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
A ruling by Panama’s Supreme Court has upended decades-old port concessions held by a conglomerate linked to Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing, forcing a reset of control over two strategic terminals at
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Panama’s Supreme Court has ruled that a Hong Kong–based company’s long-standing contract to operate key ports at the Panama Canal violated the country’s constitution and did not serve the public interest, dealing
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Chief Executive Vincent Clerc said ethanol, primarily produced in the United States and Brazil, could diversify supply chains and distribute the economic “upside” of decarbonisation more evenly across nations. “If all the
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A sweeping set of amendments to key International Maritime Organization (IMO) treaties and codes came into force on January 1, 2026, introducing new safety measures, environmental protections, and training requirements for seafarers
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The Port of Colombo recorded its highest-ever annual container throughput in 2025, handling 8,291,178 TEUs and setting a new benchmark in its operational history. The achievement builds on a strong performance in
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Venezuela’s current political crisis revolves around allegations of ties between the Maduro government and criminal or terrorist networks, and claims that Nicolás Maduro’s 2024 re-election was fraudulent. According to reporting by El
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Oil tanker loading in Venezuela fell sharply on Monday, with most vessels shifting cargoes only between domestic ports, after the United States moved against additional ships linked to Venezuelan crude exports and
More Danish shipping company Maersk said on Friday that one of its vessels has successfully navigated the Red Sea and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait for the first time in nearly two years, though
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Businessman Murtaza Lakhani has strongly denied allegations underpinning recent sanctions imposed on him by the European Union and the United Kingdom, describing the measures as “unfounded, unfair and politically motivated.” In a
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Iran announced on Saturday that it had seized a foreign oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman suspected of carrying smuggled fuel, according to the semi-official Fars news agency. Mojtaba Ghahremani, chief
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