Government News
U.S. Releases Additional Iranian Crewmembers to Pakistan for Repatriation
Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry reported that it has organized the repatriation of the Iranian crewmembers from the containership Tous...
Read More >>China’s Production Capacity for Green Fuels Reaches Eight Million Tons
As global shipping builds momentum for a net-zero emissions future, countries are increasingly investing in production of green fu...
Read More >>What Happens if Beijing Expands its Indo-Pacific Push?
[By Joe Keary, Raji Rajagopalan and Linus Cohen] Rather than gradually expanding its defense and security engagement across the In...
Read More >>Sanctions on Shamkhani Network Deal a Major Blow to the Dark Fleet
On April 15, the US Treasury announce a wide-ranging series of sanctions on the business empire of Mohammad Hossein Shamkhani, son...
Read More >>Sweden Boards and Detains Falsely-Flagged Tanker off Trelleborg
Sweden's coast guard has boarded and detained a Russia-facing shadow fleet tanker in the Baltic, the latest in a growing campaign...
Read More >>Exercise Balikatan Concludes Amidst South China Sea Tensions
This year’s Exercise Balikatan, which concluded last week, was the biggest ever such annual exercise mounted jointly by the Philip...
Read More >>Updated: A Hormuz War Summary for Mariners
The maritime community knows the Gulf well. But the current situation as it pertains to the Strait of Hormuz, the maritime focus o...
Read More >>US Tightens Economic Controls on Iran and Warns Shipping About Hormuz Tolls
In what it is calling “Economic Fury,” the U.S. Department of the Treasury is expanding a number of efforts to tighten the economi...
Read More >>U.S. Coast Guard Suspends Search for Missing Crew of Capsized Cargo Ship
The Coast Guard reports that after a diligent search failed to find any additional information, it has suspended its search for?th...
Read More >>Congress Approves DHS Bill, Ending Coast Guard's Desperate Cashflow Crunch
Following pressure from the White House, the U.S. House of Representatives has passed a Senate compromise bill to fund most of the...
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