Video: U.S. Kills Three as Attacks on Pacific Drug Smuggling Expand
Daily Briefing 24 October 2025
‘Furious’ officials consider legal action after Greece and Cyprus break EU unity at IMO
Role-based training a priority to combat maritime cyber risks
Maritime operations run on tight schedules and thin margins, and as ships, terminals and supply chains connect systems for visibility and efficiency, attackers gain paths to entry. Cyber risk has become an
Otto Candies acquires Harvey Gulf’s MPSVs
Otto Candies, LLC and Harvey Gulf International Marine have jointly announced that Otto Candies has acquired four Multi Purpose Support Vessels (MPSVs) from Harvey Gulf. Effective Thursday, October 23, 2025, all four
Trump Imposes “Tremendous” Russian Sanctions as EU Adopts New Package
FACTBOX | What’s covered in EU’s 19th Russia sanctions package
Transpetro set to make big entry into Brazil’s inland barge sector
Brazilian oil giant Petrobras’s Transpetro unit is expanding its logistics operations with the launch of its first public tender for the acquisition of vessels dedicated to inland navigation. By 2026, the company
HD KSOE’s nuclear powered box ship notches up another approval
The 15,000 TEU nuclear powered containership design first unveiled by HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE) at Core Power’s New Nuclear for Maritime Houston Summit back in February (see earlier
‘Tariffs and politics outweigh economics’ in soyabean skirmish
Sudden jump in cost of insuring suezmaxes
- Jotun’s SeaQuantum X200 verified to cut speed loss to just 1%
- Seaspan contracts Ideal Welders to fabricate polar icebreaker blocks
- Tanker values hold firm but have room for further rises
- London Club opens Shanghai office as clubs battle it out for China market share
- EU pledges two more years of Ukraine aid, unveils new Russia sanctions
- "One out, one back": Illegal migrant deported to France returns to Britain by boat
- Philippines embassy contacts US State Department over denial of entry for seafarers
- Samsung Heavy doubles operating profit by offshore project sales surge
- Pakistan Navy seizes narcotics worth $970m in the Arabian Sea
- Smoke forces evacuation from ferry in New Zealand's Hauraki Gulf

