KUALA LUMPUR: The long-awaited Electric Train Service (ETS) connecting Johor Baru and Kuala Lumpur will begin operations on Dec 12, Malaysian Transport Minister Anthony Loke announced on Saturday (Nov 22). Initial operations will focus primarily on...
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...
New drone strikes on drug smuggling boats have not been holding back the Coast Guard’s performance in daily cocaine seizures, according to a top USCG commander for the region. If anything, the numbers have been going up, as demonstrated by the new record set by...
A U.S.-bound cargo barge being towed by a U.S. tug reported that it was taking on water north of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, while traveling along the Inside Passage. Officials said that the vessels were moved into a more secure location and that the...
