The National Transportation Safety Board has issued its report on a January 22, 2023 incident in which the azimuthing stern drive, or Z-drive, tugboat Mark E Kuebler, owned by Bay-Houston Towing Co.
An MSC containership has become the latest vessel to be damaged in a Houthi attack. U.K. Maritime Trade Operations today issued a report at 1500 UTC on an incident 91 nautical miles
Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC) has announced a major expansion of its Unity Ukraine war risk insurance facility. Launched in November 2023 to support Ukrainian exports of grain and other critical food supplies
As Houthi attacks on merchant ships continue with a seemingly abundant supply of Iranian weaponry, sanctions announced today by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), in
The U.S. Coast Guard will launch a new merchant mariner credential (MMC) on March 1, 2024. The agency is replacing the MMC passport-style booklet (“Red Book”) with a new, certificate size, one
The U.S. and the U.K. on Saturday launched a fresh wave of attacks on Houthi targets in Yemen after the Iranian-backed terrorist organization continued its attacks on shipping in the Red Sea.
Four foreign nationals aboard the dhow suspected of smuggling Houthi weapons that was interdicted by U.S. forces on January 11 have been charged in a criminal complaint in the Eastern District of
The White House has announced a series of measures being taken by the Biden administration to enhance cybersecurity in U.S. ports and, in particular, address the threat posed by Chinese-manufactured port cranes.
The EU’s EUNAVOR ASPIDES naval mission, formally announced only yesterday, is already up and running with French FREMM frigates patrolling in the Gulf of Aden and Southern Red Sea intercepting and destroying
As Houthi attacks on merchant ships in the Red Sea continued, the European Union today officially launched EUNAVFOR ASPIDES, saying that the objective of the defensive maritime security operation is to restore