President Erdoğan told the UN General Assembly that recent attacks on commercial vessels in the Black Sea are unacceptable whoever…
Category: Maritime Industry
Hormuz visible traffic falls to two ships on Monday as AIS still misses dark transits
Kpler data reported by Reuters on Tuesday put AIS-visible Hormuz commodity transits at two dry-bulk ships on Monday, down from…
QatarEnergy says Hormuz equipment delays may slip North Field LNG expansion
QatarEnergy chief executive Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi said on Sunday, 20 September, that some of the company’s expansion projects could be…
Vivit Africa LNG turns back from Italy after crew reports suspected cargo-system cyber incident
The Liberia-flagged LNG carrier Vivit Africa LNG (IMO 9950105, MMSI 636022258, call sign 5LHX8) diverted from its Italian discharge after…
Turkey Says Black Sea Positions Remain Hard to Reconcile as Grain Ships Keep Taking Fire
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said Russia and Ukraine have answered Ankara's draft memorandum on civilian Black Sea shipping, but…
CENTCOM Says One Billion Barrels Crossed Hormuz as AIS Still Shows Four-Ship Days
CENTCOM said more than one billion barrels of Gulf crude moved through Hormuz under coordinated protection, while Kpler still shows…
Joint War Committee Lists Almost the Entire Black Sea as War-Risk Area
Reuters reported on Thursday, 18 September 2026, that London’s marine insurance market has widened the Black Sea area it treats…
VLCC China Earnings Top $1.2 Million a Day as Hormuz Shuttles Absorb Extra Hulls
The Baltic Exchange’s weekly tanker wrap dated 18 September 2026 put the standard VLCC on TD3C, the 270,000-tonne Middle East…
UN Secretary-General Says Conflicts Are Infringing Navigation as World Maritime Day Falls on 24 September
The IMO has posted António Guterres’s World Maritime Day 2026 message, warning that conflicts are infringing navigational rights and threatening…
Russia Claims Geran Hits on an Odesa-Bound Cargo Ship and a Port Tanker as Hulls Stay Unnamed
Interfax reported on Saturday that Russia’s Defence Ministry said Geran-4 Seeker UAVs had struck a dry-cargo ship inbound to Odesa…
