The container ship that crashed into a Baltimore bridge on Tuesday, causing it to collapse, was previously involved in a collision at a Belgian port in 2016. According to European maritime data service Equasis and other media reports, the Dali struck a stone quay at Antwerp’s port as it was unmooring and leaving for the … Read more
A Panama-flagged crude oil tanker caught fire after being struck by an unidentified projectile off Yemen on Saturday, in the latest attack on commercial shipping in the Red Sea. The incident happened 23 nautical miles northwest of the Red Sea port of al-Mukha, British maritime security firm Ambrey said. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade … Read more
US forces, including the USS Carney, engaged six Houthi drones in the Red Sea Saturday morning, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement early Sunday. Five crashed into the Red Sea, and the other flew inland toward Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, CENTCOM said. The statement, posted to X, added that the drones “presented … Read more
Soaring freight rates and low taxes on shipping mean that CMA CGM is swimming in cash. Between 2020 and 2023, the group raked in €45 billion in profit, convincing the family-owned company to diversify into media. Saadé snapped up business newspaper La Tribune last year and Marseille paper La Provence in 2022. He also holds … Read more
Another growing concern is the age of the people working in illicit markets. Gangs in Marseille are increasingly hiring adolescents as police spotters or to sell drugs, leading to children killing one another with Kalashnikovs. Authorities in the ports of Antwerp and Rotterdam have caught scores of adolescents who were paid to extract cocaine loads … Read more
CAIRO: Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Sarea said on Monday (March 4) that the Iran-aligned group had targeted the “Israeli ship MSC SKY” in the Arabian Sea. Houthi militants have repeatedly launched drones and missiles against international commercial shipping since mid-November, saying they are acting in solidarity with Palestinians against Israel’s military actions in Gaza. Their … Read more
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi group said it will continue to attack British shipping in the Red Sea after sinking the MV Rubymar, which went under over the weekend. “Yemen will continue to sink more British ships, and any repercussions or other damages will be added to Britain’s bill,” Hussein al-Ezzias, deputy foreign minister in the Houthi … Read more
Oil and fertilizer have poured into the Red Sea from a sinking cargo ship attacked by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, putting the local environment and a critical waterway for cargo shipments to Europe at risk. U.S. officials confirmed early Sunday that U.K.-owned MV Rubymar carrying 21,000 metric tons of fertilizer had sunk two weeks after it … Read more
The Rubymar cargo ship, attacked last month, has sunk in the southern Red Sea, Yemen’s internationally recognized government said in a statement on Saturday. If verified, it would be the first vessel lost since Houthi terrorists began targeting commercial shipping in November. The government statement said the ship sunk on Friday night and warned … Read more
The battle for the freedom of navigation in the Red Sea has expanded with the entrance of a European Commission naval defense effort in the past week, and more U.S. and allied strikes against Houthi land targets over the weekend, but to date, combined military efforts have not deterred rebel attacks. On Saturday evening, United … Read more
