By Idrees Ali, Phil Stewart and Aziz El Yaakoubi WASHINGTON/RIYADH, Nov 26 (Reuters) – A U.S. Navy warship responded to a distress call from a commercial tanker in the Gulf of Aden that had…
https://gcaptain.com/update-tanker-in-middle-east-safe-from-attackers-after-us-navy-responds/
an 3 (Reuters) – The Iran-aligned Houthi movement that controls most of northern Yemen hijacked a United Arab Emirates-flagged cargo vessel engaged in “hostile acts” but which the Saudis said…
https://gcaptain.com/houthis-seize-uae-flagged-cargo-ship-off-yemen/
By Leonid Bershidsky (Bloomberg Opinion) –The seizure of a number of ships in recent months tells an uncomfortable story. In today’s multi-polar world, countries can grab other nations’ vessels and get away with it. It’s not just Iran’s detention of the U.K.-flagged Stena Impero in retaliation for...
Germany strongly condemned the seizure of two merchant ships in the Gulf region and asked Iran to release the second ship immediately, according to a statement by the German Foreign Ministry on Saturday, July 20.
This is an unjustifiable intrusion into the civilian shipping industry, which further exacerbates an already strained situation, said the statement, urging Iran to immediately release the second ship and its crew as well.
Another regional escalation would be very dangerous. It would also...
https://container-news.com/germany-urges-iran-to-release-seized-tanker/
ANTANANARIVO, Dec 19 (Reuters) – Madagascar on Wednesday said it had seized a Panamanian-flagged ship with Chinese crew in its waters and said the vessel, that authorities had tracked for some time, was being used to plunder its resources. Prime minister Christian Ntsay told a press conference in...