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London P&I Club: Beware of...
London P&I Club has been informed of a rise in alleged smuggling cases in Togo involving vessels exchanging goods...
Reading the Trump Administration’s Maritime...
The Trump Administration’s much-anticipated Maritime Action Plan (MAP) was released in February and immediately received the endorsement of just...
US goes tanker-for-tanker with Iran...
The war around the Strait of Hormuz has entered an increasingly dangerous tanker-for-tanker phase, with the US striking Iranian...
From compliant equipment to operational...
For marine organisations, enclosed space entry is about much more than having the right equipment on board. Atmospheric hazards...
Opsealog: turning offshore data into decisions that cut fuel use...
posted on: Sep 5, 2026
For offshore vessel operators, having more data does not automatically mean using less fuel. The real gains come when information reaches the people making day-to-day operational decisions, according to Arnaud Dianoux, Founder and CEO of Opsealog. Operators now have access to fuel dashboards, vessel performance reports and detailed data feeds, yet many still rely on spreadsheets. Dianoux says the difference between collecting information and achieving measurable savings comes down to what happens after the data has been gathered. “Monitoring creates visibility, but reduction comes from turning that visibility into routine operational decisions,” he says. That can mean relatively simple changes. Reducing unnecessary idle and standby time, reviewing the number of engines in use, improving transit practices and making better use of deck space and deadweight can all reduce fuel consumption. “It’s often the small adjustments to planning, sequencing and routines that become the most powerful when repeated across a...
Study: EU Scraps Ships in South Asia While EU Capacity is Underutilized...
posted on: Sep 4, 2026
The European Union (EU) is facing increased criticism for approving a growing number of ship dismantling and recycling facilities that largely remain idle while European end-of-life tonnage continues to be scrapped in South Asia’s yards. Environmental groups have increased their opposition after the European Union proposed including the first Indian recyclers on its approved list of facilities. The NGO Shipbreaking Platform has sustained its attack on the EU for sending ships to be dismantled in South Asia despite having sufficient domestic recycling capacity. The organization, in partnership with activist NGO Transport & Environment (T&E), released a new study that shows that recently, the EU has managed to increase the capacity of its ship recycling facilities. Currently, they argue the EU has 30 yards with a combined capacity of approximately 1.3 million light displacement tonnes (LDT). But they highlight that the EU-located ship recycling facilities are underutilized, with a vast...
INTERTANKO: Hormuz Mine Clearance ‘Not Sufficient’ to Restore Normal Shipping...
posted on: Sep 4, 2026
Mine clearance in the Strait of Hormuz is “not sufficient on its own” to bring commercial shipping back to normal, INTERTANKO warned, even as the tanker industry group welcomed the U.S. military’s clearing of mines from the internationally recognized shipping lanes. INTERTANKO said clearing the Strait’s Traffic Separation Scheme removes a major hazard that has hung over shipping for months. But that does not necessarily mean vessels can safely return to the traditional route. “This is real progress and we welcome it,” INTERTANKO Marine Director Phillip Belcher said. “Clearing the shipping lanes is a necessary condition for the return of normal traffic, but it is not sufficient on its own.” “Our Members will continue to make their own voyage decisions on the basis of guidance and their own risk assessments, and above all the safety of their crews.” Iran has not commented on the U.S. announcement and continues to...
Chinese Shipper COSCO Collects Intel for Beijing With Concealed Equipment...
posted on: Sep 4, 2026
WASHINGTON, Sept 1 (Reuters) – China’s state-owned shipping giant COSCO uses concealed equipment on board its ships to spy on military communications near the coastlines of target nations including the U.S., two senior Trump administration officials said. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the U.S. assessment of the Chinese program, said COSCO has a decades-long intelligence-collection partnership with Beijing. The arrangement allows China to collect communication signals from vessels and aircraft operating across Europe, North America and Asia, they said. The advanced equipment aboard the ships is intended to enable China to gather information about “military communications technologies and encryption developments,” one of the officials said. The effort also allows Beijing to monitor key shipping lanes and maritime routes crucial for trade and military navigation, the official added. COSCO did not respond to a request for comment, while China’s embassy in Washington rejected the U.S. claims. U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping...
5,000 to 150: Thetius report puts shipowners at the heart of maritime digitalisation and decarbonisation...
posted on: Sep 4, 2026
Thetius has narrowed more than 5,000 maritime organisations to 150 that it considers most active in technology innovation, with shipowners, technology firms and industry bodies pursuing digital and decarbonisation solutions side by side. The report suggests that for fleet operators, the harder task is connecting data, people and operational decisions rather than simply adding more technology. The 2026 Thetius Top 150 report starts with a striking funnel. Its database contains more than 5,000 organisations, which were narrowed to 1,200 active in developing or deploying new maritime technologies over the previous 12 months before a final 150 were selected. The list comprises 50 startups and scaleups, 50 SMEs, 35 corporates and 15 not-for-profit or government organisations. For shipowners and managers, the report is useful less as a league table than as a picture of where technology is being applied. The examples run from fleet performance and emissions management to AI,...
Russia puts $116bn price tag on Arctic shipping ambitions...
posted on: Sep 4, 2026
Russia will need around RUB10trn ($116bn) by 2035 to turn its Arctic coastline into a fully fledged transport corridor, an investment bill of such scale that Moscow is likely to need substantial international participation, with China the obvious candidate. Rosatom chief executive Alexey Likhachev told Russian title Expert that development of the so-called Trans-Arctic Transport Corridor will require RUB5trn by 2030 and another RUB5trn over the following five years. The project goes considerably further than the Northern Sea Route itself, encompassing ports, rail links, inland waterways, logistics infrastructure, an expanded nuclear icebreaker fleet and a much larger ice-class merchant fleet. Russia is targeting cargo volumes of 110m to 150m tonnes by 2035 under its baseline scenario, up from around 37m tonnes currently. Under more bullish assumptions, Moscow believes volumes could reach 200m tonnes by 2040. Likhachev warned that synchronising construction will be critical. “You can build a port, but...
