Containerships travelling between Asia and the Mediterranean emitted 63% more emissions in the first quarter than in Q4 last year thanks to the ongoing Red Sea shipping crisis, according to new data from Xeneta, a freight rate platform. Splash has been reporting regularly on the increased emissions...
The world’s leading shipping associations have highlighted the inequality seafarers face as hostages. “The world would be outraged if four airliners were seized and held hostage with innocent souls onboard. Regrettably, there does not seem to be the same response or concern for the four commercial...
https://splash247.com/shipping-hits-out-at-scant-coverage-of-hijacked-crews/
One does not wish to provoke any sort of angry response from readers, but is it not time that the definition of piracy was updated? It was not that long ago that such was a crime punishable by ferocious penalties, even under quite liberal regimes, which were repealed only after somebody pointed out...
Shipping has to contend with new danger zones following Iran’s attack on Israel over the weekend and the hijacking of the 15,000 teu MSC Aries. United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres urged warring parties to “step back from the brink” yesterday in what Ian Bremmer, a well-known political...
https://splash247.com/shipping-braces-for-israels-response-to-iranian-attacks/
Similar to 15 years ago during the last Somalia piracy cycle, new maritime security companies are emerging. A total of 33 incidents of piracy and armed robbery against ships were recorded around the world in the first three months of 2024, an increase from 27 incidents for the same period in 2023,...
The Houthis claimed over the weekend to have widened their area of operations, saying in a televised address they had targeted three merchant ships as well as US frigates, including one attack in the Indian Ocean. Security consultants however have not confirmed the attacks and there is a history of...
https://splash247.com/houthis-claim-to-have-attacked-ship-in-the-indian-ocean/
CAIRO, April 6 (Reuters) – British maritime security firm Ambrey said on Saturday it had received information that a vessel had been targeted around 61 nautical miles southwest of Hodeidah in Yemen….
https://gcaptain.com/uk-security-firm-says-vessel-targeted-near-yemens-hodeidah/
The US is trying a new carrot-and-stick approach in its dealings with the Houthis in Yemen. On the one hand, the US military is claiming its attacks on Houthi installations are working, reducing the group’s capabilities to attack merchant ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden lately....
https://splash247.com/washington-seeks-new-ways-to-deescalate-red-sea-shipping-crisis/
The Houthis remain a menace to merchant shipping in the Middle East. After eight consecutive days of no reported incidents, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) agency carried news yesterday of an incident in the southern Red Sea. The master of a vessel reported being hailed on...
https://splash247.com/gunshots-ring-out-in-the-red-sea-for-the-first-time-in-more-than-a-week/
Charles Watkins, CEO of Mental Health Support Solutions, has recently returned from a vessel visit where he supported crew whose vessel was attacked by rockets through the Red Sea. Here he recounts what he saw. As the CEO and clinical psychologist at Mental Health Support Solutions (MHSS), I...
https://splash247.com/the-mental-scars-left-by-red-sea-attacks/