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05 JUNE 2026 The maritime industry has spent the better part of a decade debating whether autonomous ships represent genuine commercial progress or elaborately funded engineering theater. That debate has not been entirely resolved, but one of its central preconditions has now been addressed.  The somewhat controversial concept of autonomous …

04 JUNE 2026 The sea is sometimes so tranquil that Captain Hassan Khan forgets his ship has been stuck in the middle of a war zone for three months. “It is really strange that everything looks normal outside, but people inside are not calm,” says the Pakistani sailor, who doesn’t …

04 JUNE 2026 Executives warn that freedom of navigation requires more than a ceasefire as confidence remains shattered after months of conflict Shipping executives gathered at the Posidonia maritime exhibition in Greece on Monday delivered a clear message: even if Washington and Tehran finalize a ceasefire agreement, commercial shipping is …

03 JUNE 2026 Oman’s Maritime Security Centre (MSC) on Saturday issued a navigation warning after a floating object suspected to be a naval mine was sighted within Omani territorial waters near the Strait of Hormuz, marking the clearest indications yet of a risk maritime industry groups have warned about for …

02 JUNE 2026 The Australian Border Force (ABF) has once again busted a cocaine shipment tucked inside an imported luxury bus aboard a ro/ro – an unusual choice of concealment, but one that it has encountered before. On May 6, ABF officers searched a ro/ro at the Port of Fremantle …

01 JUNE 2026 Animal welfare organizations are renewing their push for a total ban on seaborne livestock exports after some 4,000 sheep and goats died off the coast of Oman earlier this month. Maritime intelligence firm Windward reported that the Indian-flagged cargo vessel MSV Haji Ali sank following a suspected …