4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (150+ words) Lloyd's List Tung Chee-hwa, shipping scion turned Hong Kong's first leader, dies at 89 Tung, Hong Kong's first Chief Executive and former leader of OOCL, dies aged 89 From steering OOCL through a debt crisis to leading Hong Kong through the handover,…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (189+ words) Lloyd's List Key US ports vulnerable to Baltimore-style bridge collapse, coastguard warns - Bridge allision was assessed as the worst-case scenario for eight big ports, including LA/Long Beach and New York/New Jersey - Ports are not carrying out risk assessments…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (134+ words) Lloyd's List Charterers lawyer up for Asia shipping contract disputes - Shipowners advised to preserve evidence ahead of impending legal clashes Clyde & Co draws comparison between Strait of Hormuz crisis and 1956 Suez closure, which saw cases come to court many years…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (188+ words) Latest US strikes target Iranian mine capability and signal ‘tanker-for-tanker’ policy Lloyd's List Latest US strikes target Iranian mine capability and signal ‘tanker-for-tanker’ policy - US strikes targeted Iranian mine-laying capabilities and reportedly disabled two Iranian state-owned tankers - Axios reported Trump…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (200+ words) Lloyd's List Türkiye-backed rescue of hijacked cargoship marks new phase in Somali piracy threat - Turkish and Somali forces freed hijacked cargoship Lutuf after a 10-day operation that reportedly killed 14 suspected pirates - The attack undermines assumptions that armed guards alone are…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (196+ words) Lloyd's List Drone cages at sea: Why the Ukraine war is turning merchant ships into floating fortresses - A growing number of ships are sailing through the Black Sea with improvised anti-drone nets, cages and water-filled barriers modelled on battlefield defences…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (195+ words) Lloyd's List Another tanker struck in Strait of Hormuz as US-Iran tensions flare anew - A tanker was hit by an unknown projectile near Oman on August 29; no casualties were reported but the Strait of Hormuz remains at "severe" threat level…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (268+ words) WHILE attention remains fixed on Middle East tensions, events in the Black Sea are quietly constricting one of the world’s most important agricultural export corridors, amid the most dangerous maritime security situation since the Second World War. Russia and Ukraine…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (199+ words) Lloyd's List Pirates hijack sanctioned tanker in second Gulf of Aden attack this week - Six armed men boarded and seized control of products tanker Sibu 1 east of Mukalla, Yemen - AIS data showed the vessel broadcasting a distress message reading ‘PIRATE…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (195+ words) Lloyd's List Grain carriers under fire as Black Sea conflict continues to escalate - Ukraine strikes five grain bulkers near Novorossiysk and Tuapse in a major escalation against Russian export infrastructure - Owners’ appetite for Black Sea trades weakens as war risk…...