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US Claims Iran Ceasefire, UAE Under Attack
The United Arab Emirates said it was under attack from Iranian missiles and drones on Tuesday, even as Washington said a shaky ceasefire was intact despite an exchange of fire the previous day as U.S. forces attempted to force open the Strait of Hormuz.The U.S. military said it had destroyed six Iranian small boats, as well as cruise missiles and drones, after President Donald Trump sent the navy to escort stranded tankers through the strait in a campaign he called "Project Freedom".U.S.
At the Helm: How the U.S. Coast Guard is Shaping the Future of Maritime Nuclear Power
Introduction. Looking back at history one could argue that it was French author Jules Verne in his book â20,000 Leagues Under the Seaâ, published in 1869, who was speculating about a new power source much in the same out of the box thinking that H.G. Wells employed when he wrote about inter-planetary flight in âWar of the Worldâs. Verne was writing about âelectricityâ from batteries using seawaterâŠ
US Intercepts Three Iranian Tankers in Asian Waters
The U.S. military has intercepted at least three Iranian-flagged tankers in Asian waters and is redirecting them away from their positions near India, Malaysia and Sri Lanka, shipping and security sources said on Wednesday.Washington has imposed a blockade on Iran's trade by sea while Iran has fired on ships to prevent them sailing through the Strait of Hormuz waterway at the entrance to the Middle East Gulf. Nearly two months after the U.S.
Cal Poly Maritime Academy Celebrates Class of 2026
Cal Poly Maritime Academy (formerly the CSU Maritime Academy) will award 150 bachelorâs degrees and 20 masterâs degrees at its commencement ceremony Saturday, May 2, at Bodnar Field.The university will also award an Honorary Doctor of Science degree to Capt. Kate McCue, who graduated in 2000 with a bachelorâs degree in business administration and is the inaugural captain of Four Seasons. McCue is an internationally recognized maritime leader whose career spans nearly three decades at sea.
Gulf Coast Shipbuilding is the Anchor for Americaâs Maritime Comeback
The future of shipbuilding and maritime competitiveness will be featured at the Maritime Risk Symposium 2026, hosted by the Institute for Homeland Security, Sam Houston State University. On June 2â3, 2026 at LyondellBasell Center for Petrochemical, Energy and Technology in Pasadena, Texas, leaders from industry and academia will examine the strategy, workforce, investment, and partnerships needed to advance Americaâs maritime comeback.A new era in American shipbuilding is emerging, and the U.S.
Ballast Water Technology: Getting the Numbers Right
It was never going to be realistic to expect treated ballast water to have zero viable organisms on discharge.The G8 guidelines that define the type approval process for ballast water treatment systems were initially agreed at the IMO before any systems had actually been developed.The IMO had already been working on the issue of invasive species being transferred around the world in ballast water for a couple of decades. It was on the radar back in the 1970s.
Trump Upset as Other Nations Reject Call for Hormuz Warship Escorts
Several U.S. allies rebuffed Donald Trump's call on Monday to send warships to escort tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, drawing criticism from the U.S. president, who accused Western partners of ingratitude after decades of support.The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran is in its third week with no end in sight. The critical Strait of Hormuz, through which 20% of the world's oil and liquefied natural gas flowâŠ
Clean Up Vessels are Smarter than Fishing for Trash
There is a small but global fleet of clean up boats preventing trash from flowing into the ocean. More than that, these battery-powered, autonomous boats are performing a growing range of other tasks.For the developers of Clearbot, the inspiration to be involved in removing trash from waterways arose from personal experience. They had watched villagers in India catching fish in rivers carpeted withâŠ
Suez Canal Looks to Expand
Suez Canal Chairman Gamal El-Dein says Canal Economic Zone set for rapid expansion.Egypt's Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCEZ) has invested $3 billion on infrastructureâŠ
Caspian Sea Jackup Market: Locked-In Supply Shapes Utilization and Dayrates
Unlike larger jackup regions where scale provides greater flexibility, relatively minor changes in supply can have an outsized impact. The availability, reactivation, or retirement of a single rig can materially shift utilisation levels, dayrate negotiations, and contracting dynamics, often with limited visibility.There are currently five jackups drilling in the region, operating across Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, and Iran.
