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Tankers reverse course following Houthi threats in the Red Sea...
posted on: Jul 23, 2026
Three oil tankers carrying Saudi crude to China and India reversed course in the Red Sea on 21 July after Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi militia warned it would target vessels calling at Saudi ports, raising fears of a new disruption to global energy supplies. The tankers, Xin Long Yang, Rodos and Amazon, all turned around following the Houthi declaration of a naval blockade against Saudi Arabia on 20 July, escalating risks to one of the world’s most important energy shipping corridors. In an email to shipping companies, the Houthis warned that vessels loading or discharging cargo at Saudi ports could be targeted in any location, prompting immediate changes in shipping movements across the Red Sea. According to a JMIC advisory, sources close to the group stated that the Houthis have completed preparations to attack shipping, including the deployment of missiles and drones positioned near Bab el-Mandeb. Xin Long Yang, a Very Large Crude Carrier...
GMS: The war has returned to the strait just as the weather has closed the beach...
posted on: Jul 23, 2026
According to GMS, the past week saw ship recycling markets caught between a renewed escalation in the Gulf, resilient freight markets, and severe flooding in Bangladesh. As explained, the second act arrived with a name this time, and it was not “ceasefire.” Five consecutive days of American strikes through Wednesday hit Iranian positions from Bandar Abbas and Qeshm Island to Sirik, while Washington reinstated the naval blockade of Iranian ports lifted during June’s interim peace. The blockade found its first target within a day. A Curaçao-flagged tanker bound for Kharg Island ignored repeated warnings and was disabled by a Hellfire strike into its smokestack, stopping the vessel without spilling its cargo. Two others were redirected without incident. President Trump is reportedly weighing a broader campaign and has revived the idea of seizing Kharg Island outright, while abandoning the proposed 20% Hormuz transit fee. Nobody involved is using the word...
Royal Netherlands Navy Integrates Uncrewed Systems into Fleet Combat Management System...
posted on: Jul 23, 2026
The Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN) has successfully tested and demonstrated a new software system designed to integrate maritime uncrewed systems (MUS) command-and-control (C2) capability. The successful work included using the software to integrate MUS systems with each other and with the combat management system (CMS) onboard the navy’s crewed platforms. The MUS-focused C2 system is called IDUS (Intelligent Distribution of Unmanned Systems). It is a Dutch-made, bespoke software family consisting of several different elements. During the tests and demonstrations, it integrated with a standalone version of the navy’s CAMS/Force Vision Guardion CMS – another indigenously developed C2 product. The IDUS test and demonstration activity occurred in June, during a month-long maritime uncrewed sea trials (MUST) series, conducted from the RNLN’s Den Helder base, that was designed to prove the capabilities and integration of the navy’s new maritime uncrewed task force (MUTF) construct. “The main focus for this edition of...
Lloyd’s Register takes maritime digital safety research on alarm fatigue to UK Parliament...
posted on: Jul 23, 2026
As ships generate more digital alerts and operational data, Lloyd’s Register (LR) is urging policymakers to consider how those systems affect the people responsible for running vessels safely. During Evidence Week in Parliament 2026, LR Lead Data Scientist Asger Christian Schliemann Haug and Duncan Duffy, Global Head of Technology at Lloyd’s Register, presented research on alarm fatigue to Members of Parliament, peers and scientific advisers at Westminster. The research examines how the growing volume of alarms, alerts and notifications on board vessels can contribute to cognitive overload, affecting safety critical decision making during daily operations. The researchers met with Professor Dame Angela McLean, Baroness Browning, Dr Lauren Sullivan MP, Mims Davies MP and Lord Mair to discuss how evidence can inform public policy across sectors where safety relies on human judgement. The issue reaches beyond shipping. Alarm fatigue has also been identified in healthcare, aviation, rail, power generation and telecommunications, where...
MSC.560(108) and PSSR: What every seafarer should know in 2026...
posted on: Jul 23, 2026
Ask seafarers or crew managers what they are talking about right now, and the same subject keeps coming up: the STCW Personal Safety and Social Responsibilities (PSSR) course. On paper, it is one of the most fundamental parts of maritime training. In practice, it has become one of the most debated — and most misunderstood — requirements in the industry. A course focused on behavior, not equipment When most people think of safety training at sea, they picture firefighting drills or survival suits. PSSR takes a different angle: it places people, not equipment, at the centre — because people are where safety begins. The course introduces seafarers to what working onboard actually looks like: how vessels are organized, how responsibilities are distributed, and how each individual’s behavior shapes collective safety. Many people, one crew. It covers communication, teamwork, hazard awareness and procedures, alongside fatigue, stress and the human factors that so...
Shipowner Offers Seafarers Six Months’ Pay to Sail Through Strait of Hormuz...
posted on: Jul 22, 2026
By Charles Gorrivan, Alex Longley and Stephen Stapczynski (Bloomberg) — One shipowner is attempting to coax crews to sail through the Strait of Hormuz by offering them an extra six months pay if they’re willing to cross the vital oil channel, offering seafarers a stark choice between large financial rewards and the risk of death. Sinokor Group, the world’s largest owner of supertankers, distributed such an offer to its seafarers for a round trip to pick up oil from either Saudi Arabia or Iraq and unload it in the Gulf of Oman. The firm offered six months extra salary if they make a return voyage, which it said would take about a month in total, according to a document distributed late last week and seen by Bloomberg. At least 59 commercial ships have come under attack in and around the Persian Gulf since the war began at the end of February,...
