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 co...
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 o...
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 e...
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 Sham...
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 gro...
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 mou...
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 mariti...
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 tight...
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?...
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 m...
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