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Hormuz compliance clash traps owners...
Shipowners trading through the Strait of Hormuz have been placed in a fresh compliance bind after Iran blacklisted 45...
Canada doubles down on shipbuilding...
Canada has unveiled its biggest shipbuilding contract in Quebec’s history, committing C$11.3bn ($8.2bn) to six new Canadian Coast Guard...
OCIMF: Sharing good-quality data can...
In an exclusive interview with the newly appointed Managing Director of OCIMF, Don Davis shared his priorities and broader vision for the inspection...
ClassNK puts source-backed AI into...
ClassNK has launched Survey Compass, an AI assistant designed to help shipowners and ship management companies find and assess...
Bulker Demonstrates Wind Propulsion Integrated with Solar Power...
posted on: Sep 1, 2026
Demonstrations are underway on an innovative power solution retrofitted to an ultramax bulker as part of a four-year research project to advance modular retrofit solutions to reduce GHG emissions from the long-distance maritime industry. The project, named WHISPER, recently completed the installation of a rigid wingsail and solar panels on the dry bulk carrier Maria Tipoc as the first of two demonstrations, which will also involve a containership. The 60,155-dwt bulker was recently retrofitted by Tsuneiship Shipbuilding and is currently sailing trans-Pacific to Vancouver, testing the systems. It included the first installation of the French company OceanWings’ tiltable rigid wingsail on a bulker. It is also the final installation of Solibian’s solar panels, after a previous prototype test aboard the sistership Paolo Topic in March 2024. Building on that experience, it later installed additional panels as part of the WHISPER project in 2025. The rigid, tiltable OceanWings system is intended to reduce the power...
The unspoken cost of sexual misconduct at sea
posted on: Sep 1, 2026
Sun light rays under water. 3D rendered illustration. In many ways, the shipping industry is truly remarkable. At any given moment, there are thousands of ships on the ocean, each sailing thousands of miles to deliver cargo from one side of the world to the other. Without these vessels, and the two and a half million seafarers who operate them, global trade wouldn’t be possible. However, there is also a darker side to the industry. While living and working standards on land have improved over time, conditions at sea have not followed suit. Accountability for working conditions and overall welfare has become blurred, and there is no shared industry framework to address these challenges. As a result, seafarers have paid the price. The All Aboard Alliance, a group of 30+ leading companies that aim to improve life at sea, is working to develop a set of 10 global standards...
Flood Wipes Away Chinese “Belt and Road” Border Port in Nepal...
posted on: Aug 29, 2026
A flash flood initiated by a glacial collapse swept through mountain valleys on the Chinese-Nepalese border on Wednesday, erasing villages and leaving 1,400 people missing. Among the casualties was a key Chinese “Belt and Road” development project: a well-developed border crossing called Gyirong Port, which handled about $600 million in annual trade between Nepal and China. d Videos from Gyirong show the force and inevitability of the powerful flash flood. Video taken from the Chinese side of the port shows locals running to escape about 30 seconds before a geyser of rock and mud envelops the border crossing, sweeping away buildings. Post-casualty satellite footage provided by Vantor shows an undeveloped landscape virtually free of roads, buildings or other signs of human habitation. Gyirong Port was known to be vulnerable to flooding: it was closed for the second half of 2025 because of damage from last year’s flooding on the...
MacGregor’s 79% proven LCO₂ transfer system targets direct offshore carbon injection...
posted on: Aug 29, 2026
MacGregor has developed an LCO₂ Bow Transfer System designed to connect carriers directly with offshore injection sites, using 79% field-proven technology from its bow-loading systems. The approach could give shipowners and CCS operators a way to handle captured carbon offshore without relying on intermediate onshore storage and conditioning facilities. MacGregor’s new Liquid Carbon Dioxide Bow Transfer System is designed for ship-to-well and ship-to-rig transfer across a range of operating conditions. The system is based on the company’s Bow Loading System, which has been used in the oil and gas sector since the 1970s. The company says around 79% of the new system draws on existing technology, while the remaining components have been modified or newly engineered to handle LCO₂. That distinction matters for operators looking at the cost and technical risk of marine carbon transport. Rather than designing an entirely new transfer arrangement, MacGregor is applying an established offshore...
