Bulgarian maritime authorities on Saturday launched efforts to evacuate the crew of the oil tanker Kairos stranded off the Black Sea port of Ahtopol and believed to be part of the “ shadow fleet ” ...

On 6 November 2025, the product tanker HELLAS APHRODITE became the first merchant vessel successfully boarded by Somali pirates in the Western Indian Ocean Basin since 2018.

The proof-of-concept was conducted on the vessel HELLAS MARGARITA during an active voyage to Singapore. Using LR’s approved Digital Survey Test Procedure, the project team remotely tested, recorded ...

bound4blue has closed a US$44 million funding round backed by leading maritime corporates, ship owning families, climate-focused investors and government capital.

APC has signed a contract with the Italian headquartered group to supply its industry-leading MarineLINE cargo tank coating to two new IMO Class II chemical tankers, to prepare them for methanol ...

Such failures have resulted in serious navigational incidents, prompting expanded Port State Control (PSC) inspections and stricter enforcement measures.

Norsepower signs landmark deal with Idemitsu Tankers: first-ever release of VLCC to be equipped with rotor sails Norsepower, the leading provider of mechanical sails for large vessels, and Idemitsu ...

Iran has seized an Eswatini-flagged ship carrying “smuggled fuel”, according to state media. ...“A vessel carrying 350,000 litres of smuggled fuel operating under the flag of Eswatini was seized and ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened on Tuesday to sever Ukraine's access to the sea in response to drone attacks on tankers of Russia's "shadow fleet" in the Black Sea.

A tanker carrying sunflower oil from Russia to Georgia was attacked in the Black Sea, the Turkish maritime authority said Tuesday, days after two Russian “shadow fleet” oil tankers were attacked by ...

Besiktas Shipping, the Turkish owner of an oil tanker that was damaged near Senegal's coast last week after being hit by four external explosions, said on Tuesday that it was ceasing all shipping ...

Christiania Gas' main priority now is to establish contact with the missing crew to secure their earliest and safe release ...