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.
UK refuses bail to captain of seized shadow-fleet tanker
The captain of the first shadow-fleet tanker detained by Britain has been refused bail, with a trial set for December.
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