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Matson Suspends Shipping EVs Citing Hazards of Lithium-ion Batteries
Matson surprised customers this week with an announcement that, effective immediately, it would suspend transporting bat...
Read More >>New Zealand Forces Coordinate with Tanker for Challenging Nighttime Rescue
Maritime New Zealand is recounting the details of a high-seas nighttime rescue. The operation was successful due to the coordinati...
Read More >>Spanish Police Stop Ship as Drug Cartel Attempts to Steal Cocaine Shipment
Spain’s Guardia Civil is working to sort out the details of one of its more unusual cocaine busts. They moved to stop and...
Read More >>Seabound Lands a Novel Carbon-Capture Partnership With a Cement Plant
Working with German owner Hartmann Group, shipmanager InterMaritime and construction materials giant Heidelberg, the UK-based star...
Read More >>First Two-Stroke Ammonia-Fueled Engine Installed as Newbuild Proceeds
The race to launch the first commercial ammonia-fueled engines marked a key milestone, reports marine engine designer WinGD. The...
Read More >>ITF Reports “Disturbing Surge” in Seafarer Abandonment in 2025
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) released its latest tally on cases of seafarer abandonment,...
Read More >>IMO and ILO Highlight Growing Issue of Seafarer Criminalization
Earlier this month, in my capacity as Director for the Seamen’s Church Institute’s (SCI) Center for Mariner...
Read More >>Houthis Purloin Crude Oil From UN-Funded Floating Storage Tanker
In a story broken by Lloyds List and Yemeni journalists, evidence has emerged that the Houthi administration in Yemen is...
Read More >>Pioneering Ammonia Bunker Vessel Ordered by Itochu for Singapore Launch
The early efforts to develop the infrastructure for ammonia-fueled ships are taking another key step forward with the or...
Read More >>16 Confirmed Survivors, 9 Presumed Dead After Houthi Attack on Bulker
The ten rescued crewmembers from the lost bulker Eternity C have arrived safely at a port in Saudi Arabia, bringing a sa...
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