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26 JULY 2025 A small livestock carrier was confronted and briefly detained as it was sailing near the Yemeni coast on July 24. The situation remains unclear, but security services are speculating it might have been intercepted by locals because of the position of the vessel instead of an attack …

25 JULY 2025 From operational optimisation to smarter investment, data insights are shaping a more affordable path to decarbonisation. Shipping’s era of sustainability will also bring an era of higher costs. While emissions regulations increasingly place a financial penalty on using fossil fuels, the cost of avoiding those penalties will …

24 JULY 2025 Spain’s Guardia Civil is working to sort out the details of one of its more unusual cocaine busts. They moved to stop and inspect a suspect inbound containership only to find it had already been boarded by nine individuals who appear to have been attempting to steal …

23 JULY 2025 Maritime New Zealand is recounting the details of a high-seas nighttime rescue. The operation was successful due to the coordination of the Rescue Coordination Center along with the New Zealand Defence Force and a Good Samaritan commercial tanker. The incident began on the afternoon of July 17, …

22 JULY 2025  Matson surprised customers this week with an announcement that, effective immediately, it would suspend transporting battery-powered electric or plug-in hybrid electric vehicles due to the hazardous material classification of their lithium-ion batteries. The ability to ship cars between the mainland of the United States, Hawaii, Guam, and …

21 JULY 2025  The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) released its latest tally on cases of seafarer abandonment, reporting what it called a “disturbing surge” in cases so far in 2025. The figures show an increase of a third over the record numbers reported in 2024, with the ITF demanding …