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The International Maritime Organization (IMO), routinely lays down rules that regulate international shipping which carries almost all of the world’s trade. These rules are a result of consensus arrived at carefully, with much expert input, through meetings that are not dramatic. But in October, when the IMO that has 176 member-nations met to vote on…
US President Donald Trump said the deal had been negotiated over the last four to five months. Published On 20 Oct 202520 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share United States President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese have signed an agreement on rare earth and critical minerals as…
Cameroon-flagged tanker issues distress call about 60 nautical miles (110km) south of Yemen’s Ahwar in Gulf of Aden. Published On 18 Oct 202518 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share A ship has caught fire in the Gulf of Aden off Yemen after being struck by a projectile, the British military…
Members of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) have voted to postpone approving a plan to curb shipping emissions, after United States President Donald Trump threatened to impose sanctions on countries that supported the measure. The vote on Friday set back plans to regulate the shipping industry’s contributions to climate change by at least 12 months,…
United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) reports the vessel is taking on water after being targeted with gunfire and rocket-propelled grenades. A commercial vessel in the Red Sea has come under attack after small boats fired rocket-propelled grenades and automatic weapons towards the ship. According to the organisation United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO), the…
British security firm Ambrey says the incident involving an oil tanker was not security related. Two oil tankers have collided in the Strait of Hormuz, the world’s most critical oil checkpoint just off the coast of Iran. British maritime security monitor Ambrey said that the collision on Tuesday of the Adalynn and the Front Eagle…
Brussels is drawing up plans to use trade tariffs and capital controls to maintain financial pressure on Russia, even if Hungary decides to use its veto to block an extension of the European Union’s sanctions regime, which lapses in July of this year. The European Commission has told ministers that a large part of the…
Interim report into sinking of superyacht that killed 7 off coast of Sicily said the vessel was ‘vulnerable’ to strong winds. Investigators in the United Kingdom say a sudden blast of powerful wind was likely behind the capsizing of a superyacht owned by British tech billionaire Mike Lynch, which sank off Sicily last year, killing…
NewsFeed Video shows Yemenis frantically rescuing hundreds of sheep from the Red Sea after a commercial ship ran aground off the coast of Ras Al-Ara in Lahj province, Yemen. The vessel was heading for Djibouti when it capsized, leading to the drowning of more than 160 sheep, according to local sources. Published On 27 Apr…
NewsFeed Video caught the moment a massive explosion rocked Iran’s largest port on Saturday, killing 25 people and injuring around 1,000 more, according to state media. Rescue and firefighting operations continued through the night in Bandar Abbas, while an official investigation into the cause of the blast has begun. Published On 27 Apr 202527 Apr…
