This photograph shared by Indian navy on the X platform shows a firefighting team from Indian Navy vessel INS Kolkata responding to a fire on Liberian-flagged Merchant ship MSC Sky II caused due to a suspected drone/missile attack in the Gulf of Aden, Tuesday, March 5, 2024. (Ind...
The pair went missing on 11 January. On Friday, the US Navy warned American-flagged vessels to steer clear of areas around Yemen in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden for the next 72 hours. Read more: Explainer: The military firepower the UK and US have at their disposal in the Gulf...
The Houthis, who have held Yemen's capital, Sanaa, since 2014, did not acknowledge the strikes, nor any military losses. That's been typical since the U.S. began launching airstrikes targeting the rebels. Meanwhile, Central Command said one commercial sailor from the Liberian-flagged, Greek-...
In response Tuesday, the U.S. struck four anti-ship ballistic missiles that were prepared to launch and presented an imminent threat to merchant and U.S. Navy ships in the region. Hours later, the Houthis claimed responsibility for the attack on the Malta-flagged bulk carrier Zografia....
This month Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi forces appear to have successfully fired unmanned maritime drones for the first time, damaging the Liberian-flagged merchant vessel “Tutor”, which reportedly sank on Tuesday after being abandoned by her crew. ...
“We would like to congratulate Isle of Man on its qualification for continuance in the United States Coast Guard’s Quality Shipping for the 21st Century (QUALSHIP 21) Program. Your commitment to quality shipping was evident as merchant vessels flagged by your registry that called...
In response to these arguments, proponents of naval escorts have suggested for months that NATO begin by protecting NATO-flagged ships just within NATO’s territorial waters. Ships could sail close to the coast of NATO nations Romania, Bulgaria, and Turkey to exit the Black Sea. If Russia were...
The Merchant Marine Act, commonly referred to as the ‘Jones Act’, dictates that maritime commerce in US waters and between US ports has to be conducted with US-built, flagged and crewed vessels – which creates bottlenecks like the dearth of wind installation ships. Over time there have bee...
On 1 September 2021 the US Maritime Administration (MARAD) issued a revised advisory (2021-009) to US flagged commercial vessels operating in the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, Gulf of Oman, Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, Bab el-Mandeb Strait, Red Sea, and Western Indi...
Two more anti-ship ballistic missiles were also launched Monday evening toward the M/V Rubymar, a Belize-flagged, UK-owned bulk carrier, one of which struck the ship and resulted in damage. The Rubymar issued a distress call and was assisted by a coalition warship and merchant vessel that...