‘Maersk’s of this world’ don’t abandon seafarers themselves but are ‘complicit’ by using open registries, Crumlin charges

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

Companies backing nuclear shipping defended the technology’s safety record and asked the International Maritime Organization for a level playing field with other future fuels

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

The 9,900 teu Dali suffered several blackouts in the hours before hitting the Francis Key Scott Bridge in Baltimore, according to the preliminary report by the National Transportation Safety Board, including two within ten hours before it left the port

Salvors successfully used explosive charges to remove parts of the bridge’s wreckage from the 9,900 teu Dali, a significant step in the efforts to refloat the vessel and reopen the channel. Baltimore’s federal channel remains on track to reopen by month’s end, Maryland Governor Wes Moore told reporters on Monday ahead of the controlled detonations

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 Palau registry is defending the actions it took in the Middle East Marine LLC seafarer abandonment cases. The Dubai tug operator was accused last week by the ITF of perpetrating the ‘worst case of serial seafarer abandonment ever seen’, while Palau was called out by the union for being unresponsive

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

India-flagged bulk carrier banned from Australia for 180 days after inspectors at Melbourne found a litany of deficiencies, including defective main engine control and monitoring systems