Ransomware attack hits ship-tracking firm

Ransomware hackers have published proprietary inside data allegedly obtained Netherlands-based shipping intelligence agency Royal Dirkzwager, according to Security Week. The published information apparently comprised employee passport details, contracts and other sensitive information. The blackmailers claimed to have more data that was yet to be released, the report claimed. The Play ransomware group attacked the Dirkzwager…

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Flag administrators respond vigorously to ITF’s targeted inspection campaign

The four flags singled out by the International Federation of Transport Workers (ITF) for targeted inspections in the Mediterranean have denounced the accusations made by the ITF as false. They said that they were not representative of the efforts undertaken by the flags. Two of the flags are...

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Oil export and transit via Russia’s western ports set to rise 9% in March

Crude oil exports and transit of Urals, KEBCO and Siberian Light oil grades from Russia’s western ports were expected to rise 9% in March compared with February, reported Reuters, citing data from trade sources. Russia’s oil exports from its western ports, excluding Kazakhstan-sourced oil in...

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Livestock carrier Yangtze Fortune released from Australian arrest

Livestock carrier Yangtze Fortune (IMO 9336282), which had been detained and anchored off the Australian port of Portland, Victoria, has been sold and released from arrest. An Admiralty Marshal of the Australian Federal Court arrested the Liberian-flagged ship in December last year for outstanding...

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Multiple injuries after research vessel tips over at Edinburgh dockyard

At least 25 people were reported as injured after a research vessel once owned by Microsoft’s late co-founder Paul Allen tipped over at an Edinburgh dockyard. The Scottish Ambulance Service said that 15 people had been taken to hospital, while 10 people were treated at the scene of the incident at...

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