Iranian Navy footage has appeared on YouTube showing yesterday’s seizure of the Marshall Islands flagged tanker Advantage Sweet while transiting international waters in the Gulf of Oman. While Iranian state-controlled media outlets
The master’s decision to deviate from the planned route was among the causal factors in what an investigation conducted by the Republic of the Marshall Islands Maritime Administrator identifies as a “very
As we reported yesterday, the shipping community is calling for a $5 billion IMO shipping decarbonization R&D effort to be funded by a $2 per ton tax on marine fuels. Two pacific
The Republic of the Marshall Islands has released the report of its investigation into the loss of the Stellar Daisy, the Marshall Islands flagged very large ore carrier (VLOC) that sank on
JULY 27, 2017 — Matson, Inc. (NYSE: MATX) will introduce a new direct U.S. flag service between Honolulu and the Republic of the Marshall Islands that will shorten cargo transit times to
MARCH 29, 2016 —The U.S. Coast Guard looks set to trim the number of flag states on its Qualship 21 list. The Republic of the Marshall Islands registry reports that at an
FEBRUARY 25, 2016—The Marshall Islands-flag 37,000-dwt asphalt carrier Asphalt Splendor is the latest addition to U.S.-based Sargeant Marine’s fleet. Built and delivered by Chinese shipyard Avic Dingheng, the Asphalt Splendor is one
APRIL 30, 2015 — Details are now emerging about the Iranian court case that led to the April 28 seizure of the Marshall Islands registered containership Maersk Tigris by units of Iran’s
APRIL 28, 2015 — The U.S.Navy responded this morning after an Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy, or IRGCN, vessel fired shots across the bridge of a Marshall Islands flag containership and subsequently
APRIL 12, 2013 — Two bills passed by the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) legislature respond to requests from members of the international shipping community to better protect their interests in
