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20 NOV 2025 South Korea’s Busan Coast Guard is recounting the details of a rampage staged by three crewmembers aboard a cargo ship anchored offshore. The local District Court issued an arrest warrant for three Vietnamese nationals working aboard the ship, charged with assault, threatening colleagues, intimidation, and property damage. …

19 NOV 2025  The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) is optimistic that transits are gradually returning to normal after the canal witnessed the passage of three mega ships operated by CMA CGM in a span of one week. Just a day after the UN Security Council overwhelmingly voted to renew sanctions …

18 NOV 2025 A panel of leading shipowners called for the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to take a pragmatic approach to regulating the shipping industry’s greenhouse gas emissions, warning that there would be global economic consequences for getting it wrong. Decarbonisation may take longer than hoped for, but the stakes …

17 NOV 2025 Russia’s Black Sea port of Novorossiysk temporarily suspended oil exports – equivalent to 2.2 million barrels per day, or 2% of global supply – on Friday, according to industry sources, after a Ukrainian missile and drone attack. The attack was one of the biggest on Russian oil-exporting infrastructure in …

16 NOV 2025  The Philippines prides itself as a leading shipping nation, with its seafarers representing more than a quarter of the world’s maritime workforce. However, the economic impacts of the manning industry on the country’s economy has largely remained a matter of conjecture. A new study is now creating …

15 NOV 2025 Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps naval forces have seized the Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker TALARA approximately 20 nautical miles east of Khawr Fakkan in the United Arab Emirates, according to reports from the UK Maritime Trade Operations office and maritime security analysts. The incident, which occurred in the …