Yemen’s Mocha port has suspended commercial and maritime operations following repeated Houthi missile and drone attacks that caused an estimated $16 million in damage and killed seven people, according to port director Abdulmalik al-Sharabi.
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Egypt has added two new 82,000-deadweight-ton bulk carriers to its national commercial fleet after the National Shipping Company, affiliated with the Ministry of Transport, received the vessels from Chinese shipbuilder Jiangsu New Hantong Ship Heavy Industry (NHT) on Friday.
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A vessel operated by Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) came under attack while transiting the Strait of Hormuz on Friday evening, August 14, marking another serious incident involving UAE-linked commercial shipping in the strategically important waterway.
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The Northern Sea Route (NSR) along Russia’s Arctic coast is becoming increasingly important to trade and energy relations between China and Russia.
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A British maritime response company has begun efforts to contain an oil spill from the grounded Russian shadow fleet tanker Caroline Bezengi off Oman, as the spreading slick threatens sensitive marine ecosystems and has now reached the country’s shoreline.
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The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has issued a marine safety advisory for soil investigation works at the Singapore LNG (SLNG) Tertiary Jetty, with activities scheduled from 17 August 2026 to 17 February 2027.
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The U.S. Coast Guard and partner agencies are searching for a 73-year-old man who entered the water after a 22-foot vessel overturned approximately nine miles offshore near Conneaut, Ohio, on Wednesday.
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The U.S. Coast Guard Captain of the Port (COTP) Honolulu is scheduled to increase port heavy weather conditions for commercial ports across Hawaii due to Potential Tropical Cyclone One-C.
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The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has condemned an attack on the cargo ship TIHAMAH off the coast of Al Mokha, Yemen, in which a projectile struck the vessel and several seafarer fatalities were confirmed.
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The security situation for commercial shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Oman has deteriorated following two separate incidents involving merchant vessels, raising fresh concerns over maritime security, shipping routes and global supply chains.
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German shipowner Leonhardt & Blumberg has equipped HANSA DREJOE with Econowind VentoFoils, making it the first of four general cargo newbuilds to receive the wind-assisted propulsion technology.
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The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its active search and rescue (SAR) operation for a missing vessel carrying nine people in the Hall Islands of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) after a 10-day multinational maritime search covering approximately 25,000 square nautical miles and more than 31 search patterns.
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Ukraine’s Odesa seaport was damaged in an overnight Russian missile and drone attack, intensifying concerns over Black Sea maritime security, port infrastructure, shipping operations and global food security.
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Severe flooding across the Philippines has disrupted maritime operations, closed 20 ports and displaced approximately 98,000 people, while a state of calamity declared in Dagupan City has triggered mandatory insurance claims procedures for affected areas.
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Tensions across the Middle East are raising new concerns for global shipping, maritime security, energy supplies and strategic trade routes, as Israel rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposed Gaza plan.
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