The Maritime Anti-Corruption Network (MACN) has launched a three-year initiative aimed at tightening integrity standards across maritime supply chains in Indonesia, Malaysia and Germany. The programme ...

South Korea’s Hanwha Group has secured approval to lift its stake in Austal to 19.9%, becoming the Australian defence shipbuilder’s largest shareholder in a move expected to reshape naval-industry ...

Japan’s Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has ordered a new car carrier outfitted with an advanced autonomous navigation system from Shinkai Toyohashi Shipbuilding. The vessel, set for delivery in March 2026, ...

US forces seized the VLCC Skipper off Venezuela as the battle between Washington and Caracas intensified with the Trump administration suggesting other vessels could be hijacked, too. China’s ...

One of Russia’s two biggest oil producers Lukoil has stopped production on a platform on the Vladimir Filanovsky field after a strike by four Ukrainian aerial drones. According to media reports ...

Let’s stop treating warning signs at sea as just part of the job, writes Ronald Spithout, managing director of OneHealth by VIKAND. As the festive season approaches, many people look forward to rest, ...

Viridien, formerly CGG, has announced a new multi-client seismic reimaging program over Angola’s highly prospective offshore block 22 to support the country’s upcoming licensing round. The 4,300 sq km ...

Belgian marine contractor DEME has secured a major role in Poland’s offshore wind expansion after winning three contracts covering foundation and cable installation work for the BC-Wind project in the ...

Egyptian offshore vessel player Maridive and Oil Services has clinched a long-term deal in Qatar, securing a 15-year contract to provide maintenance and production support services from the first ...

Emergency response services were put on alert in the English Channel after 18 containers fell overboard from Seatrade’s reefer containership Baltic Klipper during heavy weather on Saturday. Images of ...

Washington is gearing up for a wave of tanker seizures off Venezuela as the Trump administration revives and escalates sanctions enforcement against the country’s oil trade. A day after announcing the ...

US forces have seized a tanker widely believed to be the VLCC Skipper, after satellite evidence showed the 310,000 dwt vessel covertly loaded 1.1m barrels of sanctioned Venezuelan Merey crude at the ...