21 MAY 2024 Russia is seeking Chinese support in the development of its Northern Sea route. While briefing President Putin during a state visit to the Chinese city of Harbin last week, Rosatom’s head Alexei Likhachev said that they have formed a Russian-Chinese sub-commission for the Northern Sea Route (NSR). …
Read More »HOUTHI ATTACK DAMAGES SHADOW FLEET TANKER CARRYING RUSSIAN OIL
19 MAY 2024 Shortly after midnight local time May 18 reports began coming in that a tanker had been struck while heading south in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen. They are indicating that there was a fire aboard and damage to the vessel but it received assistance …
Read More »CAPE OF GOOD HOPE DIVERSIONS THREATEN CII GRADES – AND SHOW VALUE OF DATA
18 MAY 2024 The shipping industry has been enveloped by a sustained period of intense geopolitical volatility. Previous challenges – like the emergence of the Russian ‘dark fleet’ and the reduction in traffic through the Panama Canal – have now been superseded by the mass re-routing of vessels via the …
Read More »SUSPECTED SOMALI PIRATES TAKEN TO SEYCHELLES FOR PROSECUTION
17 MAY 2024 An EU warship is transferring six suspected pirates to the Seychelles for possible prosecution following an incident in the Gulf of Aden that has now be classified as a pirate attack. The European Union Naval Force’s (EUNAVFOR) Operation ATALANTA last week confirmed a “suspicous approach” involving the …
Read More »EU ADVISES TO GIVE WIDE BERTH AND ZIG-ZAGGING AFTER HOUTHI ESCALATIONS
17 MAY 2024 As the Red Sea security crisis and the Houthi efforts pass the 150-day mark, the EU security operation issued a new advisory to ships telling them to steer further to sea and take other evasive actions. EUNAVFOR Aspides is telling ships to “maintain a heightened state of …
Read More »REPORT: INDIAN CLASS WITHDRAWN ON SANCTIONED RUSSIAN TANKERS
16 MAY 2024 Russian shipping interests continue to shuffle around the registry details of their large crude tankers in an apparent effort to address the Western sanctions on vessels. Reuters conducted an analysis and found that 12 of the 14 tankers listed by the United States in February 2024 have …
Read More »BALTIMORE KEY BRIDGE BLASTED OFF M/V DALI
15 MAY 2024 U.S. crews in Baltimore set off controlled explosions on Monday to allow them to remove a portion of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge from the bow of the massive container ship that toppled the span in March. The detonations were meant to break the bridge’s truss into small sections, enabling salvage crews …
Read More »GREEN SHIPPING COULD LAUNCH MASSIVE JOBS BOOM
15 MAY 2024 Over four million clean jobs could be created by the global shipping industry in the coming decades as the push to decarbonize gains momentum, according to the Global Maritime Forum (GMF). In a new report, the industry coalition suggests that the maritime sector’s transition to zero-emission marine fuels …
Read More »AUSTRALIA TO BAN LIVE SHEEP EXPORTS BY SEA FROM MAY 2028
14 MAY 2024 Australia will ban the live export of sheep by sea from May 2028, and help those impacted by the decision to adjust, Agriculture Minister Murray Watt said. “Certainty for when the trade will end is critical,” Watt said Saturday in the government’s formal response to an independent report it commissioned …
Read More »UK TO SEND CONTRACTORS NOT SOLDIERS TO GAZA PIER
U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary) and US Merchant Mariners attached to the MV Roy P. Benavidez assemble the Roll-On, Roll-Off Distribution Facility (RRDF), or floating pier, off the shore of Gaza in support of Operation Neptune Solace, April 26, 2024. The temporary pier will assist …
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