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Oil Tanker Affinity-V gets Stuck at Suez Canal for Five Hours
Singaporean-flagged Affinity V vessel got stuck in shallow water on Wednesday at around 7.15 p.m. local time. The oil tanker blocked traffic in the global waterway for around 5 hours.
Iran Busted Trying To Steal U.S. Navy Sea Drone
The U.S. Navy has taken back one its unmanned surface vessel drones that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) had captured and tried to confiscate in the Arabian Gulf.
Starlink And Royal Caribbean Sign High-Speed Internet Deal
The Starlink service, which will be installed aboard all Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises, and Silversea Cruises ships as well as all newbuild boats, will be accessible to both guests and crew from anywhere in the world, according to Royal Caribbean. That amounts to around 64 ships overall and ten new builds.
Black Sea Grain Corridor moved 1.5 million tonnes of Food in First Month
One tiny but significant portion of the 1.5 million tonnes of grain supplied from Ukraine utilizing the new Black Sea channel was delivered by the bulk carrier Brave Commander on Tuesday when it berthed at the port of Djibouti.
The Great Lakes are Overflowed With Grain This Year
Between March 22 and the end of July this year, the St. Lawrence Seaway moved 514,000 tones of grain out of the Great Lakes. Comparing this to the same time last year, there has been a 37% increase.
Bulk Carrier Struck Offshore Platform Missing from NOAA Navigation Charts, NTSB Finds
The National Transportation Safety Board stated on Tuesday that the collision between a bulk carrier and an oil and gas platform in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana last year could be attributed to ineffective resource management for bridges.
Bar Harbor Adopts Limits on Cruise Ships to Reduce Overcrowding
The town council in Bar Harbor, Marine has adopted a plan that will both shorten the season for cruise ships and in some cases reduce by up to a third the number of daily cruise visitors in the popular destination.
Princess Cruises Cancels 11 Trips Citing Labor Shortages
Princess Cruises, a division of Carnival Corp., has postponed 11 voyages on board the Diamond Princess due to staffing concerns, which have been prevalent in the cruise business this year.
Fire at Cuban Petroleum Terminal – All Updates
Cuba has reached out to its neighbors for help in fighting a massive tank fire at the Matanzas petroleum complex, which has killed at least one person and left 17 missing.
Russia Finds a New Route to Oil Market Via a Tiny Egyptian Port
Russia appears to have found a new means of getting its oil to market with western sanctions looming for Moscow.
White paper finds more than 40% of Southeast Asia’s shipping pollution linked to Singapore bunker sales
Washington-based independent nonprofit organisation the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), has published a white paper on greenhouse gas (GHG) air and water pollution linked to marine fuel sales at the Port of Singapore.
Adani Ports Acquires Israel Port for $1.2 Billion
India’s Adani Group along with local logistics group Gadot have sealed the winning $1.18bn bid to privatize the Israeli port of Haifa.