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- Three drones reported to have hit containership in Black Sea off Bulgaria October 29, 2026A containership identified by local media as the Contship Jet (IMO 9348625) was reported to have been struck by three drones off the Bulgarian coast in Black Sea on October 28th ....
- NTSB calls for new rules for uncrewed vessels after Lake Erie collision October 29, 2026The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued six recommendations to improve the perceptibility and safe operations of uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) following its ....
- Falvey Insurance expands cargo underwriting team October 29, 2026Falvey Insurance Group, which specializes in marine and cargo risks, has announced several changes to its senior leadership, cargo underwriting team and Board of ....
- Northern Sea Route transit cargo to nearly double this year, says Russia October 29, 2026Russia expects cargo transits along the Northern Sea Route (NSR) to more than double in 2026, with transit cargo exceeding 7m tonnes this year, according to Vladimir Panov, head of the ....
- Villa Vie Odyssey’s ‘endless’ world cruise stops in Cambodia amid financial difficulties October 29, 2026Fort Lauderdale-based Villa Vie Residences has had to suspend operations of residential cruise ship Villa Vie Odyssey (IMO 9000699) because the increase in fuel costs has made the business ....
- Iranian strait authority says Sinokor vessels will face legal action October 29, 2026In a somewhat odd announcement, Iran’s Persian Gulf Strait Authority, already designated by the US as a subsidiary of the IRGC under OFAC’s counter-terrorism authorities, has singled out ....
- Fugro wins contract to clear any unexploded munitions along North Sea cable routes October 29, 2026Netherlands-based survey specialist Fugro has won a contract from German transmission system operator 50Hertz to survey and clear unexploded ordnance along the routes of two offshore ....
- Ketamine joins cocaine in list of high-value smuggling operations October 29, 2026Over the past-few years the high-profile at-sea drug-seizure cases have tended to involve cocaine rather than heroin, marijuana or methamphetamine. Drug smugglers go for the highest ....
- Strike threatens eight Los Angeles, Long Beach Port Terminals October 29, 2026It has been a few years since labour disputes in US ports threatened to close down a large part of the country’s sea-based imports and exports, but a labour dispute involving ....
- Marine round-up : 29th October 2026 October 29, 2026General cargo ship Lira (IMO 8516744) has been banned from European ports after failing to call at a repair yard as agreed. Paris MoU said that the vessel would not be allowed ....