Complying with CIC 2026 on Cargo Securing: A best practice guide...
posted on: Aug 29, 2026
Ahead of the 2026 Cargo Securing Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC), SQE MARINE provides practical guidance to help shipowners, operators and crews prepare for inspections and demonstrate compliance. The campaign will run from 1 September to 30 November 2026 under the Paris and Tokyo MoUs, with participating vessels assessed through an additional questionnaire during routine Port State Control inspections. The Indian Ocean, Mediterranean and Black Sea MoUs have also confirmed their participation, while further MoUs may join before the campaign begins. The official SOLAS documentation, including Chapters VI (‘Carriage of Cargoes’) and VII (‘Carriage of Dangerous Goods’), as well as the ‘Code of Safe Practice for Cargo Stowage and Securing’ (CSS), sets out the fundamental principles for the safe carriage of solid bulk cargoes, fuel oils, and grain. Furthermore, the approved ‘Cargo Securing Manual’ (CSM) contains ship-specific details for securing the cargo. Aim of CIC The purpose of this inspection campaign is...
Bahri VLCC Struck as Houthis Continue Attacks Against Saudi Interests...
posted on: Aug 29, 2026
A Saudi Arabia-flagged very large crude carrier (VLCC) was struck by what the Houthis are reporting was a ballistic missile while the vessel was off the oil terminal at Yanbu in the northern Red Sea. There are no reports of injuries among the crew, but it continues to pressure Saudi Arabia, which has been using Yanbu to supplement export capacity due to the disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz. The crude oil tanker Amzan (320,926 dwt) reported the strike on August 24. Built in 2014, the reports indicate the ship was 63 nautical miles west of Yanbu. The tanker said that there was a fire on the main deck after the strike. Security firm Ambrey said the Egyptian Navy had responded to the vessel’s calls. The Houthi spokesperson took credit for the attack, saying it was part of the ongoing naval blockade it was imposing. The Houthis asserted it...
TSIB Singapore: Second Engineer falls overboard while carrying out maintenance work...
posted on: Aug 29, 2026
The Transport Safety Investigation Bureau of Singapore (TSIB) has published its investigation report into an incident where a second Engineer fell overboard while carrying out maintenance work near the vessel’s side, but could not be recovered. On 26 December 2025, a Second Engineer (2E) on board a Singapore-registered bulk carrier fell overboard while carrying out maintenance work near the ship’s side as the vessel was underway at sea. Following the occurrence, the bridge team initiated man-overboard (MOB) response procedures. At the time, winds were at Beaufort force 5, with sea and swell conditions of approximately 2 metres, creating challenging conditions for recovery operations and affecting the manoeuvrability of the rescue craft. Despite repeated recovery attempts, the 2E could not be recovered from the water. The Transport Safety Investigation Bureau of Singapore classified the occurrence as a very serious marine casualty. The investigation identified the following: The work location, near...
Submarine Diplomacy and the Battle for the Bay of Bengal...
posted on: Aug 28, 2026
Commodore Jasim Uddin Bhuiyan (Retd) For generations, naval strategists judged sea power almost entirely by what was visible on the surface. Battleships, heavy frigates, and carrier battle groups formed the backbone of what 19th-century colonial powers called “Gunboat Diplomacy.” The objective was straightforward: park massive naval firepower off a foreign coastline to dictate political outcomes on land. Today, that paradigm is shifting beneath our feet. Across the Indo-Pacific, the real strategic weight is moving from the surface down into the depths. What we are witnessing is the emergence of what strategic analysts call Submarine Diplomacy. From the multi-billion-dollar AUKUS pact to routine undersea patrols across the Indian Ocean, submarines are no longer just tactical combat tools. Major powers deploy, transfer, and base them as central instruments of foreign policy. Nowhere is this silent competition more evident than in the Bay of Bengal. Ground Zero for Undersea Competition The Bay...
