The Yemen-based Houthi group have had a couple of weeks off from attacking vessels in the southern Red Sea and north-western Indian Ocean, but on Wednesday they returned, presumably replenished with missiles and drones. The attacked vessels were the Maersk Yorktown (IMO 9289192) and an American...
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An Egyptian wheat ship has been allowed to sail from the Russian port of Novorossiysk on the Black Sea after waiting three weeks for the correct paperwork. It was the second such ship to be delayed because of a dispute between one of Russia’s top grain traders and a local regulator. Saad Moussa,...
Four seafarers went missing after an unidentified vessel hit the anti-collision pier of the Jiujiang Bridge in Foshan, Guangdong province, China, and sank. One report said that the vessel could have been the 96-metre-long Xin Rong Hai 1 (MMSI 413692780), although this had not yet been confirmed,...
A 1,000-tonne hydraulic grab has arrived at the Baltimore Key Bridge to help in the extraction of the tangled debris that is currently embedded in the mud on the channel bottom. The Unified Command is targeting a full restoration of waterway access to and from Baltimore Port by the end of May....
The number of supertankers carrying crude oil to China rose in March to its highest level for nearly a year, according to Bloomberg. About 124 such vessels are signalling China as their next destination over the forthcoming three months – the highest level since late April 2023. China’s oil...
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Russian cargo ship Atlantic Navigator II (IMO 9231145), which had been detained in Germany on suspicion of breaching sanctions, has been allowed to leave the port of Rostock, the Stralsund main customs office confirmed on Friday, reported Reuters, without providing any further details. It was...
A specialist group of workers is now removing from container ship Dali some shipping containers with goods inside that are defined as hazardous materials. The Dali was carrying nearly 4,700 containers when it struck Baltimore’s Key Bridge, causing it to collapse. Many containers need to be removed...
Ancient livestock carrier Deala (IMO 7405091) was reported to have run aground at the Rasa Port Entrance, Croatia on Tuesday, April 16th. The 1976-built ship was said to have had 15 crew members onboard, all of them of Egyptian nationality. None of the crew members was injured and there have been...
Salvage crews of the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Baltimore District have been continuing their slow and steady work in disentangling, cutting, lifting and then removing large pieces of steel from the site of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. The Unified Command has been...
Belgian frigate BNS Louise-Marie, en route to the Mediterranean to join the Aspide mission in the Red Sea, as part of the Belgian Marine Component, participated in an exercise to test its capabilities to respond to the threat posed by Houthi drones. Unfortunately, according to insider reports, a...
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