APM Terminals Pipavav welcomes its largest RoRo carrier
APM Terminals Pipavav welcomed the Hoegh Tracer, one of the worldâs largest pure car and truck Carrier (PCTC), and the largest to ever call an Indian port. At 14 decks highâŠ
Interferry Says Vessel Differences Need Consideration in Fire Regulations
On March 9, the IMO sub-committee on Ship Systems and Equipment convened for its 12th session (SSE12), and DNV reports that the action plan to evaluate the adequacy of fire protection, detection and extinction arrangements in vehicle, special category and ro-ro spaces was revised in order to reduce the fire risk of ships carrying new-energy vehicles.The group agreed to give priority to the developmentâŠ
Naval Power: Navies Increasingly Eye Alternative Fuels
Alternative fuels are not top of the list of naval requirements for gensets, but they are inching their way up.The naval world is largely exempt from the decarbonization pressure faced by commercial shipping, but it canât ignore it entirely. As a famed naval strategist once said: âFuel stands first in importance of the resources necessary to a fleet.âNavies must therefore consider their fuel supplyâŠ
Marlink Upgrades Solstad Offshore Hybrid Network
Marlink extended its Sealink NextGen solution for Solstad Offshore to include a flexible fleet agreement for Starlink LEO services, aimed at increasing the flexibility to allocate data according to actual needs at any given time across the fleet.Marlink introduced its Starlink LEO fleet agreements to meet the growing demand for high throughput services within its smart hybrid network solutions. The agreement enables Solstad to share significant Starlink data allowance across their fleetâŠ
Op/Ed: Constellations of Disasters
After spending about 3 billion dollars, the Constellation frigate program was shut down with absolutely nothing to show for it.The New York Times produced an Op-Ed titled âAmerica canât make what the Navy Needs.âThat title may indicate the United States does not have the technical ability to build ships for the US Navy. However, the article itself clearly shows that the issue relates to the Navy notâŠ
From Experience to Insight: Klaveness Facilitates Shippingâs Digital Move
For much of its modern history, shipping has relied on experience, instinct and relationships as much as data. Decisions were â and in many cases still are â informed by spreadsheets, phone calls, intuition and experience built over decades. Today, that foundation is being reshaped by digital tools designed to bring clarity, visibility and confidence to some of the industryâs most complex challenges.FewâŠ
Exxon to Send its First Fuel Shipment from US Gulf Coast to Australia
Exxon Mobil is set to ship around 600,000 barrels of fuel from the U.S. Gulf Coast to cover its own import requirements in Australia, the first such shipments by the oil major, four sources with knowledge of the matter said.The planned shipments, on a route rarely used for refined products flows, show how severely global oil trade has been impacted by the near-complete halt of shipping in the Strait of Hormuz after Iran began striking vessels in the waterway this week in retaliation for U.S.
Still No Oil Spill from Tanker Sounion Attacked by Houthis
As salvage operations began on an abandoned Greek-flagged oil tanker with deck fires still burning from Houthi rebel attacks, the EU's Red Sea naval mission Aspides said on Thursday that no oil spill has been detected.Yemen's Houthi militants carried out multiple assaults, including planting bombs on the already disabled 900-foot (274.2-meter) Sounion that is laden with about 1 million barrels of oil.
Towboat Sank Due to Hull Deterioration -NTSB
A towing vessel that flooded and partially sank last year on the Lower Mississippi River near Ascension Paris, La. was found to have holes in its hull, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said in a report this week.The 1964-built towboat Uncle Blue, owned and operated by Alexis Marine, was towing one empty barge on March 26, 2023, when the vessel began flooding and partially sank. There were no injuriesâŠ
DNVâs Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen: Decarbonization Efforts Need to Speed Up
The push towards decarbonization is slowing down rather than speeding up. With ambitious global goals looming ever larger on the horizon, what can we do to re-invigorate collective efforts? And profit from that push? Ahead of next yearâs Nor-Shipping, Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen, CEO Maritime DNV, says efficiency, timing and people are critical to âgetting this show on the road.âGiven the subject matter today, Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen seems remarkably optimistic.âIâm a glass half full kind of guy,â he says.
