Chevron adds Port Elizabeth to marine lubricants supply network
With no speedy end in sight to the Red Sea crisis, more ships are taking the longer route around the Cape with South African ports seeing an uptick in activity. Against this
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Sounion salvage tow gets under way
The Greek-owned tanker Sounion, still on fire since being hit in multiple Houthi attacks more than two weeks ago, is at last under tow. The vessel is laden with 150,000 tonnes of
KAUST orders Saudi Arabia’s first regional class research vessel
KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) announced that Freire Shipyards, which has over 100 years of shipbuilding experience, will build its new research vessel, R/V Thuwal II, at its yard
UKMTO reports multiple Houthi attacks involving two merchant vessels
Despite efforts to deter them, multiple Houthi attacks continue to make Red Sea transits a risky business. UKMTO today reported attacks involving two merchant vessels. In the most recent, which took place
Ambrey: Latest Houthi attacks show a “significant increase in effectiveness”
This week has seen a spate of new Houthi attacks — and, in a just released threat circular, maritime risk consultancy Ambrey says that they are showing a significant increase In effective.
Red Sea diversions send Singapore bunker sales soaring
As Houthi terrorist targeting of ships continues and vessels avoid Red Sea transits, sales of bunker fuel in Singapore, the world’s largest bunkering fuel port, have increased to all-time highs. This indicates
Bulker survives multiple missile strikes as Houthi attacks mount
Shipowners and charterers who are averse to taking calculated risks with their ships, cargo and crew may have to divert even further to avoid Houthi attacks. Yesterday came news that a Greek-owned
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
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
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