23 AUG 2026 Sea Legend, a Chinese shipping line, recently announced it was launching a regular container service between China and Europe via the Arctic. The announcement follows a trial crossing in 2025 that saw a container ship travel from the port of Ningbo-Zhoushan in eastern China to Felixstowe in …
Read More »22 AUG 2026 The Panama Canal Authority is expanding what it is calling “temporary modifications to the lock’s transit capacity” as the forecasts for a worsening drought continue to grow. While water levels in Gatun Lake have been largely stable for the past nine days, the isthmus is experiencing significant …
Read More »20 AUG 2026 For the second time in a week, Somali pirates have apparently struck, and this time they have taken control of a sanctioned product tanker with a shadowy record linked in part to Iran. It would be the sixth ship currently in the custody of the pirates and …
Read More »19 AUG 2026 Two bulk carriers have been struck by projectiles in separate attacks while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, resulting in two crew casualties, including one seafarer killed aboard the Liberia-flagged Minoan Dignity. UKMTO said Tuesday that it received a report of an incident involving a vessel conducting an outbound …
Read More »18 AUG 2026 Indonesian authorities are reporting one of their largest ever drug busts, completed on Monday night, August 17, on a small general cargo ship coming from Malaysia and suspected of operating under a false ID. They took 10 people, all Myanmar nationals, who were aboard the ship into …
Read More »17 AUG 2026 A cargo ship has been declared a constructive total loss after being struck by multiple unknown projectiles off Yemen, marking another attack in an increasingly volatile southern Red Sea. UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said Tuesday that local authorities reported the incident about 40 nautical miles southeast …
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