Feds seized his ship, now they’re seeking him
The U.S. has filed a civil forfeiture suit against an oil products tanker, the M/T Courageous, currently held in Cambodia under a U.S. seizure warrant, issued under seal on April 2, 2020.
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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.
Panama may deflag ships that disable AIS
The Panama Maritime Authority has issued a Merchant Marine Notice warning that Panamanian flag ships that deliberately deactivate their Long Range Identification and Tracking Equipment (LRIT) or Automatic Identification System (AIS) will
FMC to investigate impact of Canadian ballast water regs on U.S. lake carriers
The Federal Maritime Commission has voted unanimously to accept a petition filed by the Lake Carriers’ Association (LCA) that alleges that ballast water regulations proposed by the Government of Canada will discriminate
A Q&A with Lois Zabrocky, CMA’s 2020 Commodore
Lois Zabrocky, CEO of International Seaways Inc., will be the next person to be crowned with an admiral’s hat when she steps into the role of the Connecticut Maritime Association’s (CMA) Commodore
Carnival beefs up internal ethics and compliance team
Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), has announced seven new hires and internal promotions as part of the development of its new companywide ethics and compliance function, first announced in
U.S. Treasury moves against Iranian controlled shipping network
The U.S.Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has taken action against a large shipping network that, it says, “is directed by and financially supports the Islamic Revolutionary Guard
U.K. rules out tanker swap with Iran
Britain’s new Foreign Secretary, Dominic Raab, has ruled out any exchange of the detained U.K flagged tanker Stena Impero for the Iranian owned Grace I. The idea of such a swap was
U.K. frigate deters Iranian interference with BP tanker
A U.K. Royal Navy frigate has blocked an attempt by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to interfere with the passage of a BP Shipping tanker through the Strait of Hormuz. According to
Iran infuriated by seizure of tanker off Gibraltar
The seizure of a 300,00 dwt tanker by Gibraltar authorities early yesterday has provoked angry responses from Iran — and has also ruffled a few diplomatic feathers in Spain. Iran’s FARS news