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06 MAR 2026  Activists from the group Greenpeace France took to kayaks and Zodiacs on Monday morning, March 2, while others chained themselves to a lock gate in Dunkirk to block the arrival of a cargo ship, they said was carrying uranium. French police ended the protest and took four …

05 MAR 2026  Iran’s senior leadership has announced a full shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz and threatened to “set on fire” any vessels passing the blockade. Multiple leading P&I clubs have announced that they are suspending war risk insurance for transits of the strait effectively making the risk exposure too …

04 MAR 2026 The reported sinking of several Iranian warships by US missiles in the Gulf of Oman serves as a reminder of the maritime aspect of the conflict which began February 28 with a barrage of Israeli and American missiles targeting Iran. Two other vessels, believed to be tankers, have also …

03 MAR 2026 There are moments when geopolitics feels distant from daily life. This is not one of them. With confirmed US–Israeli strikes on Iran, renewed Houthi threat signalling in the Red Sea, and elevated instability across parts of the North Arabian Sea and Pakistan’s coastal flank, as well as …

02 MAR 2026  IMO CALLS ON STATES AND SHIPOWNERS TO PRIORITIZE THE SAFETY OF SEAFARERS Following multiple Iranian attacks on shipping, resulting in seafarer injuries and at least one shipboard fatality, IMO Secretary General Arsenio Dominguez called for restraint and a cessation of the targeting of merchant vessels. “No attack …

02 MAR 2026  A Canadian woman was the first North American female ship’s captain. Her name was Myrtle “Molly” Kool. She obtained her Master’s papers in 1939 when she was just 23 years old. The Washington Daily News wrote about her accomplishment on July 4, 1939 in an article entitled …