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05 JUNE 2025 The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has initiated an investigation into the Mexican Navy training vessel Cuauhtémoc’s allision with the Brooklyn Bridge that resulted in two fatalities. The 297-foot vessel, carrying 277 people, was departing South Street Seaport’s Pier 17 on Saturday, May 17, when the incident …

04 JUNE 2025 A unit of the South Korean Coast Guard is reporting that they found a fishing boat wedged into the bow of a cargo ship when they reached the scene of the collision off the west coast near the city of Gunsan earlier today. There were no injuries …

03 JUNE 2025 A Norwegian LNG tanker, Iberica Knutsen, briefly grounded on Thursday morning May 22, outside the German port of Murkan, but while the vessel quickly recovered environmentalists and other activists have locked on to the event to criticize Germany’s LNG import terminals. Germany moved quickly after Russia attacked …

02 JUNE 2025  The Panama Maritime Authority (PMA) is taking further actions to crack down on suspicious tankers by establishing new rules for ship-to-ship oil transfers for vessels in its registry. It is the latest in a series of steps responding to international pressure to stop the notorious technique used …

01 JUNE 2025 The European Union moved forward yesterday with what it called “the most wide-sweeping” sanctions package on Russia since the start of the war in Ukraine and targeted the oil and gas industry. While the EU said it was focusing on Russia’s shadow fleet of oil tankers and …

31 MAY 2025  Malaysia Maritime reports an enforcement action that saw an MSC containership detained and its captain and second engineer taken ashore for questioning after the vessel anchored reportedly without permission. The authorities reported that if convicted, they could impose a fine of up to approximately $23,000, two years …