SHIPWRECKS hace 25 días

76 Dead as Philippine Ferry Fire Exposes Maritime Safety Crisis

The Philippine Coast Guard recovers 76 bodies from the burned-out ro/ro ferry June Aster, now aground off Palawan.

CONFLICTS hace 31 días

Panama Canal Cuts Daily Transits to 29: The Supply Chain Crisis Deepens

Draft restrictions tighten to 14.6 m as El Niño drains the canal’s reservoirs, squeezing 5% of global maritime trade.

PORTS hace 32 días

$5.3m transit fee: Panama Canal’s water crisis hits new low

Daily transits slashed to 32 ships as Gatun Lake hits 84.2 ft, down 4.6 ft since January.

CONFLICTS hace 34 días

Hormuz tanker war escalates as US strikes Iranian vessels

A laden VLCC sits abandoned off Oman after retaliatory strikes push the Strait of Hormuz into a tanker-for-tanker phase

HEADLINES hace 42 días

Black Sea Shipping Crisis: 12 Crew Rescued After Drone Strike

Romania’s President confirms probe into suspected drone attack on Progress IV, carrying sugar to Turkiye.

WORLD ECONOMY hace 47 días

4.3m TEU Stuck: Port Congestion Worse Than Covid Peak

Global port congestion hits record 4.3 million TEU of vessel capacity waiting to berth, surpassing Covid-19 bottlenecks.

HEADLINES hace 48 días

45 Ships Blacklisted: Owners Caught in Hormuz’s Sanctions Crossfire

Iran’s PGSA threatens fines and detention for vessels breaching its Strait of Hormuz transit rules.

CONTAINERS hace 48 días

Port Congestion Hits 4.3m TEU: Worse Than Covid-Era Chaos

Global port congestion removes 4.3 million TEU from circulation, surpassing the pandemic peak.

WORLD ECONOMY hace 54 días

Freight Tech: How a Crisis Forced Shipping to Digitise in Just 12 Months

The pandemic supply chain collapse compressed a 5-year adoption cycle into just 12 months.