Overall, bulker accidents are down yet new threats cannot be ignored, says international owners’ association Intercargo

Shipping lawyer Stephen Askins says maritime security companies failed to adequately warn companies of the Iran war in February, asking whether better intelligence could have meant fewer seafarers stranded in the Middle East Gulf

Kyiv says Russia’s covert tanker and cargo fleet is directly supporting Moscow’s war effort, a move that could broaden the justification for strikes as attacks on merchant shipping escalate in the Black Sea

Despite the IMO freezing its evacuation plan after Ever Lovely was struck, ships are still moving through both Hormuz routes as operators weigh conflicting signals from Iran and the risks of staying put

Lloyd’s List senior reporter Matthew Rajendra asks whether crews feel able to refuse transiting the Strait of Hormuz and contemplates what we’ve learnt from the crisis

Even this year, the industry is expected to be short of qualified officers to the tune of nearly 40,000

As geopolitical tensions gripped the Strait of Hormuz, shipowners chased soaring rewards while seafarers bore the brunt of danger. Swift global coordination helped enforce protections and compensation frameworks, but the crisis exposed how heavily the world still relies on crews whose safety often hangs in the balance

The evacuation of 11,000 seafarers will begin after the IMO said it received the necessary security guarantees

Iran tolls would mean ‘profound shift in maritime order’, said marine insurer heavy hitter

Eight other members of the cargoship’s crew were evacuated on a liferaft, while separately a sanctioned tanker reported being hit by a drone in the western Black Sea

Vehicle carrier Grande Torino had been trapped in the Middle East Gulf, with 21 Italian and Filipino seafarers remaining on board, for more than 100 days