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
Yemen’s Houthi movement has declared it will limit its attacks on international shipping off the coast of Yemen, marking a partial de-escalation in the Red Sea region. According to a report by
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The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has unveiled its agenda for 2025, focusing on significant challenges facing the global maritime sector. Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez, speaking at a news conference on January 14, stressed
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A groundbreaking new approach from Lancaster University harnesses artificial intelligence (AI) to detect icebergs and floating ice, boasting an impressive 94% success rate. This new AI-powered system is designed to tackle a
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Lars Barstad, CEO of Frontline, the world’s largest publicly listed oil tanker operator, has issued a stark warning about the growing threat posed by unregulated “dark fleet” vessels. Speaking to the Financial
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A tugboat, the Navimar 3, has been anchored off Kutubdia Island, situated thirty-three nautical miles south of Chittagong, Bangladesh, since March of last year. Its crew of seven, including an Indian engineer
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The following excerpts are based on a speech by the author as the Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Pakistan during an event held in Islamabad. I was trained at the Pakistan Navy
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This article is based on the piece written by Mike Schuler, editor of gCaptain.com The past year has been marked by an unprecedented wave of maritime violence in the Red Sea and
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In a statement, Bandu Ranga Kariyawasam, Director of the Human & Environmental Resources Development Foundation (HERD), sounded the alarm over Sri Lanka’s increasingly precarious position between India and China. He cautioned that
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