Kremlin official says Russian navy to stop West’s seizure of merchant ships
Russian official says Western powers seizing sanctioned vessels carrying Moscow’s oil commit ‘piracy-like attacks’.
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Rogue tankers off Singapore: What are shadow fleets and who uses them?
Ageing ships flying false flags are used to avoid Western sanctions on Russian, Iranian and Venezuelan oil.
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Tracking rogue tankers carrying sanctioned oil near Singapore
Singapore has reported a rise in rogue tankers carrying sanctioned cargo through its shipping lanes.
Published On 17 Dec 2025
‘No work’: India’s Alang, the world’s largest graveyard of ships, is dying
The Gujarati town accounts for nearly 98 percent of India’s total and about a third of the global ship recycling volume.
Russia damages Turkish-owned vessels in attacks on two Ukrainian ports
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the Russian attacks ‘had no … military purpose whatsoever’.
Single faulty wire led cargo ship to crash into Baltimore bridge: Report
Investigators say faulty wiring and two blackouts led the ship’s pilots to lose control of propulsion and steering.
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Yemen’s Houthis appear to pull back from Red Sea shipping attacks
The Houthis’ maritime campaign has killed at least nine mariners and seen four ships sunk.
EU naval force secures tanker after pirate attack off coast of Somalia
Operation Atalanta says entire crew of 24 people on the Hellas Aphrodite is safe and no injuries reported.
EU naval force says tanker freed from pirates off coast of Somalia
A Malta-flagged tanker heading from Sikka, India, to Durban, South Africa, was targeted by suspected Somali pirates.
US, Australia sign rare earth, mineral agreement as China tightens supply
US President Donald Trump said the deal had been negotiated over the last four to five months.
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LNG tanker on fire off Yemen coast after explosion
Cameroon-flagged MV Falcon issues distress call about 60 nautical miles (110km) south of Yemen’s Ahwar in Gulf of Aden.
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