The U.S. issued a MARAD advisory urging U.S.-flagged ships in the Strait of Hormuz and Gulf of Oman to keep clear of Iranian waters, keep AIS on, and follow incident procedures.
Russia has warned the UK against joining European efforts to stop and inspect “shadow fleet” tankers carrying Russian crude, as London weighs joint enforcement with EU partners in nearby waters.
France’s OCEA plans its first Asian production base in the Philippines to build 35 m aluminium patrol cutters for the Philippine Coast Guard under a France-backed sovereign loan package.
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.
Nine crew abducted from CGas Saturn in the Gulf of Guinea on 3 December have been released and are being repatriated, Christiania Gas said.
Reports citing Spain’s La Verdad say investigators suspect Ursa Major carried undeclared VM-4SG reactor hulls allegedly bound for North Korea before it sank off Cartagena in December 2024.
Russian strikes in late December damaged vessels, grain facilities and energy infrastructure in Ukraine’s Odesa region, causing fires and power outages.
Swedish customs officers have boarded the sanctioned Russian freighter Adler in Swedish waters after an engine failure, inspecting its cargo as EU- and US-sanctioned owner M Leasing LLC comes under scrutiny.
Ukraine says drones hit the Filanovsky rig in the Caspian Sea, halting output at a Lukoil-owned platform serving more than 20 oil and gas wells.
