25 JULY 2025 From operational optimisation to smarter investment, data insights are shaping a more affordable path to decarbonisation. Shipping’s era of sustainability will also bring an era of higher costs. While emissions regulations increasingly place a financial penalty on using fossil fuels, the cost of avoiding those penalties will …
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SPANISH POLICE STOP SHIP AS DRUG CARTEL ATTEMPTS TO STEAL COCAINE SHIPMENT
24 JULY 2025 Spain’s Guardia Civil is working to sort out the details of one of its more unusual cocaine busts. They moved to stop and inspect a suspect inbound containership only to find it had already been boarded by nine individuals who appear to have been attempting to steal …
Read More »NEW ZEALAND FORCES COORDINATE WITH TANKER FOR CHALLENGING NIGHTTIME RESCUE
23 JULY 2025 Maritime New Zealand is recounting the details of a high-seas nighttime rescue. The operation was successful due to the coordination of the Rescue Coordination Center along with the New Zealand Defence Force and a Good Samaritan commercial tanker. The incident began on the afternoon of July 17, …
Read More »MATSON SUSPENDS SHIPPING EVS CITING HAZARDS OF LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES
22 JULY 2025 Matson surprised customers this week with an announcement that, effective immediately, it would suspend transporting battery-powered electric or plug-in hybrid electric vehicles due to the hazardous material classification of their lithium-ion batteries. The ability to ship cars between the mainland of the United States, Hawaii, Guam, and …
Read More »ITF REPORTS “DISTURBING SURGE” IN SEAFARER ABANDONMENT IN 2025
21 JULY 2025 The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) released its latest tally on cases of seafarer abandonment, reporting what it called a “disturbing surge” in cases so far in 2025. The figures show an increase of a third over the record numbers reported in 2024, with the ITF demanding …
Read More »TO TACKLE OUR OBESITY CRISIS, EXPERTS SAY EVERYTHING WE DO MUST CHANGE
20 JULY 2025 For years, people living with obesity have been given the same basic advice: eat less, move more. But while this mantra may sound simple, it’s not only ineffective for many, it can be deeply misleading and damaging. Obesity is not just about willpower. It’s a complex, chronic, …
Read More »RUSSIA’S CRUDE SHIPMENTS REBOUND AHEAD OF TRUMP SANCTIONS THREAT
19 JULY 2025 Russia’s crude exports hit a one-month high, driven by a surge in weekly flows that coincided with a sharp drop in refinery runs. The increase came before President Donald Trump’s threat of secondary tariffs on buyers of Russian oil if Moscow fails to make a swift peace with Ukraine. Seaborne crude cargoes averaged …
Read More »HOUTHIS PURLOIN CRUDE OIL FROM UN-FUNDED FLOATING STORAGE TANKER
18 JULY 2025 In a story broken by Lloyds List and Yemeni journalists, evidence has emerged that the Houthi administration in Yemen is siphoning off crude oil from an oil storage facility maintained by the United Nations off Ras Isa. The story comes as no surprise to observers of Yemen, …
Read More »ETERNITY C, 16 CONFIRMED SURVIVORS, 9 PRESUMED DEAD AFTER HOUTHI ATTACK ON BULKER
17 JULY 2025 The ten rescued crewmembers from the lost bulker Eternity C have arrived safely at a port in Saudi Arabia, bringing a saga that began seven days ago to a close. Six Filipino crewmembers from the ship were pulled from the water and taken to Yemen by the …
Read More »IMO AND ILO HIGHLIGHT GROWING ISSUE OF SEAFARER CRIMINALIZATION
16 JULY 2025 Earlier this month, in my capacity as Director for the Seamen’s Church Institute’s (SCI) Center for Mariner Advocacy (CMA), I had the good fortune to attend two significant international meetings in London, both addressing critical issues concerning the rights and safety of seafarers. The first was a …
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