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By Usaid Siddiqui As Iran and the United States work with mediators to end seven months of hostilities, the...
Lessons learned: A slightly uneven...
A Panamax bulk carrier developed a significant torsional twist after unevenly distributed iron ore cargo caused the vessel’s hatch...
Piracy: hijacked Eureka tanker reportedly...
The reports of the abandonment of Eureka come on the heels of reports from Puntland Maritime Police Force (PMPF)...
Building safety culture: Dos and...
Every year, a significant number of seafarers is injured or die while working/ entering enclosed spaces, mainly due to...
PCG Files Criminal Complaint Against Master of Burned-Out Ferry...
posted on: Oct 3, 2026
The Philippine Coast Guard has filed its first criminal complaint in connection with the tragic fire aboard the ferry June Aster, which killed at least 77 people and left eight others missing. On September 9, the ferry June Aster left Manila and got under way for the port of Coron, Busuanga Island. At about 1845 hours that night, the Aster caught fire at a position about one nautical mile off the east side of Busuanga. Passengers who escaped reported a blast followed by an intense fire. First responders pulled 43 people from the water, then turned to the grim task of search and recovery. After the fire, the wreck went hard aground off the coast of Busuanga Island, just south of Mindoro, enabling boarding and search operations. 77 bodies have been recovered, and eight people remain missing. The process of identification of the remains will take longer: some of...
Govt approves 15-year deal to hand over Chattogram Port’s NCT to foreign operator...
posted on: Oct 2, 2026
The government on Thursday decided to hand over the New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT) of Chattogram Port to an international terminal operator as it approved the draft concession agreement for the operation and maintenance of the much-talked-about terminal. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Thursday gave approval to the draft concession agreement for 15 years, placed by the Shipping Ministry. The concession agreement will also include the Overflow Container Yard (OCY) of NCT. The development comes amid protests by different sections, including the Chattogram Bandar Rokkha Songram Parishad, a pro-ruling party workers’ platform, opposing the handover of the terminal to a foreign operator. The economic affairs committee’s approval did not mention the name of any foreign operator, and neither Chattogram Port Authority nor Invest Bangladesh Authority commented on when the agreement is expected to be signed. However, in a statement signed by Mohammad Humayun Kabir and Mohammad Ibrahim...
Financing a More Resilient and Sustainable Energy System for Shipping...
posted on: Oct 2, 2026
The maritime sector’s energy system is among the most fossil fuel-dependent and a significant contributor to emissions. This exposes the industry to supply chokepoints, volatile fuel prices, regulatory uncertainty, stranded assets and more. Diversifying the energy base is, therefore, an investment in resilience. It is also an opportunity; unlike the old energy system, whose geography is fixed by geology, the new one will be shaped by renewable power potential and industrial ambition – a space many countries, like India, are well placed to contest. Shipping has committed to becoming more resilient and sustainable. This commitment remains largely intact despite a longer-than-expected Net Zero Framework (NZF) process and a more difficult climate transition environment. However, implementation has been slow and is slowing down, especially in Zero and Near Zero emission solutions (ZNZ). Critical fuel projects are stuck at pre-Final Investment Decision (FID), and enabling infrastructure such as bunkering, pipelines and...
Somali Forces Free Second Tanker Held by Pirates for Five Months...
posted on: Oct 2, 2026
The Puntland Maritime Police Forces are reporting that they freed the product tanker Honour 25, which had been held by pirates for over five months off the coast of Somalia. Unconfirmed reports from the local media indicate there may have been deaths among the crew and possibly the captain, although the official report only mentions injuries among the pirates. It is the second aggressive action by the police forces used to free vessels held by pirates in recent days and follows a similar operation led by Turkish forces to free a vessel transporting military equipment. It comes after the president of the semi-autonomous region of Puntland, Saeed Abdullahi Deni, said the government would “fight the pirates without mercy.” Local media reports are saying that two of the pirates were wounded in the operation to free the Honour 25. An unspecified number were also reported to have been detained and arrested....
The Social Dimension: Industry action for crew welfare and resilience...
posted on: Oct 2, 2026
As the maritime sector advances its decarbonization and digitalization agendas, a parallel shift is underway: human sustainability is emerging as a defining factor for resilience, operational safety, and long-term value. Seafarers’ welfare has become a central pillar of the “S” in ESG. According to the Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI), people-related risks have historically remained outside core commercial decision-making in shipping. While safety and welfare are widely acknowledged, they are often inconsistently measured and weakly linked to financial and operational outcomes. In its revised strategy, SSI emphasizes the need to close this gap by strengthening how “people risk” is assessed, compared, and acted upon across vessels and asset lifecycles. This disconnect is no longer sustainable. As regulatory frameworks evolve, the integration of social factors into business strategy is becoming a requirement rather than a choice. VIKAND highlights that seafarer wellbeing is now a key element of the double materiality assessment...
Piracy: hijackings turn deadly as two tankers freed, with third reportedly abandoned...
posted on: Oct 2, 2026
Second update: The Puntland Maritime Police Force (PMPF) has posted a statement in Somali to its X account. The statement, via automated translation, described the deaths of five and injuries to four of the crew members on board oil tanker Honour 25, which the PMPF freed from pirates who had held it and its crew hostage for five months. The vessel had 17 crew on board. “The group of pirates who had seized the vessel killed five members of the crew early this morning, before the operation began. Those killed included three Pakistani nationals, one Myanmar national and one Indian national. The pirates also wounded four crew members, including three Pakistanis and one Indian,” the statement read. “During the operation, the security forces captured 16 of the pirates, while a number of others escaped and are still being pursued by the forces. The authorities have information about the locations where...
