »SINGAPORE JAILS CAPTAIN FOR LYING ABOUT FATAL INCIDENT ON GAS TANKER
18 FEB 2026 A court in Singapore sentenced the captain of a gas tanker to 14 months in jail after he admitted to lying about a fatal incident aboard the vessel in 2024. He is the second officer from the ship sentenced to jail for the incident that took the …
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