24 JAN 2026 The U.S. Department of the Treasury has taken a major step in its campaign against Houthi financing by directly sanctioning ship captains who delivered petroleum products to Houthi-controlled ports, marking a significant escalation in enforcement efforts against individuals operating in the global maritime supply chain. On January …
Read More »U.S. FORCES SEIZE SANCTIONED TANKER ‘SAGITTA’ IN CARIBBEAN, MARKING SEVENTH VESSEL CAPTURED
23 JAN 2026 U.S. military forces apprehended the sanctioned motor vessel Sagitta without incident this morning in the Caribbean, marking the seventh tanker seizure in recent weeks as Washington intensifies its crackdown on sanctioned vessels linked to illicit oil trades involving Venezuela and Russia. The operation was conducted by U.S. …
Read More »LR LAUNCHES CROSS-SECTOR NUCLEAR PROPULSION CONSORTIUM
22 JAN 2026 As the world looks for alternatives to bunker fuel, nuclear propulsion, by contrast, offers some attractive features. Regular bunkering is not required, so there is no need to build up a global fuel network. The basic concept of a shipboard reactor is established, and there is a …
Read More »SHIP TAKES REFUGE IN SPAIN AFTER CONTAINER STACKS COLLAPSE IN STORM
21 JAN 2026 A smaller cargo ship transporting containers along the coast between Portugal and Spain was forced to take refuge after it experienced a stack collapse last week. The ship Maria Francisca arrived at the Port of Vigo with two rows of boxes toppled over and several crushed boxes …
Read More »EUROPE’S GREEN FUEL RACE: HOW FOUR NATIONS ARE POSITIONING TO POWER ZERO-CARBON SHIPPING
21 JAN 2026 A quiet but decisive shift is taking place in the race to decarbonise global shipping, and it is unfolding not in Asia’s massive shipyards or the traditional oil hubs of the Middle East, but across four European nations that have moved with unusual speed to build the …
Read More »GROWING RISKS FOR RUSSIA’S SHADOW FLEET IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
20 JAN 2025 Since their expulsion from their naval base in Tartus, with the probably unforeseen longevity of the closure of the Bosporus to naval traffic, the Russian naval presence in the Mediterranean has been small and fleeting at best, and sometimes entirely absent, for the first time since 1945. …
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