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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 …

01 MAR 2026  Nestled within the aptly named Post Office Bay on Galapagos’ Floreana Island sits a relic of analog communication. A barrel beckons visitors to pitch in their unstamped postcards in the hopes that a passer-by bound for the addressed location retrieves the epistle and ferries it to its …

28 FEB 2026 A tanker carrying diesel from India has moored in Europe’s largest port, a notable arrival after some traders had expressed caution about falling foul of new sanctions on buying fuel made from Russian crude. The Proteus Bohemia, carrying about 100,000 tons of diesel, entered the port of …

27 FEB 2026 Four years after having put what it said was the world’s first autonomous, electric container feeder ship into commercial service, Chinese officials report the ship successfully completed an autonomous docking procedure. It was the first time the vessel named Zhi Fei completed the autonomous docking procedure, with …

26 FEB 2026 What distinguishes current talks from the historical cooperation among the three countries is the effort to formalize these relationships under a mutual defense framework. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan talks with Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud as Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign …