07 MAY 2023  The Nigerian Navy issued a statement confirming that a plea deal has been struck for the release of the crew of the tanker Heroic Idun while also denying media reports that the crew has been released. The Navy is emphasizing that there are pre-conditions on the release. This came out …

06 MAY 2023  The Arctic is going to become easier to navigate as ice recedes, but it is also going to have more of a marine weather condition that mariners tend not to like: heavy fog. According to a new study published in Geophysical Research Letters, rapidly retreating sea ice …

05 MAY 2023 Global temperatures are rising at an alarming rate, and that means more extreme heat waves more of the time. To better prepare for what lies ahead, researchers from across the UK have identified the countries most at risk from heat wave harm. This isn’t just countries where heat waves are …

04 MAY 2023  Nigeria has released the long-imprisoned crew of the VLCC Heroic Idun, who were accused of attempting to lift oil from an offshore platform and held without bail since last year. Heroic Idun’s ordeal began on August 8, when the tanker arrived as scheduled to take on a cargo from the …

03 MAY 2023  The fire aboard the Aframax crude oil tanker Pablo has been extinguished but the Malaysian authorities are saying it remained too dangerous today to board the vessel to begin their investigation and search for three missing crewmembers. At the same time, investigations are highlighting the vessel’s operation in the …

03 MAY 2023 An oil tanker seized by Iran last Thursday was carrying Kuwaiti crude and had a crew of 24 Indians, according to the operator. The US has demanded the immediate release of the the Marshall Islands-flagged Advantage Sweet, which was travelling in international waters and near the Gulf of Oman when …

02 MAY 2023  Singapore Maritime Week (SMW) returned for its 17th edition from April 24-28, 2023. Themed “Ambition Meets Action,” SMW2023 brought together the international maritime community to take collective action to achieve the ambitions for innovation, decarbonization, and talent. The conference was one of the largest to date, with about …

01 MAY 2023  A search and rescue operation is continuing for three missing crewmembers from an Aframax tanker that caught fire in southern Malaysian waters. The majority of the crew has reportedly been rescued by another tanker in the area as well as the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA). The …

30 APR 2023  I was part of a team that recently discovered human-made pollutants in one of the deepest and most remote places on Earth – the Atacama Trench, which goes down to a depth of 8,000 meters in the Pacific Ocean. The presence of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in such a remote …

29 APRIL 2023 The U.S. confiscated Iranian oil on a tanker at sea in recent days in a sanctions enforcement operation, three sources said, and days later Iran seized another oil-laden tanker in retaliation, according to a maritime security firm. As oil markets remain jittery, the cargo seizure is the latest escalation …