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07 MAR 2026 Russia’s Ministry of Transportation issued a statement condemning Ukraine and calling the attack on the gas carrier Arctic Metgas on Tuesday, March 3, terrorism. Its statement came as the Libyan Ports and Maritime Transport Authority reported the vessel had sunk overnight. Officials in Malta had confirmed the …

07 MAR 2026 Belgium announced during a press briefing on Tuesday, March 3, that it has completed its inspection of the tanker Ethera, which it detained overnight on Saturday as it was sailing along the coast and brought into port. They confirmed that the vessel was sailing under a false …

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 …