RMI Investigation: Crew member dies after toxic gas exposure...
posted on: Sep 4, 2026
The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) Maritime Administrator has issued an investigation report into an incident where a crew member died after collapsing in a cargo-hold access space contaminated by toxic gases released from scrap metal. The incident On the morning of 19 February 2025, a cargo vessel was underway in the Mediterranean Sea, laden with scrap metal divided over six cargo holds on board. The operator had assessed scrap metal as an oxygen-depleting cargo that could emit toxic gases. Each cargo hold was accessible by means of two booby hatches located on the main deck: one at the forward end and one at the aft end. The booby hatches were locked during the voyage. The forward booby hatch for Cargo Hold No. 1 was located inside a small space beneath the forecastle deck. The space was naturally ventilated and accessible through a weathertight door from the cross...
Runa Khan, Founder of Friendship, Receives 2026 Ramon Magsaysay Award...
posted on: Sep 3, 2026
By Raeed Abd-Allah Chowdhury On 31 August 2026, Runa Khan, Founder of Friendship, was named one of the three recipients of the 68th Ramon Magsaysay Award. The award recognises more than two decades of her leadership in developing holistic, locally led approaches that enable marginalised communities to live with greater opportunity, dignity and hope. The Ramon Magsaysay Award is Asia’s premier prize and highest honour—widely regarded as the “Nobel Prize of Asia—and recognises “greatness of spirit” and “transformative leadership in Asia”. First awarded in 1958 in memory of seventh Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay, the Award has recognised individuals and organisations whose selfless service has contributed solutions to some of the region’s most challenging human development problems. Runa Khan is the 14th recipient from Bangladesh, joining a distinguished group that includes Dr Muhammad Yunus, founder of Grameen and Mother Teresa, who visited a river barge in the nineties that would one day become Friendship’s...
Hydrogen sulphide in ballast water went undetected, triggering shipbreaking yard tragedy: Probes...
posted on: Sep 3, 2026
Hydrogen sulphide dissolved in stagnant water and sediment inside the ship’s ballast tank went undetected because ballast tanks were not covered by the existing gas-free safety protocol, contributing to the deaths of 10 workers at Ferdous Steel Ship Recycling Industries in Sitakunda, according to three probe reports. The toxic gas was released when workers pierced the number 3 ballast tank of the MT RASI to drain water before cutting the vessel, the investigations found. Workers near the discharge point inhaled contaminated air and were exposed to gas-laden water, resulting in acute toxic exposure and oxygen deficiency. Nine workers died at the yard on 14 August 2023, while another died later in an ICU. One of the 10 victims was an outsider working as a helper on an oxygen supply vehicle. The findings came from an 11-member investigation committee formed by the industries ministry, a technical committee and a three-member...
Russia Doubles Its LNG Dark Fleet in Race to Boost Gas Exports...
posted on: Sep 3, 2026
By Stephen Stapczynski Sep 1, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Russia has almost doubled the fleet of tankers ferrying liquefied natural gas from its US-sanctioned Arctic project in less than a year, as the country pushes to boost lucrative exports of the super-chilled fuel in spite of Western restrictions. According to a Bloomberg analysis of ship-tracking data, currently at least 20 ships — most with the opaque ownership structures typical of so-called dark fleet vessels — have served the Arctic LNG 2 facility and related infrastructure. The latest addition is a Russian-built advanced ice-class vessel, the second of its kind designed to traverse the icy waters year-round, which was tracked picking up a shipment from the facility over the weekend. That’s up from 11 at the end of December. Eager to find new markets for gas that once went to Europe by pipeline, Russia has bet heavily on LNG sales. US and European...
Philippines’ richest billionaire agrees to buy African port operator spanning three countries...
posted on: Sep 3, 2026
International Container Terminal Services, or ICTSI, signed an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares in TLG Acquisition Holdings, according to a Philippine Stock Exchange disclosure dated 28 August. ICTSI is controlled by Filipino ports and casino magnate Enrique Razon Jr, whose fortune Forbes estimated at $21.8 billion in its 2026 Philippines rich list. The acquisition price was not disclosed. The transaction also remains conditional on regulatory approval and other completion requirements. ICTSI has therefore agreed to buy TLG but does not yet control the business. What ICTSI is buying TLG provides port and cargo-handling services for bulk commodities and agricultural products. Its businesses operate across important trade corridors in Mozambique, Namibia and South Africa. ICTSI will purchase a 74% stake from entities managed by African Infrastructure Investment Managers. The remaining 26% will be acquired from South African investment company Mokobela Shataki. ICTSI will own all the shares in the...
CENTCOM denies IRGC claim that supertanker struck mines in Strait of Hormuz...
posted on: Sep 3, 2026
The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has rejected a claim by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) that a supertanker struck two naval mines while transiting the southern route of the Strait of Hormuz, saying that no vessel has hit mines in the strategic waterway. The IRGC claimed on August 31 that an unidentified supertanker had attempted to use what Iranian authorities described as an unauthorized route through the southern part of the Strait of Hormuz when it struck two mines. Iranian reports said the vessel caught fire and was brought to a complete stop, but did not identify the tanker or provide details about its crew. CENTCOM subsequently dismissed the report as false. In a statement published on August 31, the U.S. military said, “No ships have hit mines in the Strait of Hormuz,” describing the allegation as another IRGC attempt to intimidate regional commercial shipping through disinformation. The...
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