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A decommissioned aircraft carrier from the Brazilian Navy currently being towed towards is supposed final destination in Turkey is stuck in limbo after Turkish authorities banned it from entering its waters.

The vessel, the former aircraft carrier Sao Paolo, along with its tug, the Alp Centre, is currently holding position northeast of the Canary Islands off the West Africa coast after setting off from Brazil earlier in the month. Controversy had stalked the Sao Paulo after its departure amid...

https://www.ship-technology.com/analysis/decommissioned-carrier-stuck-in-limbo-after-turkey-bans-vessel/

The annual UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) report has revealed that gross profit from defence customers increased from £8.7m in FY20/21 to £9.4m in FY21/22, while overall operating profit dipped in FY21/22 to £25.3m, down from £30.4m in FY20/21.

Active for more than 225 years, the UKHO plays a significant role in providing navigational charts and data for use by military and commercial customers around the world. With 95% of UK trade arriving into the country by sea, navigational data provision is...

https://www.ship-technology.com/analysis/new-ukho-report-shows-defence-revenue-on-the-rise/

The UK’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Department for Transport, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, the Home Office and the Ministry of Defence have identified five strategic objectives to meet as part of a new maritime security strategy.

The strategy, released on 15 August, includes protecting homeland, responding to threats, ensuring prosperity, championing values and maintain a resilient ocean as key targets.

Sarah Treseder, UK Chamber of Shipping CEO,...

https://www.ship-technology.com/analysis/uk-government-five-year-maritime-strategy-will-also-reduce-environmental-damage/

The Black Sea Grain Initiative, brokered by the United Nations, Türkiye, Russia, and Ukraine in order to enable millions of tons of grain and other foodstuffs to leave Ukrainian ports, has transported more than 400,000 metric tons of produce since operations began on 1 August.

Daily releases from the Initiative’s Joint Coordination Centre (JCC) have tracked the shipments, with merchant ships loading up from the Ukrainian Black Sea ports of Odesa, Chornomorsk, and Pivdennyi, before departing for...

https://www.ship-technology.com/analysis/more-than-400000-metric-tons-of-grains-shipped-out-of-ukraine/

With the first shipment of Ukrainian grain from Ukraine’s ports underway following a landmark deal between Kyiv and Moscow with the aid of extensive diplomatic work by NATO member Turkey and the United Nations (UN), hope springs eternal that global food pressures could ease as a result.

On 1 August, the 18,500t M/V Razoni, under the authorisation of the Joint Coordination Centre (JCC), sailed from the Ukrainian port of Odesa loaded with grain, with Lebanon as its destination. According to a UN...

https://www.ship-technology.com/analysis/first-shipment-of-ukraine-grain-leaves-odesa-bound-for-lebanon/

After the construction of the solar powered integrated inspection facility, the $30m project by Hutchison Ports Sohar will be a part of the terminal development plans which aim to improve inspection services for inbound and outbound containers.

This development will support Oman Customs by accelerating the inspection process with improved security measures in line with the Sultanate of Oman’s Logistics Strategy 2040. In addition, the new facility will also enhance the process of releasing goods...

https://www.ship-technology.com/analysis/solar-power-hutchison-ports-sohars-30m-project/