This FAQ (updated 9 April 2026) reflects the current security environment following Operation Epic Fury (United States) and Operation Roaring Lion (Israel), and subsequent Iranian retaliatory strikes affecting the wider…
The International Negotiating Forum (INF), which represents maritime unions and shipowners, has extended the validity of several military and high-risk zones until May 11, 2026. These include the INF combat…
On Friday 17 April, the French Navy intercepted a flagless sailing vessel in the Atlantic Ocean. During the boarding, several suspicious bales were discovered on board. Subsequent control operations led…
The Panama Maritime Authority (PMA), through its Directorate General of Merchant Marine (DGMM), hereby informs that it is fully aware of the situation involving two Panamanian-flagged container vessels in the…
Liberia Flag issued a Marine Operations Note informing all shipowners, ship management companies, manning/crewing agents and authorized Liberian filing agents of the ability to verify all Seafarers documents including CRAs…
MIAMI – U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba’s crew offloaded approximately 7,050 pounds of cocaine worth more than $53 million, Monday, at Port Everglades. The seized contraband was the result of…
IMO has updated members of the Asia and Pacific Heads of Maritime Safety Agencies (APHoMSA) on ongoing regional activities, including regulatory updates, during the annual APHoMSA meeting, which took place…
General cargo with container capacity Ajax, IMO: 8913045, en route to Odesa port for loading of grains, was attacked by Russian drones on 24th April. There was a fire onboard,…
US Treasury slapped sanction on nineteen oil tankers and LPG carriers. These vessels are flagged with different Flag state and one of them is identified as flying false flag of…
ClassNK has issued an Approval in Principle (AiP) for a methane oxidation catalyst system* to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Marine Machinery & Equipment Co., Ltd. and Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. The…
