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HITRON Catches its 1,000th Smuggling Boat, Using Force Without Fatalities

HITRON Catches its 1,000th Smuggling Boat, Using Force Without Fatalities

  The U.S. Coast Guard's Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron (HITRON) has completed its 1,000th drug-running interdiction, racking up yet another disabled go-fast boat.  On August 25, a HI...

Metal Workers Launch Strike With "High-Altitude Sit-In" at Hyundai Shipyard

Metal Workers Launch Strike With "High-Altitude Sit-In" at Hyundai Shipyard

The protracted annual wage negotiations between the Metal Workers Union and HD Hyundai for its shipyards are continuing without an agreement, while the union called management’s negotiations “insinc...

Gaza-Bound Flotilla Reports Second Attack and Fire as It Prepares to Sail

Gaza-Bound Flotilla Reports Second Attack and Fire as It Prepares to Sail

The activist group calling its efforts the Global Sumud Flotilla, released a video showing a second incident on one of its vessels in Tunisia, apparently involving an incendiary device dropped from...

Strike on Venezuelan Smuggling Boat Draws Praise, But Also Concerns

Strike on Venezuelan Smuggling Boat Draws Praise, But Also Concerns

The U.S. military strike that destroyed a suspected smuggling boat off Venezuela last week was different from past practice: it was more muscular than law enforcement interdiction, sending a lethal...

Her Majesty Queen Mary Names Denmark’s First Electric Tugboat

Her Majesty Queen Mary Names Denmark’s First Electric Tugboat

[By: Svitzer] The green transition in Denmark’s maritime sector took an important step forward today as Denmark’s – and Svitzer’s – first electric tugboat was named by Her Majesty Queen Mary at a c...

ABS Verifies Multi-Purpose 30,000 CBM LNG Carrier and Bunker Vessel Design

ABS Verifies Multi-Purpose 30,000 CBM LNG Carrier and Bunker Vessel Design

[By: ABS] ABS issued approval in principle to HD Hyundai Mipo for its design development of a 30,000 CBM liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrying and bunkering vessel. The design is intended to carr...

Netherlands Fights Shadow Fleet's Use of Fake Caribbean Flags

Netherlands Fights Shadow Fleet's Use of Fake Caribbean Flags

  Dutch authorities are taking steps to challenge "shadow fleet" tankers that pretend to operate under the flags of island states in the Netherlands Antilles.  According to the Royal Association...

U.S. Container Imports Are Projected to Decline for the Remainder of 2025

U.S. Container Imports Are Projected to Decline for the Remainder of 2025

The start of the U.S.’s reciprocal tariffs and the continued uncertainty over longer-term trade policies have begun to weigh on imports, report both the National Retail Federation and Descartes Syst...

Stemming the Tide of War Insurance Costs

Stemming the Tide of War Insurance Costs

  War risk insurance costs have soared by up to 60% thanks to recent escalated Middle East tensions. Is this increase surprising? No. Is it substantial? Yes. The increase reflects heightened volati...

Warnings of Recent Spike in Off-Spec Marine Fuels Including VLSFO in Europe

Warnings of Recent Spike in Off-Spec Marine Fuels Including VLSFO in Europe

There are renewed quality concerns for the most popular marine fuels, and especially for very low sulfur fuel oil (VLSFO) used by many vessels to meet emission requirements. A range of sediments and...