A ship sailing through the Strait of Hormuz has reported being harassed by several armed boats. The unnamed vessel was travelling 16 nautical miles (30 km) north of Oman when it was hailed on
ATHENS: Greece has warned its shipping fleet to review their security measures when sailing to Russian Black Sea ports after drone attacks on two Greek-operated tankers this week, according to shipping ministry advisories. Drones
YEMEN : Amid rising tensions in Yemen, Saudi Arabia carried out airstrikes on the port city of Mukalla on Tuesday, targeting a shipment of weapons reportedly destined for the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC),
After several years of relative calm, piracy activity off Somalia has flared again since late October, with coordinated pirate action groups operating far offshore in the Somali Basin and adjacent Indian Ocean. The most
KYIV : Russia attacked two Ukrainian ports on Friday, damaging three Turkish-owned vessels including a ship carrying food supplies, Ukrainian officials and one ship owner said, days after Moscow threatened to cut “Ukraine off
WASHINGTON : A U.S. special operations team in the Indian Ocean raided a ship headed to Iran from China last month and seized military-related articles, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing U.S.
LONDON: Two sanctioned oil tankers, the Kairos and the Virat, have caught fire in the Black Sea a few dozen nautical miles off the Turkish coast. Their crews are safe as the causes of
KO TARUTAO ISLAND : At least seven people have died after a boat carrying undocumented migrants sank near the border between Thailand and Malaysia. Thirteen people have been rescued but dozens are missing. Malaysian
GENEVA: Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) said it was no longer accepting bookings for Mali due to security issues and a shortage of fuel resulting from a blockade imposed by al Qaeda-linked militants. The two-month-old
SOMALIA : European Union naval forces have rescued 24 sailors from a Maltese-flagged oil tanker that was attacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia. The Hellas Aphrodite, carrying petrol from India to South