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 …
Read More »EVOLVING ROLE FOR SHIP MANAGERS
02 SEPT 2025 Ship managers expand their offerings as the industry grows more complex. Ship management is often identified as a tool for smaller fleets or individual shipowners to run their ships and keep up with the majors. The leading ship managers, however, say the practice is evolving from technical …
Read More »ARREST WARRANT ISSUED AFTER CAPTAIN SKIPS HEARING ON INTOXICATION CHARGE
01 SEPT 2025 The containership captain, who was arrested on charges that he was operating his vessel while intoxicated, failed to show for a court hearing this week. The King County District Court in Washington State issued a $10,000 warrant for his arrest on August 27 after both the captain …
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