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. …
Read More »SPAIN BUSTS DRUG SMUGGLERS WHO USED “MONKEY” METHOD AND HIJACKED CONTAINERS
19 JAN 2025 Spanish authorities are reporting that they successfully broke up a large drug smuggling operation that had been responsible for bringing large amounts of cocaine from Colombia. They described a number of methods, including so-called “monkeys” to get the drugs aboard the container ships, dropping off near Spain, …
Read More »ICJ TOLD MYANMAR MILITARY HATE CAMPAIGNS TARGETED ROHINGYA FOR DESTRUCTION
19 JAN 2025 Refugees who escaped Myanmar nearly a decade ago await developments more than 8,000 kilometers (5,000 miles) away at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, where a genocide case against Myanmar opened on Jan 12. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague has …
Read More »HAVE U.S. TARIFFS FAILED TO BITE? CHINA’S TRADE SURPLUS HITS A RECORD $1.2 TRILLION.
18 JAN 2026 The numbers are in, and they paint a picture that defies the conventional wisdom of Washington’s trade hawks. In 2025, China’s trade surplus surged to a record high of US$1.2 trillion (£900 billion). In December alone, the surplus reached US$114 billion, driven by a higher-than-expected 6.6% growth …
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