Red sea routings remain dangerous

Maersk sees Red Sea routings as still too risky

Maersk is to continue to avoid Red Sea routings of it its ships. In an update today, it said that it would continue to send ships via the Cape of Good Hope

Op-Ed: Addressing cyber threats to maritime

By Andrew R. Lee & Jim Kearns, Jones Walker LLP In fall 2022, our firm published a survey of 125 senior leaders at U.S. ports and terminals that gave insight into the

Nelson announces sanctions on Lady Sofia

U.S. sanctions Houthi-linked vessel Lady Sofia

Continuing to try to stem the flow of Iranian funding to the Houthis, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took action March 15 against a Mumbai-headquartered,

Latest Houthi attack

Houthis target Vietnamese-owned tanker, threaten attacks in Indian Ocean

The situation in the Red Sea gets no calmer. Today brought a report from UKMTO of a Houthi attack on a merchant vessel 76 nautical miles west of Al Hudayah. While UKMTO

New AWO video

New AWO video: Safety is everything

The American Waterways Operators has produced a new video highlighting the tugboat, towboat and barge industry’s commitment to safety and its strong record as the safest mode of freight transportation. The two-minute

Cosco Tengfei has been fitted with an Iridium GMDSS terminal/

Cosco Shipping fits its first Iridium GMDSS terminal

The 5,000 vehicle capacity PCTC Cosco Tengfei has become the first vessel in the Cosco Shipping (CSSC) fleet to be fitted with an Iridium Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) terminal.

Pinocchio attack

Houthis target SeaLead containership Pinocchio

The latest merchant vessel targeted by the Iran-backed Houthi terrorist groups is the Liberian-flagged containership Pinocchio, which according to the Equasis data base is operated by Singapore headquartered SeaLead Shipping Pte. According

New attack attemt by Houthis

New attack attempt underscores continuing Houthi threat

Despite the outrage expressed by shipping organizations over the lethal Houthi attack on the Barbados-flagged bulker True Confidence in which three seafarers died and others were seriously burned, the Iranian-backed terrorist group

White House briefed on port on Gaza coast

White House: U.S. military to build port on Gaza coast

In a White House background briefing this morning on the delivery of humanitarian aid for Gaza, senior officials said that, in his State of the Union speech this evening, President Joe Biden

Centcom released this photo of True Confidence

At least three seafarers dead in Houthi attack on bulker True Confidence

At least three seafarers have been killed in a Houthi missile attack on the 2011-built Barbados-flagged bulker True Confidence and others have reportedly suffered serious burns. These are the first seafarer fatalities

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