The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has released the 2025-2026 Flag State Performance Table, continuing an over 20-year practice of providing an objective, data driven assessment of performance based on criteria such as Port State Control statistics and ratification of International Maritime Organization (IMO) and International Labour Organization (ILO) Conventions. The latest Flag State Performance Continue Reading…
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Guinea’s Giant Iron Ore Mine Begins Loading its First Shipment
The largest new iron ore mining project in years, Simandou, has just dispatched its first ore shipment. Simandou is a massive integrated mining, rail and seaport venture carried out by an international consortium, and is the biggest project of its kind ever built in Africa. It will handle up to 120 million tonnes of Continue Reading…
Sea Legend’s New China-Europe Arctic Shipping Service Draws Scrutiny
Chinese shipping startup Sea Legend is attracting attention with a new route to Europe via the Northern Sea Route, the Arctic shipping lane passing north of Siberia. The new NSR service, dubbed “China-Europe Arctic Express,” consists of a 25-year-old Panamax boxship dubbed… __ Excerpt curated from The Maritime Executive website. Click / Tap here to read the Continue Reading…
Ørsted And States File Lawsuits To Stop Trump’s Attack On Offshore Wind
The showdown between the Trump administration and the offshore wind industry is heading to U.S. District Court as the administration continues to step up its assault on the industry. Ørsted, developer of Revolution Wind, filed suit Thursday morning, September 4, in the District of Columbia, and shortly thereafter after Connecticut and Rhode Island also filed Continue Reading…
Italian Dockers To Halt Israel-Bound Cargo If Gaza Aid Is Blocked
One of Italy’s longshore union has threatened to shut down all outbound cargo shipments to Israel if the latest planned protest flotilla to Gaza gets stopped by the Israeli Navy’s decades-long blockade. All seven previous seaborne aid attempts have been interdicted, most by Israeli commandos in international waters. The new flotilla is the fourth so Continue Reading…
Cruise Industry Sues Hawaii Saying ‘Green Fee’ is Unconstitutional
The cruise industry has taken the unusual step of filing a lawsuit seeking to enjoin the enforcement of a new Hawaiian law that they claim is unconstitutional and will impose unreasonable fees on cruise ships docking in the state. At issue is a new law known as the “Green Fee” enacted in Hawaii in May, Continue Reading…
Germany and Sweden Join in Crackdown on Shadow Fleet Vessels in Baltic
The efforts to identify and crack down on shadow fleet vessels breaking maritime regulations are increasing with Germany announcing that along with Sweden it will begin asking passing vessels about insurance coverage. It is joining with other Baltic and Scandinavian countries and the European Union, which have all… —– Excerpt curated from The Maritime Executive Continue Reading…
U.S. Cracks Down on Iran’s Oil Marketing Network in Hong Kong
After cracking down on the “shadow fleet” of gray-market tankers that serve Iran’s oil exporters, the U.S. Treasury is now taking aim at the financiers that help Iranian oil traders move money. It has designated 22 different entities for violating U.S. sanctions on… Excerpt curated from The Maritime Executive website. Click / Tap here to read Continue Reading…
Port Of Corpus Christi Customers Close 2024 With Record Numbers
The Port of Corpus Christi and its customers moved 206.5 million tons through the Corpus Christi Ship Channel in 2024, a new high mark driven by increases in crude oil and dry bulk commodities, including agricultural products. Read more on the Bic Magazine website.
Activists Demand Spain Stop Port Calls of Maersk Line Ships Carrying Arms
The continuing effort by activist groups to interrupt the shipment of military supplies to Israel took a new turn as an activist group demanded that Spain stop permitting port calls for Maersk Line, Limited ships. The groups calling themselves Progressive International and the Palestinian Youth Movement pointed to at least 25 shipments that were aboard Continue Reading…