It’s been about two weeks the Indian ship MV Desh Shanti has been detained by Iran and both the sides have still not been able to resolve the matter. According to reports, MV Desh Shanti was carrying oil from Iraq to India when the ship was apprehended by Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in…
Libya warned on Monday it will attack and destroy any tanker illegally exporting oil after forces last week fired at a Liberian-flagged tanker close to the country’s largest crude oil export terminal. The tanker, which sought to load crude oil that armed protesters blocking the country’s main export ports were attempting to sell illegally,…
Jakarta: The West of England P&I Club has recently been advised by consulting scientists and engineers Dr J H Burgoyne and Partners (International) Limited that the number of incidents involving the self-heating of coal cargoes loaded in Kalimantan is increasing. In the past two years Burgoynes have dealt with 23 such cases, 10 of…
After concluding an ambitious counterpiracy exercise with the Chinese navy, members of the U.S. 5th Fleet expressed hope it will lay groundwork for closer future cooperation in ensuring freedom of movement in the Gulf of Aden, other regional waters, and beyond. The guided-missile destroyer USS Mason joined the Chinese destroyer Harbin and Chinese auxiliary…