The US Coast Guard published a notice of proposed rulemaking on Thursday, 1 October, that would take six training and…
Category: Maritime Security
UKMTO logs three more time-late Hormuz tanker attacks
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations centre issued three separate attack warnings on Wednesday, 30 September — 144-26, 145-26 and…
Satellite images confirm Saudi crude is loading again at Yanbu
Shipping-tracking firms and trade sources said this week that crude is again loading at Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea port of…
Egypt confirms Eureka crew released after Puntland pirates set the tanker on fire
Egypt’s foreign ministry announced on Wednesday, 30 September, that eight Egyptian sailors held aboard the Togo-flagged tanker M/T Eureka off…
El Gaia missing seafarers recovered dead as Middle East toll reaches 25
TradeWinds reported on Tuesday, 29 September, that the two seafarers missing from the Panama-flagged products tanker El Gaia after the…
UKMTO logs a time-late Hormuz hit on Kuwait tanker Al Funtas
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations centre issued Warning 143-26 on Tuesday, 29 September, after a third-party report that a…
Puntland frees Honour 25 after pirates kill five crew
Reuters reported from Mogadishu on Tuesday, 29 September, that security forces from Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland state had recovered the Palau-flagged…
Vietnam SAR takes an MSC Hermes III sailor ashore after suspected toxic-gas exposure
Vietnam’s maritime rescue centre landed an unconscious sailor from Liberia-flagged MSC HERMES III on 29 September after suspected toxic-gas exposure…
Indian Coast Guard berths Seagull 9 at Paradip after engine failure and ballast flooding
The Indian Coast Guard stabilised Belize-flagged MT SEAGULL 9 after a 27 September engine failure and ballast flooding off Paradip;…
Qatar-linked LNG tankers resume Hormuz transits as force majeure still runs into November
Reuters in Singapore reported on Monday, 28 September, that more QatarEnergy-linked liquefied natural gas vessels, laden and in ballast, have…
