Maritime News

August 13 ------ The Secretary-General of the IMO, Arsenio Dominguez, has issued a statement following the death of seafarers on the Tihamah which was hit by a projectile off the coast of Al Mokha, Yemen. “It is with sadness and regret to know that, once again, innocent seafarers have lost their lives in an indefensible attack on international shipping. I offer my deepest condolences to the families of those involved.” “It is particularly troublesome that the most recent

August 13 ------ Twenty-two Filipino seafarers have been repatriated to the Philippines after the vessels they were serving on were affected by drone strikes in the Strait of Hormuz and the Black Sea, according to the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW). In a statement, the DMW said the overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) arrived back in the Philippines on 10 August. The seafarers were crew members aboard the M/V Acheloos and M/V Else, which had 14 and eight Filipino crew memb

August 13 ------ Skuld Club has cancelled certain war risk coverage in parts of the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean amid heightened security concerns and a series of recent vessel attacks in the region. The cancellation will take effect 72 hours after 00:01 GMT on August 16, according to an update issued by Skuld on 12 August. The Club said escalating developments in the Red Sea had significantly increased geopolitical and operational risks. As a result, Skuld said i

August 13 ------ Port Everglades celebrated the arrival of the largest cargo ship to ever visit the port on August 12. While highlighting the continued growth in the port’s cargo operations, officials also used it as an opportunity to urge progress on the Port Everglades Navigation Improvements Project (PENIP), which was approved by the U.S. Congress a decade ago. The MSC Vandya (182,000 dwt) made a brief port stop during which the port expected to offload approximately 1,3

August 12 ------ The Strait of Hormuz will remain closed as long as the U.S. does not change its behavior and accept Iran's conditions to end the war, the newly appointed secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council said. His comments are the strongest indication so far that any deal in talks with Oman over the waterway would not immediately reopen it to shipping if the U.S. does not also abide by its commitments in a memorandum of understanding towards ending the co

August 12 ------ Iran-backed Houthi forces launched successive missile and drone attacks on the government-held Red Sea port city of al-Makha (Mocha) on August 9 and 10, killing at least 18 people across two waves of strikes and damaging port infrastructure, commercial facilities and supplies. In the August 10 attack, Yemeni government forces said seven people, including four military personnel and three civilians, were killed and up to 30 others wounded. Air defenses reporte

August 12 ------ Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz fell sharply on 10 August, with just six vessels transiting the waterway compared with a 10-day average of about 11, as hopes for a renewed peace deal between the United States and Iran faded. Four commodity vessels entered the strait, including two empty oil product tankers, according to Reuters citing Kpler data. Two vessels exited the waterway, a small tanker carrying liquefied petroleum gas and another laden w

August 12 ------ The Ecuadorian National Police are reporting a particularly challenging seizure of cocaine in the Port of Guayaquil before it could be exported on a containership to Spain. The seizure is part of the ongoing operation Fenix that targets exports in the port for inspection. Using risk analysis techniques applied to export cargo, the police reported they stopped a container that was labeled to be going to Spain. It was loaded with 1,080 cardboard boxes. A traine