After briefly transmitting AIS data for three days, Iran’s tanker fleet has reverted to dark operations, highlighting continued sanctions evasion and global monitoring challenges.
Greece, home to one of the world’s largest shipping fleets, is urging the IMO to adopt a decarbonisation framework that is both fair and realistic, following next year’s delay of the Net-Zero Framework vote.
Panama has unveiled an US $8.5 billion schedule to strengthen the canal’s resilience, expand water capacity, and modernise infrastructure amid growing global trade and climate challenges.
Pacific Basin Shipping will move its strategic headquarters to Singapore to mitigate U.S.–China port fee exposure and reflag part of its fleet.
Russia and China signed a non-binding MoU to jointly develop Arctic shipping via the Northern Sea Route, reinforcing strategic cooperation while maintaining flexibility.
NorthStandard appoints Michael Hustler as Head of Asia-Pacific to strengthen its leadership and growth strategy across the region.
The International Transport Workers’ Federation has launched an independent investigation into allegations of a sexist “boys club” culture and workplace misconduct within the organisation.
IMO legal expert Sinem Ogis Ph.D. interprets the organisation’s one-year postponement of the Net-Zero Framework adoption as a procedural adjustment, not a policy retreat.
The European Union is advancing a novel maritime declaration aimed at enabling coordinated inspections of Russia’s “shadow fleet” of oil tankers, part of a broader push to tighten sanctions enforcement and cut off Russian war-financing revenue.
