French carrier CMA CGM will keep three services on the longer route around Africa instead of using the Suez Canal, even as Maersk returns to the Red Sea and markets weigh capacity and freight-rate impacts.
U.S. Coast Guard heavy icebreaker Polar Star marks 50 years of service on its latest Operation Deep Freeze deployment, cutting channels through Antarctic ice for supply ships.
Italian financial police in Brindisi seized a Tuvalu-flagged bulk carrier loaded with black metal after uncovering a concealed Novorossiysk call, an AIS blackout and suspected falsified voyage documents.
Digital routing platform Syroco Live is now deployed across 16 LNG carriers operated by Knutsen LNG France, after a staged rollout showed it could support safe, efficient voyages under varied charter requirements.
Ukraine carried out drone strikes on three Russian Lukoil oil platforms in the Caspian Sea and also hit an air defence system and logistics sites, as both sides report further attacks on energy infrastructure.
MPA opens applications for more LNG bunkering licences in Singapore, expanding scope to sea-based reloading and lower-lifecycle fuels, with LBV and methane-slip measures assessed.
With security conditions improving in the Red Sea, Maersk has run a second test voyage via Bab el-Mandeb on its MECL service, while CMA CGM is so far the only carrier to restore a full INDAMEX loop through Suez.
U.S. forces boarded tanker Olina in the Caribbean on 9 January 2026, extending a run of seizures linked to sanctions enforcement and alleged “ghost fleet” operations.
U.S. authorities seized tanker Olina near Trinidad on 9 January 2026, the fifth recent action tied to Venezuela sanctions enforcement and deceptive flag tactics.
