In a tense, fiercely fought election, the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) on November 28, elected its council for the next biennial term for 2026-27. The Council is the Executive Organ of IMO and is responsible, under the Assembly, for supervising the work...
Salvors have completed the delicate task of deconstructing and removing the debris of a World War II-era wooden hull tugboat that sank at the Bremerton Marina in Washington. The historic tug Dominion, a 130-foot vessel that was built in 1944, sank in September,...
Executive Teaser • Transport reliability will emerge when the transport trinity – cargo owners, transport operators, and nodes – acts as one operating unit. • By managing time, risk, and asset integrity as shared assets,...
It appears the Trump administration is further tightening its pressure on Venezuela, using one of the destroyers deployed to the Caribbean to spook a sanctioned shadow tanker from approaching Venezuela. Using tracking data, Bloomberg reports the sanctioned tanker...
Maritime investigators are yet again highlighting the dangers associated with free-fall lifeboats on commercial vessels after an inadvertent release sent a lifeboat flying into the water and caused serious injuries to a crewmember. The Transportation Safety Board of...
On a visit earlier this month to the headquarters of the IRGC Navy’s 2nd Naval District in Bushehr, Deputy Chief of the Armed Forces Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi stated that the presence of Iranian naval forces on Iran’s maritime borders “instills such...
