The Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), Arsenio Dominguez, has urged immediate global cooperation to secure the release of 44 seafarers currently being held captive by pirates and armed robbers in
On March 1, 2026, Dalip Singh, a 25-year-old from a small village in Rajasthan, was working aboard the MV Skylight, a Palau-flagged tanker operating under Iran’s “shadow fleet.” Anchored five miles north
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The International Maritime Organization will convene an extraordinary meeting of its governing council later this month as concerns mount over the safety of commercial shipping and seafarers navigating one of the world’s
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Russia is reaping a major financial windfall from the recent surge in global oil prices, earning an estimated $150 million a day in additional revenue as geopolitical turmoil in the Middle East
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India faces a critical juncture as the US and Israel’s joint military action on Iran sends crude oil prices soaring and puts the country’s strategic trade and energy interests in jeopardy. The
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Even before any retaliatory action by the Houthis over the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, major shipping companies are already altering their routes in response to the growing conflict in
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Ports across the Gulf have been thrown into chaos as a series of missile and projectile attacks forced the suspension of operations in Dubai, Oman, and Bahrain, raising fears of a broader
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The world’s shipping industry is pressing ahead with massive investments in emissions-reducing technologies, shrugging off opposition from the Trump administration and other oil-exporting nations to a global carbon price. According to company
More India is preparing a strategy to continue operating Iran’s Chabahar port after the United States’ sanctions waiver expires in March, reflecting New Delhi’s attempt to preserve a key geopolitical and trade asset
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Pakistan’s trade deficit with nine neighbouring countries widened sharply in the first half of fiscal year 2025–2026, underscoring mounting challenges in its regional trade balance, with Sri Lanka among the countries seeing
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The chairman and chief executive of Dubai-based logistics giant DP World maintained a close relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and exchanged emails containing explicit references to sexual encounters, according to documents released by
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