False Claims Act case

U.S. seeks seizure of Venezuela-bound Iranian gasoline from four Greek-managed tankers

The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a forfeiture warrant and complaint seeking the seizure of all Iranian petroleum products aboard four Greek-managed, Liberian-flagged tankers currently headed for Venezuela. The ships are

USCG is to crack down on small passenger vessel fire safety

USCG fines vessel that failed to provide Notice of Arrival

Coast Guard Sector Juneau, Alaska, say that a foreign-flag vessel has been fined for failing to submit a Notice of Arrival in accordance with ports and waterways safety regulations. The Coast Guard

Pirates abduct nine from BW Offshore FPSO

BW Offshore reports that, at approximately 4:20 am local time today, FPSO Sendje Berge was subject to an attack by pirates offshore Nigeria in which nine Nigerian nationals were kidnapped. It said

Resolve response tug honored with AMVER award for fourth year

Resolve Marine, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., reports that its U.S.-flag response tug Pioneer has received an AMVER Award for a fourth consecutive year. Resolve says the award represents an acknowledgment of its continued

HawkEye 360 just made it harder for shipping’s bad actors to go dark

Herndon, Va., headquartered HawkEye 360 Inc. has boosted its vessel monitoring capabilities, making it harder for vessels engaged in dubious activities to go dark by turning off AIS transmissions. HawkEye 360 Inc.

OFAC sanctions are a Treasury function

U.S. slaps sanctions designations on five Iranian tanker captains

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today took action against the captains of the five ships that U.S.-sanctioned Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) and

VIDEO: Bulker transiting Panama Canal slams into railway bridge

The Panama Canal Authority is investigating an incident yesterday in which the 37,332 dwt bulker Bluebill slammed into a span of the Chagres river railway bridge. The 2004-built Cyprus-flagged vessel, which is

BP Shipping digitizes its sanctions compliance efforts

BP Shipping is using a solution developed by Tel Aviv headquartered Windward, a specialist in maritime trade analytics and insights, to digitize its business trade practices relating to sanctions compliance, The move

Viking first shipping line to gain DNV GL My Care verification of COVID-19 risk management measures

Finland’s Viking Line has become the first shipping company in the world to have its COVID-19 risk management measures verified under a new DNV GL methodology called My Care. DNV GL says

RINA performs world first remote statutory and class surveys

Genoa, Italy, headquartered classsification society RINA has successfully carried out what it reports are the world’s first statutory and associated class intermediate surveys using remote streaming technologies. The surveys were carried out

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