Bad weather halts berthing 19 Feb 2026, Ceyhan, TürkiyeBerthing operations in Ceyhan have today (19 February) been suspended due to adverse weather conditions.READ MORE Ramadan working hours19 Feb 2026, Sitra,…
Tighter permit & tracking requirements for arriving vessels30 Jan 2026, YemenThe Yemeni Ministry of Transport has released a circular outlining new mandatory procedures for all vessels calling at the country’s…
Further to our 16th of August comment… When we entitled this series of comments Death of Diplomacy we intended this as a metaphorical rebuke to wayward governments. This week the…
Use of exhaust gas cleaning systems in Australian waters26 Aug 2025, AustraliaThe Australian Maritime Safety Authority has issued guidance on using an exhaust gas cleaning system to meet the fuel…
Brief Update No 25/14 Date: 25 June 2025 STATEMENT This document has been approved for distribution by Sea Guardian S.G Ltd / Operations Department. The provided Intel and Information…
Pilots’ strike called off29 May 2025, Kolkata/Haldia, IndiaThe marine pilots’ strike at Kolkata/Haldia has been called off.READ MORE Ports declared safe29 May 2025, Hodeidah & Salif, YemenThe Yemen Red Sea…
APRIL 25, 2025CIRCULAR NO. 14/25TO MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION Dear Member: SANCTIONS UPDATE – YEMEN TRADING AND SUPPORT FOR THE HOUTHI TERRORIST NETWORK This Circular provides information in conjunction with…
Brief Update No 25/10 Date: 19 Mar 2025 STATEMENT This document has been approved for distribution by Sea Guardian S.G. Ltd / Operations Department. The provided Intel and information…
Brief Update No 25/02 Date: 23 – Jan – 2025 STATEMENT This document has been approved for distribution by Sea Guardian S.G. Ltd / Operations Department. The provided…
IMO Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez issued the following statement: “It is deeply saddening to follow the horrific reports of the casualties on the merchant vessel True Confidence, following an attack on the…
Introduction As we enter in to the third month of escalating conflict in Yemen this has prompted significant rerouting of vessels with far-reaching consequences for global trade and transport and…
John Faraclas of www.allaboutshipping.co.uk appeared again on the multi-facet issue of the Red Sea on Vergina TV’s Athens studio live from London with Stergios Kalogiros moderating the panel with two…
Oslo, Norway, 12 January 2024 Missile strikes by the US and UK against Houthi militia in Yemen has brought heightened tensions across the region with disruption to ocean freight shipping…
Red Sea crisis risks pushing up prices and threatens wider escalation of conflict Susannah Streeter, head of money and markets, Hargreaves Lansdown: ‘’Inflationary risks are front and centre again, as…
Visa-on-Arrival extended 03 Oct 2022, IndonesiaThe Indonesian Government has extended Visa-on-Arrival (VOA) to nationals of 14 more countries. Read more » Sana’a Government instructs agents not to accept or attend oil/gas…
IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim has urged support for a UN-coordinated plan to address the oil spill risks from teh FSO SAFER, moored off Yemen. The plan calls for installing a…
FSO SAFER – Contingency Planning Workshops in Yemen As part of United Nations-coordinated efforts to address the risk of an oil spill from the FSO SAFER moored off the coast of Yemen,…
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