Five crew members killed in Somali pirate hijacking of MT Honour 25...
posted on: Oct 1, 2026
In a tragic epilogue to the pirate seizure of the Palau-flagged tanker MT Honour 25, five seafarers were killed before Somali security forces intervened to retake the vessel off the coast of Somalia, Puntland authorities said. The rescue of the tanker MT Honour 25 off Somalia has brought a deadly pirate seizure to an end, but only after five seafarers lost their lives – a tragic end to an attack that has renewed concerns over the return of Somali piracy. The tanker, carrying about 18,500 barrels of petroleum products, was seized by pirates on April 21. Puntland’s Ministry of Information said a subsequent rescue operation freed the vessel and resulted in the capture of 16 suspected pirates. “Before the operation began, the pirates on board the ship killed five of the crew,” the ministry said in a statement. The victims were identified as three Pakistani nationals, one from Myanmar...
Mystery Deepens Around MSC Boxship After Vietnam Reports Medical Evacuation...
posted on: Oct 1, 2026
The mystery continues around the circumstances around the MSC Hermes III containership after Vietnamese authorities reported an emergency evacuation of a crewmember from the vessel on Tuesday, September 29. Last week, on September 22, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore reported it had coordinated the evacuation of the vessel, which later appeared to be under tow. The Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Center reported it received an urgent call for aid on September 28 while the vessel was south of Vietnam. According to the statement, the captain advised that a 30-year-old crewmember had suffered a “work-related accident” that had resulted in a severe head injury from a fall. The crewmember had been experiencing from “unusual symptoms, vomiting, and unconsciousness.” The victim’s condition was assessed as serious and potentially life-threatening, requiring urgent medical assistance. Medical evacuation for a crewmember who fell unconscious and suffered a severe head injury...
Indian Coast Guard stabilises tanker after ballast tank flooding...
posted on: Oct 1, 2026
The Indian Coast Guard has stabilised the product tanker MT Seagull 9 after a main-engine failure triggered rapid flooding in one of its ballast tanks while the vessel was approaching Paradip. The tanker was sailing from Malaysia to Paradip Port with about 9,000 metric tonnes of palm oil when it issued a distress call at around 7:30 a.m. local time on 27 September. At the time, the vessel was approximately 37 nautical miles from Paradip. The Indian Coast Guard responded by deploying the offshore patrol vessel ICGS Vishwast, which reached the tanker and supported emergency damage-control operations. A specialist Coast Guard team boarded the vessel and began dewatering the affected ballast tanks using portable pumps. The team also isolated and sealed two damaged seawater pipelines and secured a third fractured line, helping to stop the ingress of water and restore the tanker’s stability. Following the emergency repairs, the vessel...
Corridor Sovereignty: Cooperation Without Surrendering Control...
posted on: Oct 1, 2026
Consider a vessel arriving late at a port. Its revised arrival time is useful to the cargo owner only if the terminal, inland carrier and receiver can act on it. Who may share that information, who must respond, and who settles a disagreement about what happened? These are the questions behind what we call corridor sovereignty: the capacity to coordinate trade across borders without surrendering control over how sensitive information is used. We argue for federation: participants remain independent and retain control of their data, while agreeing what they need to achieve together, how information is exchanged and how decisions are coordinated. The test is not who owns the platform, but whether the arrangements work for the parties at both ends. A corridor has two ends, and a lane has many hands A trade corridor crosses borders. Within it, cargo owners and their transport partners use recurring lanes whose...
91.5% want shoreside digital tools onboard, Digital Ship examines fleet IT scale...
posted on: Oct 1, 2026
Digital Ship’s Autumn 2026 Data & IT Infrastructure Journal examines how shipowners can build digital systems that work across vessels, shore teams and mixed fleets. The issue puts data quality, interoperability and hybrid computing at the heart of repeatable maritime digitalisation. Digital Ship has launched its latest journal, Data & IT Infrastructure, with a focus on one of the less visible parts of fleet digitalisation: whether the underlying technology can support growth across ships and shore operations. Written by Clarissa Wright, the Autumn 2026 issue examines maritime IT architecture, data quality, system integration, cloud and edge computing, resilience, governance and digital culture. Its editorial focus asks how shipowners can deploy digital tools across fleets that often combine new vessels with systems that have been in service for decades. One figure captures the appetite for better ship-to-shore integration. The journal cites Thetius-Marlink research showing that 91.5% of surveyed industry operators...
EU seeks more warships as Houthi threats disrupt Red Sea shipping...
posted on: Sep 30, 2026
Two countries have indicated they are considering sending additional warships to help counter renewed Houthi attacks in the Red Sea, according to EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, as pressure mounts on European governments to strengthen maritime security in the region. The Red Sea is again becoming a major flashpoint for commercial shipping. Growing Houthi attacks are putting pressure on Europe to protect merchant vessels, with ships waiting for escorts while frigates prove to be in short supply. Kallas has been urging European Union member states to provide additional naval assets for Operation Aspides, the EU’s maritime security mission tasked with protecting commercial shipping from attacks by the Iran-backed Houthi movement. She warned that the growing number of attacks has stretched the mission’s available resources and limited its ability to escort all vessels seeking protection. “We need more vessels because literally there are commercial ships that are waiting in...
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