10 SEPT 2025 Russian officials are again highlighting the growth of shipping and specifically containership along the Northern Sea Route. In just 10 days, they expect the first containership following an international route to European ports will start an NSR transit, while data shows a slight increase in traffic so …
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HOUTHIS ATTEMPT TO INCREASE ATTACKS ON SHIPPING AFTER ISRAELI ACTIONS
09 SEPT 2025 The Houthi militants have not made new threats against shipping, but there appears to be another increase in activity both against Israel and shipping that it links to Israel. It comes after the Israelis renewed their statements vowing to stop the Houthi aggression after the militants started …
Read More »U.S. THREATENS NATIONS WITH TARIFFS OVER SUPPORT FOR IMO NET-ZERO SHIPPING DEAL
09 SEPT 2025 The United States has told countries to reject a United Nations’ marine fuel emissions-cutting deal or face tariffs, visa restrictions and port levies, U.S. and European officials and sources told Reuters. The Trump administration is looking to boost U.S. economic might, including by taking a bigger role …
Read More »RUSSIAN UNION WINS COMPENSATION FOR DEATH ABOARD A SANCTIONED TANKER
08 SEPT 2025 The Russian Seafarers’ Union (SUR) has begun publicizing cases of labor rights enforcement against “shadow fleet” tankers, the lightly-regulated and questionably-insured vessels that carry most of Russia’s oil to market. The calibrated “price cap” G7 sanction regime has restricted Russia’s access to Western tanker owners and insurers, …
Read More »SEAFARERS ABANDONED ON SANCTIONED TANKER IN PERSIAN GULF FACE GROWING CRISIS
08 SEPT 2025 The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) is urgently calling on UAE maritime authorities to intervene in a severe case of seafarer abandonment in the Persian Gulf, where 19 crew members remain trapped aboard the tanker Global Peace. The vessel, anchored off Al Hamriyah near the UAE coast, …
Read More »THE CYBERBOAT CHALLENGE: CYBERSECURITY EDUCATION FOR THE MTS
07 SEPT 2025 The information security industry has lamented the lack of available skilled and talented workers for the last three decades. A common estimate today is that there are a million unfilled cybersecurity-related positions in the U.S. alone. The absence of skilled cybersecurity workers has a particular impact on …
Read More »RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES DETAINED SANCTIONED TANKER FOR UNPAID CREW WAGES
06 SEPT 2025 A shadow fleet tanker that is currently sanctioned in the West was reportedly detained by the Russian authorities in the port of Murmansk due to a range of issues, including unpaid crew wages, reports the Russian Seafarers’ Union. The crew of the vessel raised concerns to the …
Read More »CAN VITAMIN D SLOW AGING? A NEW STUDY SAYS YES – BUT THERE’S A CATCH
05 SEPT 2025 Vitamin D supplements could help protect the caps on our chromosomes that slow aging, sparking hopes the sunshine vitamin might keep us healthier for longer, a recent study suggests. The researchers discovered that taking 2,000 IU (international units, a standard measure for vitamins) of vitamin D daily …
Read More »BLAST REPORTED NEAR LIBERIA-FLAGGED TANKER OFF SAUDI PORT OF YANBU
04 SEPT 2025 British maritime security firm Ambrey said on Sunday that a Liberia-flagged Israeli-owned tanker reported an explosion nearby, southwest of Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea port city of Yanbu. A vessel reported “a splash in close proximity from an unknown projectile and heard a loud bang,” the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said, adding that the …
Read More »ITF WARNS ABANDONED TANKER CREW IS CAUGHT IN SANCTIONS ON ILLICIT OIL TRADE
03 SEPT 2025 The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) is calling attention to the fate of 19 seafarers abandoned on a sanctioned product tanker that has been lying off the UAE for months. The organization has been warning that seafarer abandonment is on track for its worst year, but the …
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