Topic
Enforcement
Every Vessel Hunter story on Enforcement: 13 stories, from 21 August 2026 to 15 October 2026. Newest: "Malaysia bans bunkering and big ships in new sensitive area off the Singapore Strait". Each story links to the ships and ports it names, so a name in the text opens the record behind it.
Malaysia bans bunkering and big ships in new sensitive area off the Singapore Strait
Since 11 September Malaysia has banned bunkering, most anchoring and ships over 300 m by 40 m in a new Marine Sensitive Area at the eastern approaches to the Singapore Strait.
Malaysia says it cannot police shadow fleet transfers as Iranian oil offshore runs low
Malaysia's transport minister says ship-to-ship transfers beyond port limits are outside its reach, as Iran's floating crude off Malaysia falls to about 10 million barrels.
Sanctioned tankers move to the Russian flag as Europe cuts false flags by half
Europe's detentions have cut the shadow fleet ships flying false flags from 101 to 45, but 107 vessels have moved to the Russian registry since January 2025, most of them already sanctioned.
Maritime Briefing of 17 September 2026
A disabled tanker off Oman with two crew missing, general average on the fire-hit CMA CGM Petra, a detention at Brake on a pilot's word, and the first consolidated container inspection data since 2024.
Gottlieb Detained at Brake Over Steering Gear and Hidden Engines
German authorities detained the Barbados-flagged cargo ship Gottlieb at Brake after a pilot reported failing steering gear, and found three auxiliary diesels missing from her certificates.
One in Ten Container Inspections Found Deficiencies in 2025
Deficiencies turned up in 9,645 of 93,079 container inspections filed for 2025, a rate of 10.36 percent, and only seven of the IMO's 170-plus member states reported at all.
Two Managers Fined $1.75m Over Concealed Oily Water Discharges
MSC Shipmanagement and Hong Kong Spirit Shipping each pleaded guilty to two counts under US pollution law and were placed on four years of probation.
Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia Weigh Coordinated Coast Guard Patrols
The three coast guard chiefs have signed Notes of Discussion on information sharing, training and coordinated responses to cross-border threats, and are weighing coordinated patrols.
Sanctioned Ships Account for 58 Percent of Tanker Scrapping in 2026
Sanctioned vessels are taking an extraordinary share of the tanker recycling market this year, with 22 blacklisted tankers making up 58 percent of all reported tanker demolition sales.
Hydrophone Study Records One Fishing Blast an Hour off Sulawesi
A single hydrophone in the Spermonde Archipelago recorded an average of 23 blasts every 24 hours, suggesting bomb fishing is far more common in hotspot areas than previously believed.
Australia and China Trace 91 Containers in Tobacco Smuggling Sweep
The Australian Border Force and China Customs identified 112 suspicious containers, with 91 confirmed as smuggled tobacco carrying about US$65 million in unpaid duty.
British Authorities Seize Cocaine Worth Three Hundred Million At Container Port
Officials in the United Kingdom have seized cocaine with an estimated street value of around three hundred million dollars at a deepwater container terminal on the Thames, in one of the larger maritime narcotics interceptions recorded
North Pacific Patrol Records Fifty-Two Fisheries Violations At Sea
A Canadian-led high-seas patrol in the North Pacific recorded fifty-two fisheries violations at sea and detected twenty-one more from the air.
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