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January 1, 2025
Rio Tinto, a miner in Australia, said that a deckfitter aboard its bulk carrier traveling from China to Western Australia had been reported missing the previous week. The Philippine Coast Guard is leading a search-and-rescue operation. Rio Tinto…
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December 30, 2024
The Finnish Coast Guard said Monday that it would deploy one of its patrol boats and a towboat to help an oil tanker in the Gulf of Finland after its engine failed. It was trying to avoid environmental damage. The coast guard reported that the 183-metre-long (600-foot-long) M/T Jazz…
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December 25, 2024
The owner of the Russian cargo vessel Ursa Major, which sank into the Mediterranean Sea on Wednesday, said that the ship was a victim of an "act of terrorism". This statement came from the state news agency RIA. Two of the 16 crew members were reported missing after an explosion in the engine room.
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December 5, 2024
Three maritime security sources confirmed on Thursday that a rescue operation was underway for the crew aboard a cargo ship flying the Panamanian flag, which had been abandoned near the port of Hodeidah at the Red Sea. The number of crew members on board and the cause of the accident were not known.
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November 18, 2024
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations said that a vessel located 60 nautical miles south of Yemen's Aden reported a missile splashing in the water within its proximity on Monday. UKMTO said that both the vessel and crew were in safety.
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November 17, 2024
The Transportation Ministry reported that the Nazann tanker with a length of 114 metres had a rudder problem. This caused the suspension of both directions in the Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul. The coast guard sent tugboats to the strait after the vessel had mechanical issues.
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November 15, 2024
Danish logistics and shipping firm DFDS announced on Friday that it has agreed to purchase the international transport network of Turkey's Ekol Logistics, overturning a two-week-old decision to cancel the deal. DFDS stated that the acquisition was finalized after renegotiating some terms.
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September 20, 2024
The regional governor of Odesa said that a Russian missile attack has damaged port infrastructure in Odesa and a civilian vessel flying the flag of Antigua. Governor Oleh Kiper announced on Telegram that four people were injured by the strike.
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August 16, 2024
Data showed that a TotalEnergies SE LNG vessel docked in Bangladesh's Chittagong Port for three weeks will now be heading to the Futtsu Port in Japan as the state-run Petrobangla was unable to offload the cargo on the spot. The ship tracking…
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August 1, 2024
Svyrydenko, the Ukrainian Minister of Economy, arrived in Turkey on Thursday to discuss the ratification and strengthening economic co-operation with Ankara. Svyrydenko, a member of the X social network, said that the meeting also included expanding…
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July 25, 2024
A shipping source said on Thursday that Iran had released the oil cargo of the Greek owned, Marshall Islands flagged tanker, which it seized earlier this year in the Gulf of Oman. Source: Iran still holds the vessel M/T Saint Nikolas. The vessel was loaded with 1…
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July 25, 2024
In a Thursday televised address, the leader of the Iran-backed Houthi group said that a response to Israeli airstrikes in Yemen's Hodeidah was coming. A drone fired on a crowd near Yemen's Hodeidah port, killing nine and injuring 87 people, just a day after the Houthi attacked Tel Aviv…
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July 23, 2024
The IRGC, along with British security firm Ambrey, announced on Monday that the IRGC had intercepted a tanker flying the flag of Togo, but managed by UAE, carrying 1,500 tonnes of marine gas oil. Ambrey reported that the vessel was carrying…
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July 23, 2024
Shipping data from LSEG & Kpler revealed that a tanker involved in a collision last week near Singapore entered the Bertam floating oil storage terminal area on Monday morning, after being intercepted on Sunday by local authorities. On Friday…
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July 23, 2024
Yemen's Houthi Rebels damaged and destroyed a container ship flying the Singapore flag with two missiles Friday, as they intensified their attacks against global shipping in response to Israel's Gaza War. The Houthis, who are aligned with Iran…
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July 23, 2024
Maersk said on Friday that a fire had broken out on one of their chartered vessels, sailing from Mundra off the west coast of India, to Colombo in Sri Lanka. Local media reported that the fire was caused by a short-circuit, which resulted in explosions, and that a Filipino seaman died.
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July 23, 2024
The Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation in Singapore (GCMD) announced this week that it had completed the final trials of biofuels for ships, with German container company Hapag-Lloyd as well as energy giant BP. The GCMD started an 18…
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July 23, 2024
Two people with knowledge of the sale said that Saudi Arabian Bahri dropped its bid to buy Schenker's German logistics unit from Deutsche Bahn, reducing the competition down to DSV or CVC. Sources said that the departure of Bahri means that…
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July 23, 2024
On Thursday morning, the mayor of Novorossiisk in Russia's Black Sea port issued a sea-drone alert that lasted more than two full hours. Meanwhile, a group unmanned Ukrainian boats were destroyed near Crimea. In his first message sent via Telegram…
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July 23, 2024
According to its timetable, Ukrainian ferry company Ukrferry postponed resuming ferry service between Ukraine and Georgia. The service was suspended after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. Last month, the company announced that it would resume service from the Black Sea Port of Chornomorsk on July 9.
