9+ hour, 31+ min ago   (290+ words) The death toll from a ferry fire in the Philippines has risen to 76 after the coast guard recovered 41 more bodies from the wreckage of the vessel. The MV June Aster caught fire last Wednesday as it approached the tourist destination…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (335+ words) A cargo ship has sunk after colliding with another vessel in the Marmara Sea off Istanbul, with all 10 crew members on board missing, Turkish authorities said. The collision occurred at about 3am local time (00:00 GMT) on Wednesday, more than 20 miles (32 kilometres)…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (273+ words) Two Filipino seafarers have been killed in an Iranian attack on a Saudi-owned vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, the Philippine Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday, adding to the mounting human toll from attacks on commercial shipping in the strategic…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (313+ words) Two supertankers carrying Saudi crude were struck by unknown projectiles within minutes of each other while sailing out of the Strait of Hormuz late on Monday, in the latest escalation of threats to shipping through the strategic waterway. The near-simultaneous…...

2+ week, 9+ hour ago   (419+ words) At least eight people have died after a ferry carrying nearly 270 passengers and crew capsized off the coast of northern Cyprus on Sunday, Turkish media reported. Turkish Cypriot Prime Minister, Unal Ustel, told Turkish state broadcaster TRT that 237 people had…...

2+ week, 8+ hour ago   (155+ words) The Nigerian Navy and its Portuguese counterpart have launched a five-day joint maritime exercise to strengthen security and interoperability in the Gulf of Guinea. Codenamed Exercise Coastal Grip II, the drills began on Friday at the Nigerian Navy Ship BEECROFT…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (350+ words) The Trump administration has launched a sweeping new economic offensive against Iran, expanding the threat of secondary sanctions to the shipping sector and targeting nearly 60 companies, individuals and vessels accused of helping move Iranian oil. Dubbed “Operation Economic Outcast” by…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (162+ words) UK authorities have seized 2.9 tonnes of cocaine worth an estimated £232 million at London Gateway Port in Essex as part of a National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation. The shipment was discovered last Thursday after Border Force officers acted on intelligence supplied…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (237+ words) The death toll from a ferry disaster on Zimbabwe’s Lake Kariba has risen to 95, making it the country’s deadliest transport disaster, according to local media reports. The ferry, which had a capacity of 90 passengers, is believed to have been carrying…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (310+ words) A cargo ship has been declared a constructive total loss after being struck by multiple unknown projectiles off Yemen, in the latest attack to further raise tensions in the southern Red Sea. UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said on Tuesday…...