Lessons learned: Navigating using exclusively visual means is a recipe for an accident...
posted on: Aug 28, 2026
The Nautical Institute draws lessons learned from an incident where a pilot boat ran aground in restricted visibility after relying primarily on visual navigation instead of available electronic aids while proceeding at high speed. The incident As edited by the Nautical Institute from TAIC report MO-2024-207, a pilot boat Master was finishing his port departure checks before taking a pilot out to board an inbound cargo ship. By 0420, the predeparture checks were completed and about five minutes later the pilot boarded. The pilot boat left the berth at about 0430. The pilot boat’s captain estimated that the visibility at ground level was less than 0.5 nautical miles, so they steered the vessel parallel to the town docks as they headed out. Soon, they passed north of a buoy and the captain turned the pilot boat into the main channel. They followed the starboard side of the channel and increased...
Stricken Tanker Caroline Bezengi Continues to Leak Oil off Oman...
posted on: Aug 28, 2026
There have been no updated press releases or responses to requests for information from maritime security consultancy Ambrey, which has been mandated to oversee the salvage of the Russian shadow fleet tanker Caroline Bezengi (IMO 9224439). The Caroline Bezengi has been beached on rocks off the southwest tip of Jazirat Al Qibliyyah, one of the Hallaniyat Islands off the coast of Dhofar in the south-west of Oman, since about June 23. The Caroline Bezengi was hit by an explosion on June 8 while off the coast of Oman. The tanker had completed a transit of the Suez Canal on May 30 and had left the Maritime Security Transit Corridor when the explosion occurred. The crew was taken off without injury some four days later. The tanker was laden with oil taken on board at Novorossiysk and was destined for Gujarat. The tanker is sanctioned by the EU, UK and US (OFAC), and has a past association with...
ECDIS knowledge gaps exposed: What 5,000 bridge team assessments reveal about navigational risk...
posted on: Aug 28, 2026
The recently released NorthStandard ECDIS Training Assessment (ETA) Report provides one of the most revealing datasets yet on how bridge teams understand and use ECDIS onboard. Based on more than 5,000 assessments conducted since February 2024, the report exposes a reality the industry has long suspected but rarely quantified: mandatory ECDIS certification does not necessarily translate into operational competence. The findings are important because ECDIS today is no longer simply a chart display tool. It is effectively the primary navigation environment onboard most SOLAS vessels. When bridge teams misunderstand safety contours, datums, ENC updates, alarms, display layers or data quality indicators, the result is not merely inefficiency. It creates elevated grounding risk, unsafe passage planning, alarm fatigue, positional inaccuracies and degraded situational awareness. The report is particularly valuable because it moves beyond generic “training awareness” discussions and identifies where the actual knowledge gaps exist at a granular operational level. What the...
Three Studies Confirm Viability of Year-Round Shipping in the Hudson Bay...
posted on: Aug 28, 2026
Canada is pushing forward with plans to diversify its trade and double exports to non-US markets, and three new studies have confirmed that extended navigation periods in the Hudson Bay are now possible. This gives hope to the ambition of year-round shipping through the Port of Churchill in the near future. Last week, the federal government and the Province of Manitoba – alongside Churchill Port’s owner and operator, the Arctic Gateway Group – welcomed the findings of potential extended navigable seasons in the Hudson Bay and the Hudson Strait. The studies include two done by researchers from University of Manitoba and Fednav Limited, while the other is a feasibility report by the Arctic Research Foundation (ARF). A common finding shared by these studies is that the existing marine technology and Arctic operating experience make year-round navigation through the broader Churchill shipping corridor possible, especially using modern ice-capable vessels. The...
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