Marine Hull
The latest marine hull and machinery related news and analysis.
- Long-term US blockade of Iran under discussion May 1, 2026President Trump and US oil firms held discussions on Tuesday April 28th about the domestic fuel supply implications of a long-term blockade of Iran’s ports. The news, published on Wednesday .....
- Another piracy incident off Somalia May 1, 2026In what is thought to be the fifth confirmed piracy incident in just over a week, a tanker 500nm out to sea has reported being approached by a suspected pirate action group, which the vessel ....
- Ukrainian Navy hits sanctioned tanker with USVs May 1, 2026The Ukrainian Navy attacked chemical / oil products tanker Marquise (IMO 9315745) on April 29th in the Black Sea, using two unmanned surface vessels (USVs). At the time the Marquise was .....
- Syndicate Results 2025 No. 27: IQUW May 1, 2026The Lloyd’s syndicates have now published their results for 2025 and, in some cases, added detail and an outlook for 2026. Some have stuck to the bare bones. As in the previous few years ....
- Marine round-up : 1st May 2026 May 1, 2026West-to-east transits continued to dominate Strait of Hormuz activity on April 29th, reported Kpler. All 12 analyst-verified crossings moved from west to east, with no return traffic observed ....
- Trawler wreck off Irish coast becomes major disassembly operation April 30, 2026Efforts to remove the trawler Fastnet (IMO 9244465) from the rocks at Bínn Bán near Dingle have turned into a major wreck-disassembly operation because the severity of the damage suffered ....
- Wreck of Arctic Metagaz is drifting out of control, Libya warns April 30, 2026Nearly two months after the Russian LNG carrier Arctic Metagaz (IMO:9243148) was ripped apart in the eastern Mediterranean by an explosion likely caused by a Ukrainian drone attack (although .....
- Marine round-up : 30th April 2026 April 30, 2026The Turkish Directorate General of Coastal Safety (KEGM) reported on April 26th that container ship Med Beykoz (IMO 9064748) experienced a machine failure off Akbaş in front of the .....
- Skuld warns on contaminated marine fuels April 29, 2026Norway-based marine insurer and Group Club Skuld has warned members that recently it had seen several vessels reporting bunkered fuel that, while on-spec as per ISO 8217 parameters ....
- Three crew injured after Iranian warning fire at tanker: reports April 29, 2026Three crew members of chemical / oil products tanker Chiron 7 (IMO 9127291) were reported by Indian media to have been injured after being intercepted by the Iranian Coast Guard, which ....