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[By Resolve Marine] Resolve Marine is pleased to announce the opening of its new office in Tokyo, Japan, marking a significant step in expanding its presence across Asia and reinforcing its commitment to the global maritime community. Originally launched in late 2025, the office in Japan has established firm roots where it continues to strengthen […]

A U.S. District Court Judge issued a preliminary injunction on Monday, February 2, for Sunrise Wind against the Trump administration’s December stop-work order. With today’s ruling, all five of the under-construction offshore wind farms have received permission to resume work despite the administration’s claims of new information about potential radar interference from the wind turbine […]

Officials of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) seized a large amount of unreported cash from a Chinese-owned bulker while it was in the port of Baltimore. While it is not a crime to have the cash aboard the ship, U.S. officials highlighted the reporting requirements while contending the captain of the ship had […]

The captain of the containership Single was convicted on Monday, February 2, of gross negligent manslaughter by a court in the UK for the death of a seafarer when the Single hit the anchored tanker Stena Immaculate. The case had gone to the jury on Friday, and they returned the verdict after approximately eight hours […]

The Port of Baltimore is witnessing a remarkable recovery after the devastating effects of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in March 2024, with container throughput returning to 2023 levels. Having witnessed its containerized business take a 41 percent nosedive in 2024 to roughly 740,000 TEU due to the Francis Scott Key Bridge disaster, Baltimore is seeing a […]

Unprecedented criticism over the growing numbers of illegal migrants crossing the English Channel using small boats has forced the UK Labor government to rethink strategy on how to deal with the menace, and one novel new solution centers on stopping the flow of engines and components. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer wants Beijing to stop supplying […]

The Offshore Charging Working Group, a broad coalition from across the offshore wind and maritime value chain, is working to address the remaining barriers to decarbonising offshore service operations through the electrification of service operation vessels (SOVs) and crew transfer vessels (CTVs). The group has concluded that early design consideration and commercial clarity on access […]

Last weekend, a merchant tanker rescued 27 fishermen who were forced to abandon a burning vessel off the coast of the Galapagos Islands. On Saturday, the fishing vessel The Penalty – a 240-foot tuna seiner flagged in Venezuela – was operating about 500 miles north of the Galapagos Islands in the Eastern Pacific. At about […]

For Ukrainian maritime intelligence officers looking to do the Russians damage, the passage of shadow fleet tankers through the Black Sea to the crude loading terminals near Novorossiysk presents a target selection challenge, and a process where mistakes can be made. A review of AIS tracking data covering the Black Sea in recent days illustrates the nature […]

Today marks the official start of Wallenius Wilhelmsen operating the Gothenburg International Auto & RoRo Terminal (GIART), a milestone that lays the groundwork for developing a regional hub and enhancing both our logistics network and the port’s capacity to deliver efficient, integrated logistics solutions. The Port of Gothenburg—Scandinavia’s leading hub for vehicle handling—holds a prime […]