08

Nov

Gunvor Drops Bid for Lukoil’s Overseas Assets After U.S. Calls It ‘Kremlin’s Puppet’

Gunvor, a global commodity trading company, has pulled its offer to purchase Lukoil's international assets after the U.S. Treasury Department indicated it woul...

Read More

08

Nov

Navy Carrier Helps Coast Guard Save Five Sailors Far Offshore Cape Hatteras

On Thursday, the U.S. Coast Guard successfully rescued five people whose sailing boat started taking on water about 260 nautical miles off the coast of Cape Ha...

Read More

08

Nov

China’s Export Engine Sputters in October as US Shipments Crater

China’s exports unexpectedly declined in October as weak global demand could not counteract the sharp drop in shipments to the US. This is another setback...

Read More

08

Nov

Transpacific Spot Rates Split as Discounts Emerge

Container spot freight rates on major east-west trades saw a slight increase this week due to the general rate increases (GRIs) on November 1st. However, these...

Read More

08

Nov

Fatal Engine Room Fire on Dredge Stuyvesant: How a Missing Plug and Remote Start Led to Disaster

A tragic fire in the engine room of the dredging vessel Stuyvesant last November highlighted important lessons about maintenance and machinery startup practice...

Read More

08

Nov

Maersk Containership Anchored Off Charleston After Cargo Fire

The containership Laust Maersk, which can carry 4,258 TEU, is currently docked outside the Port of Charleston due to a fire in its cargo hold while it was trav...

Read More

07

Nov

Somali Pirates Board Malta-Flagged Tanker Deep in Indian Ocean

Recently, a tanker flying the Maltese flag was attacked by pirates over 700 nautical miles away from Mogadishu, Somalia. This incident adds to a series of pira...

Read More

07

Nov

Maersk Lifts Bottom End of 2025 Guidance as Ocean, Terminals Surge

The shipping company A.P. Moller – Maersk, based in Copenhagen, has updated its financial outlook for 2025. Following a strong third quarter with growth in...

Read More

07

Nov

Coast Guard’s Historic Cocaine Seizures Overshadowed By Deadly U.S. Airstrikes

The U.S. Coast Guard has reported a record seizure of 510,000 pounds of cocaine during the fiscal year 2025, the largest amount ever captured in the agency’s h...

Read More