Free from Houthi threat, Iran's HDASCO boxships are sailing freely through the Red Sea, delivering cargoes to Europe, according to Vespucci Maritime chief executive Lars Jensen

The Red Sea crisis is the main worry at this week’s Maritime Safety Committee, but the forum’s powers to change it are few. States raised worries the MSC is overstretched, with work piling up on autonomous ships, green fuel safety and other matters

Global container volumes extend their upward trajectory in March, a product tanker was the target of an attempted piracy attack off the coast of Somalia and Panama Canal continues to recover after drought

The Lloyd’s List Podcast moves to Japan this week, where NYK chief executive Takaya Soga shares his insights on why helming the shipping group is like swinging at baseballs

A European warship responded first to the incident and apprehended the suspected pirates, treating some with "injuries of varied severity" 

The latest string of Houthi attacks targeting more MSC ships has been justified by the Yemeni militants on the basis of a perceived, but erroneous link to Israel

Several MSC ships have been targeted in the Red Sea and western Indian Ocean in recent weeks, alongside the hijacking of the MSC-operated MSC Aries by Iranian forces

Attacks have so far been concentrated in the southern Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. Accurately targeting vessels far away from Houthi-controlled territory would be difficult, but the underlying warning should not be dismissed

Iranian foreign minister announces that the 25 crew of MSC Aries have been released and are free to go home, but MSC Aries itself remains under Iranian control on the grounds that it has ‘jeopardised the security of navigation’

UPDATE: Analysis of a video circulated by Houthi following the attack suggest that a Shehab drone may have been used against MSC Orion, suggesting that significantly more accurate weapons with a range of up to 1,600 km are now being used to target ships

Move comes after Howden’s recent launch of cargo facility for Red Sea

Eastmed-managed Cyclades sustained damage from a Houthi attack, UKMTO said. The militants confirmed targeting the vessel — which called in the Houthi-controlled port of Saleef in mid-April — and also claimed to have hit an MSC boxship and US naval assets