The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has released the 2025-2026 Flag State Performance Table, continuing an over ...

Fourteen European countries warned on Jan. 26 that ships sailing in the Baltic Sea and North Sea under multiple flags may be ...

THE STCW Convention adopted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the specialized agency of the United Nations dedicated to the maritime sector, prescribes the minimum standards in the ...

AS the search continues for four missing Filipino seafarers in the West Philippine Sea, veteran mariners are raising a red ...

Despite waves of sanctions, the tankers have chugged along, allowing Iran and Russia, now the biggest user, to ship crude to China and India ...

The Merchants’ Shipping Act of 1973 enshrines the maritime flag of Malta. However, a previous act of the Maltese parliament, namely Act XLIII of 1965 titled ‘The Maltese Ships (National Colours) Act’, ...

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Several Pacific Island nations have acquired particular reputations for lax oversight of their flag registries.

The U.S. could use two provisions of international maritime law as justification to seize oil tankers sanctioned by the U.S.

Rescue authorities searched a wide area of the German coast and two rivers for a seafarer reported missing from an Arne ...

The vessel named Grinch was seized in the Mediterranean on Thursday, then diverted to anchor off the French port city, on ...

The Marshall Islands Flag State Administration and Bureau Veritas have formally approved SOLAS equivalency proposals ...