The European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) is calling for urgent action to combat the rise of so-called “shadow fleets,” which continue to operate outside international norms, undermining basic worker protections,…
THREAT & RISK ASSESSMENT BRIEF UPDATE Brief Update No 24/006 Date: 30 – Oct – 2024 STATEMENT This document has been approved for distribution by Sea Guardian S.G.…
Brief Update No 24/005 STATEMENT This document has been approved for distribution by Sea Guardian S.G. Ltd / Operations Department. The provided Intel and information derive from open…
IAPH joins calls by ICS for the immediate release of the seafarers and the ship Following the seizure which took place earlier today in the Arabian Gulf, the International Association…
In continuation of previous live appearances over the last three years on the issue of the two ranging wars in the Black Sea and Middle East …”coupled” with the forthcoming…
Viewers can find attached here below the European Maritime Awareness in the Strait of Hormuz (EMASoH) Information Bulletin edition April 2023: Look forward to your comments
Good Morning Monaco Wednesday, April 12, 2023 AS Monaco star handed suspended sentence for tax evasion AS Monaco team captain Wissam Ben Yedder has made headlines for different reasons, as the star…
Commentary from George Delaney, Cargo Valuation Analyst at VesselsValue. The auction of Russian billionaire Dmitry Pumpyansky’s sanctioned vessel, Axioma (LOA 72m, July 2013, Dunya Yachts) is the first such publicly forced…
Oligarch’s yacht seized in Port Hercule Good Morning Monaco Friday, March 4, 2022 Oligarch’s yacht seized in Port Hercule The war in Ukraine had a direct impact in Monaco on…
Suez Canal blockage raises many questions about future claims modelling, says NI webinar The Ever Given case is another reminder of the fragility of global supply chains and the importance…
ICS Launches New Edition of Leading Industry Guidelines on Combatting Drug Trafficking Criminal gangs are increasingly exploiting merchant shipping to traffic large volumes of illicit drugs to markets worldwide. Nearly…
IMO urges action to deter piracy in Gulf of Guinea Implementation of Best Management Practices on ships as well as good coordination onshore can help deter and resolve attacks on ships. IMO…
Pirates are kidnapping more seafarers off West Africa, IMB reports London and Kuala Lumpur – 14 October 2020 ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) figures show a rise in piracy…
Latest News from Human Rights at Sea: Concerns raised over location of MV Gulf Sky and its 22 Indian crew London. UK. / Fairhaven. MA. USA. Human Rights at Sea and the…
Charity says tanker release is good news but remains concerned about other ships. Media have reported that the detained tanker Stena Impero has finally been allowed to sail and this…
Charity optimistic that Gibraltar tanker release is hopeful news for Stena Impero seafarers Following media reports of the Gibraltar court decision to drop charges against some of the Grace 1…
Guidance on Abduction of Crew in the Sulu-Celebes Seas and Waters off Eastern Sabah The ReCAAP ISC has produced the “Guidance on Abduction of Crew in the Sulu-Celebes Seas and…
The BDI@657; Capes and Panamaxes fall… Panamaxes “join” Capes in pulling down the BDI@657 The BDI (Baltic Dry Index) was down seven points; Geopolitics remain dodgy and perplexed. John Faraclas’…
London and Kuala Lumpur, 16 January 2019 – Piracy increased on the world’s seas in 2018, with a marked rise in attacks against ships and crews around West Africa, the International Chamber…
London and Kuala Lumpur, 24 July 2018 – The second quarterly report from the ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) shows that all 2018 crew kidnappings have so far occurred in…
Using reliable information appropriately coming from one of its patrolling aircrafts, the Hellenic Harbour Corps/Hellenic Coast Guard located in the early hours of yesterday, a large quantity of contraband cigarettes…
UAVs and their detection – Transport Security Expo will address all the implications 2-3 December 2015 / Olympia London 29 October 2015 – The recent growth in the number of UAVs – from…
Arrest of the SAM HAWK: vessel arrest based on a US law maritime lien in a bunker trader’s contract terms upheld in Australia In a recent decision of the Federal…
A small freighter, the “Grot-Yug” under the Sao Tome flag was arrested in the early hours yesterday in Crete and her six member crew too for smuggling cigarettes. The vessel…
In the shadow of alarming global statistics showing a continual increase in the number of piracy and armed robbery attacks against merchant ships, an international gathering of key maritime stakeholders discussed the…