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Chinese Hospital Ship ‘Silk Road Ark’ Sails On Its Maiden Overseas Mission Image Credits: Wikipedia Silk Road Ark, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy hospital ship, left Quanzhou in East China’s Fujian Province for a humanitarian service mission to the South Pacific and Latin America. Mission Harmony-2025 is the 11th iteration of Mission Harmony since…

President of Panama Meets Japanese Shipowners & Shares New Ship Registry Plan Image for representation purposes only. Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino met with over 40 representatives from Japanese shipping companies. In this meeting, he laid out his new Panama ship registry strategy aimed at upholding its global leadership through improved safety standards and offering…

Chinese Seafarer Falls Off Bulk Carrier At Paradip Port, Search Underway Image for representation purposes only. A 21-year-old Chinese sailor, named Zhang Tai, fell from the bulk carrier MV Lucky Dragon and is feared drowned. The incident took place at the Paradip International Cargo Terminal (PICT) when Tai and his colleague, Hussain Sharia, aged 25,…

India’s Largest Container Terminal Inaugurated At JNPA Image Credits: JNPA/Facebook India inaugurated the second phase of the Bharat Mumbai Container Terminal (BMCT) at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA) on September 4, 2025. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Singapore’s Prime Minister Lawrence Wong joined the ceremony virtually, which officials said marked the largest single foreign direct…

Lloyd’s Register Launches First Risk-Based Fire Safety Notation For Container Ships Image Credits: Indian Coast Guard/X Lloyd’s Register (LR) has launched Fire (C, Risk), a new risk-based notation developed to enhance the assessment of fire safety arrangements on board container ships. The notation is accompanied by guidance to support shipowners, designers, and operators in selecting…

Houthi Missile Attack Suspected Near Commercial Vessel In Red Sea Image for representation purposes only A suspected attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels targeted a commercial vessel in the Red Sea on September 4. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) reported that the master of a vessel sailing 178 nautical miles northwest of Hudaydah, Yemen,…

Ferry Crew Faces Trial Over Fatal Jersey Collision That Killed 3 Fishermen Image for representation purposes only Two ferry crewmembers are standing trial in Jersey for the deaths of three fishermen after a fatal collision at sea in December 2022. On 8 December 2022, the Condor Ferries vessel Commodore Goodwill collided with the fishing boat…

Armed Men Attack Greek-Owned Container Ship Off Portugal Image Credits: Marinha Portuguesa A Greek-owned container ship sailing off Portugal’s Algarve coast was attacked by armed men late Wednesday night. Two crew members were reportedly locked inside the engine room before being freed. The ship involved is the Odysseus, a Liberian-flagged vessel managed by Cosmoship of…

World’s Most Powerful Ship-Based Laser Air Defense System Unveiled In China Screengrab from X video posted by Polymarket Intel China has officially revealed a large directed energy laser weapon called the LY-1 during a massive military parade in Beijing. The event marked the 80th anniversary of the Republic of China’s victory over Japan in World…

Grounded Fishing Vessel Spills 3,500 Gallons Of Diesel Near Alaska’s Kodiak Image Credits: USCG The U.S. Coast Guard and the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) are responding to a large diesel spill in Izhut Bay, near Kodiak, after a commercial fishing vessel ran aground this week. The vessel, identified as the F/V Sea Ern,…