Marine Hull
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- Houthis claim missile attack on “Saudi-linked” products tanker in Gulf of Aden August 7, 2026Houthi forces have said that they have hit a Saudi-linked chemical / oil products tanker, the Daisy (IMO 9516545), while it was passing through the Gulf of Aden ....
- Sailor killed in Russian strike, hull war rates rise in Black Sea August 7, 2026One sailor was killed and three others were injured in a Russian strike on the cargo vessel Mera Queen (IMO 9664108) in the Black Sea. The vessel was transporting ....
- SAR operations after Barima sinking are concluded August 7, 2026Search-and-rescue (SAR) operations following the sinking of the ferry Barima (IMO 5036896; built 1939) concluded on August 4th, two weeks after the accident during the night of ....
- Rains fall in Europe, but not enough to alleviate low river-levels August 7, 2026Parts of Europe had some rain this week, but it was neither sufficiently wide-ranging or persistent to raise river levels as high as would be needed to end draft restrictions .....
- Water levels fall in Panama Canal, draft limits tightened August 7, 2026It is not only in Europe that has seen a recent lack of rain. As the world awaits the winter implications of an unusually strong El Nino, for the moment it is a lack of ....
- Marine round-up : 7th August 2026 August 7, 2026Asphalt/bitumen tanker Havva Ana (IMO 9997385) caught fire while transiting the Canakkale Strait in Türkiye at 05:30 local time on August 5th. No injuries among the ....
- Houthis claim another tanker strike August 6, 2026The Yemen-based Houthi military group has claimed to have struck a tanker with a missile near the coast of Yanbu, the major Red Sea port for Saudi crude oil exports supplied ....
- US officials back plan for Iran & Oman to split control of Hormuz: report August 6, 2026The US government is willing to go along with an Iranian proposal to split control of the Strait of Hormuz with Oman, as a “temporary” measure needed to reopen the ....
- ADNOC LNG tanker makes it through Strait of Hormuz August 6, 2026An LNG tanker controlled by Abu Dhabi National Oil Co (ADNOC) reappeared outside the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, carrying a cargo loaded from Das Island, according ....
- Indian ship sunk near Yemeni waters August 6, 2026Indian-flagged mechanized sailing vessel Faize Noore Oliya (MMSI 419956572) sank in the Red Sea on August 4th after being struck by what appears to have been an ....