Oil Tankers Queuing to Transit Turkish Straits Face More Delays December 6, 2022 By Can Sezer and Jonathan Saul ISTANBUL –– At least 20 oil tankers queuing off Turkey to cross from Russia’s Black Sea ports to the Mediterranean...
Viewpoint: Unseaworthy Vessels One Reason Containers are Lost at Sea November 28, 2022 By Glenn Mathias The World Shipping Council reported that for 2020-2021, the two-year average annual loss of containers overboard was 3,113 units. That...
Carriers Feeling Cheery About on-Time Holiday Deliveries November 22, 2022 By David Sharp The nation’s major shipping companies are in the best shape to get holiday shoppers’ packages delivered on time since the...
Official Says Oil Tanker Hit by Bomb-Carrying Drone off Oman November 17, 2022 By Jon Gambrell DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An oil tanker associated with an Israeli billionaire has been struck by a bomb-carrying...
Russian Oil Cap Doubts Spur Insurer Fears of Ships Left at Sea November 10, 2022 LONDON/BRUSSELS —Oil-laden tankers risk being left languishing at sea if insurers do not urgently get clarity on an unfinished G7...
Ships Sail from Ukraine Despite Russia Suspending Grain Deal November 2, 2022 By Courtney Bonnell LONDON (AP) — Ships loaded with grain departed Ukraine on Tuesday despite Russia suspending its participation in a U.N.-brokered deal...
Worst-Ever Storm to Hit South Korea Threatens Catastrophic Damage September 2, 2022 By Heesu Lee South Korea is bracing for the strongest storm in the nation’s history with Super Typhoon Hinnamnor forecast to hammer its...
Ascot, Marsh Insure Grain Ship from Ukraine’s Black Sea Ports August 23, 2022 By Noor Zainab Hussain Broker Marsh and Lloyd’s of London insurer Ascot said on Tuesday they have provided coverage for a vessel carrying grain...
Germany’s Rhine Water too Low Even for Some Empty Vessels August 19, 2022 BERLIN –– Water levels on Germany’s Rhine river are so low that some vessels cannot sail even when empty, a...
Russia, Ukraine Agree to Protect Ukraine Grain Shipping Channel August 10, 2022 By Jonathan Saul and Michelle Nichols LONDON/NEW YORK —Ships exporting Ukraine grain through the Black Sea will be protected by a 10 nautical mile buffer zone,...