Crew Welfare Week 2026: Crew welfare must be treated as a strategic investment...
posted on: Jul 22, 2026
Shipping must move beyond minimum compliance and recognise crew welfare as a strategic investment in safety, resilience and the industry’s future workforce, experts stressed during a panel discussion at the 2026 Crew Welfare Week. The panel examined how fatigue, geopolitical instability, digitalisation and the energy transition are reshaping life at sea. Speakers agreed that seafarers must be directly involved in decisions affecting their work, while stronger employment conditions, meaningful career prospects and a more honest but positive industry narrative will be essential to attract and retain the next generation. Moderated by Namrata Nadkarni, CEO and Founder of Intent Communications, the discussion featured Thomas Boddy, Policy Officer, Employment Affairs, International Chamber of Shipping; Nikolaos Koletsis, Senior Policy Officer for Maritime Transport, European Transport Workers’ Federation; Capt. John Lloyd, FNI, Chief Operating Officer, The Nautical Institute; and David Parmeter, Chair, Australian Mariners Welfare Society. 10 industry actions identified by the panel #1 Set standards above minimum compliance: Treat MLC and STCW...
900 seafarers drive MF Shipping Group’s digital ship management strategy...
posted on: Jul 22, 2026
MF Shipping Group says its success in digitalisation will instead be measured by how well those tools help shipowners, crews and shore teams operate vessels safely and consistently. In its 2025 sustainability report, the Dutch ship manager outlines a digital strategy built around operational performance and not just technology adoption. The company, which manages about 900 seafarers across a fleet of product and chemical tankers, multipurpose vessels, cement carriers, self unloaders and roll on roll off vessels, has continued investing in digital platforms that support maintenance, crewing, communications and fleet performance. Karin Orsel, Chief Executive Officer of MF Shipping Group, said people remain the foundation of every safe and reliable operation, regardless of how technology evolves. “Shipping depends on people. Technology, systems and processes are essential, but it is our seafarers and colleagues who keep vessels running safely, make decisions under pressure and ensure continuity at sea and ashore.” The report...
Russian Attack on Corn Ship Off Ukraine’s Odesa Kills 10...
posted on: Jul 22, 2026
ODESA, Ukraine July 20 (Reuters) – A Russian missile strike on a ship carrying corn near Ukraine’s southern port of Odesa killed 10 people, Ukrainian officials said on Monday, in the deadliest attack in a weeks-long flare-up of violence in the Black Sea. Russia hit the Golden Leo – a Guinea-Bissau-flagged ship manned by a crew from India and Syria – with three cruise missiles, causing a fire on Sunday, Ukraine’s navy wrote on the Telegram messaging app. A Reuters witness in Odesa saw smoke billowing from a vessel off the coast on Sunday, which Reuters was able to confirm was the Golden Leo. Video Muted A separate Russian attack on Odesa, Ukraine’s largest seaport, killed three people and wounded three others on Monday, Serhiy Lysak, head of the city’s military administration, said. He said infrastructure facilities came under attack but gave no further details. NIGHTTIME RESCUE OPERATION A search and rescue operation lasted all night, Ukraine’s seaports authority said, adding that nine crew...
New registries emerge for the shadow fleet
posted on: Jul 22, 2026
Russia has become the dominant flag state for the sanctioned shadow fleet as tightening Western enforcement forces operators to seek increasingly limited registry options, according to new analysis from maritime risk firm Windward. The latest destinations for sanctioned tankers include Sierra Leone’s registry, operated by a Cyprus-incorporated company, the newly established Equatorial Guinea registry, and Oman Windward said the shift towards Russia follows an escalation in enforcement against stateless tankers. Since November 2025, the US has boarded vessels operating without recognised flags off Venezuela, with European and UK naval forces following suit this year. Because stateless vessels are not entitled to innocent passage through coastal waters, operating without a legitimate flag has become significantly more risky. The result has been a fresh wave of flag-hopping. Windward argues that smaller countries with limited maritime oversight continue to be targeted by shadow fleet operators seeking regulatory shelter. Equatorial Guinea provides the...
Spain’s Moral Leadership on Gaza Resonates Globally...
posted on: Jul 21, 2026
Ghulam M. Suhrawardi At a time when the devastation in Gaza has tested the credibility of governments and international institutions, Spain has emerged as one of Europe’s most forceful advocates for Palestinian rights. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s willingness to challenge Israel’s conduct, defend international humanitarian law and support Palestinian statehood has given Spain’s position significance far beyond its borders. For people who feel politically isolated in countries where criticism of Israel is discouraged or fiercely contested, Spain’s stance has become a source of hope. Spain’s example matters because cases of moral leadership are clearest when speaking out diplomatically and politically costs. Madrid has done more than speak out against the war. Spain issued formal recognition of the State of Palestine on May 20th, 2024. Spain then submitted a declaration of intervention in South Africa’s case against Israel at the ICJ under the Genocide Convention. The case is ongoing, and...
Houthis Threaten Saudi Shipping With New Naval Blockade...
posted on: Jul 21, 2026
By Nayera Abdallah and Timour Azhari DUBAI, July 20 (Reuters) – Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis said on Monday they were imposing a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia, a move that threatens to escalate the conflict in the region and disrupt global energy supply and trade beyond the Gulf. The Houthis’ armed forces in a statement said they were declaring “a maritime embargo against the criminal Saudi enemy, based on the equation of ‘an eye for an eye’, effective immediately.” They said the decision was in response to what they called “an unjust and oppressive siege” imposed on Yemen by the Saudis. There was no immediate response from Saudi Arabia. The full closure of the Bab el-Mandeb strait, the southern gateway to the Red Sea, would halt Saudi oil exports to Asia and could reduce global oil supply by 7%. The Iran war has already triggered a massive cut to global...
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