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11 DEC 2025 German shipowners, the association for the industry, and the trade union ver.di are all saying that a fair agreement has been reached for a new contract for German seafarers.  They concluded an agreement during the second round of talks, which took place on December 4, and will …

10 DEC 2025 Government officials in Oman and the Philippines confirmed the release of the seafarers who had been rescued from the sinking bulker Eternity C in July after sustained attacks by the Houthis over two successive days. A salvage team sent by the vessel’s operator had been able to …

10 DEC 2025 Gambia’s maritime administration has begun removing tankers flagged through its privately run ship registry, reports Maritime AI data analytics firm Windward. It says the effort is part of a broader crackdown on weak governance and follows similar efforts by other governments against false flag and shadow fleet …

09 DEC 2025  An LPG carrier has become the latest target of the ongoing piracy off West Africa, with reports confirming that nine of the ship’s crew have been kidnapped and one injured. The vessel was underway bound for Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, when it was boarded. Security group Vanguard reports …

09 DEC 2025 The General Economics Division (GED) of the Planning Commission today (8 December) released its first-ever State of the Economy report, detailing how prolonged authoritarian governance, institutional decay and economic mismanagement pushed Bangladesh’s growth model into deep crisis and ultimately triggered widespread socio-economic disruption. According to the report, …

09 DEC 2025 A Chinese hospital ship quietly docked in hurricane-hit Jamaica this week, projecting soft power into the heart of the Caribbean where a US armada is conducting a controversial anti-narcotics mission targeted at Venezuela. The Silk Road Ark, a massive Chinese Navy vessel with 300 hospital beds and …