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• Nicaragua And Equatorial Guinea Identified As Primary New Hubs For Expanding Global Shadow Tanker Fleet

  Published: Apr 22, 2026

  Section: Africa

  Maritime AI firm Windward has flagged Nicaragua and Equatorial Guinea as emerging registers for shadow tonnage and falsely flagged vessels. In response to a sharp rise in fraudulen...

• Iranian Gunboat Assault Near Oman Coast Leaves Container Ship With Extensive Bridge Damage

  Published: Apr 22, 2026

  Section: Middle East

  A commercial container ship was targeted by an Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps gunboat approximately 15 nautical miles northeast of Oman on Wednesday. Although the vessel sustain...

• Macron and Starmer to Lead Urgent Summit on Securing Hormuz Freedom of Navigation

  Published: Apr 14, 2026

  Section: Europe

  French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will co-chair a high-level video conference this Friday to coordinate a multilateral defensive mission in t...

• Global Shipping Giants Warn of Months-Long Delay to Restore Normalcy in Strait of Hormuz

  Published: Apr 10, 2026

  Section: Middle East

  Despite a tentative two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran, major maritime carriers including Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd warn that traffic through the Strait of Hormuz w...

• Secretary of State Marco Rubio Urges Global Coalition to Block Iranian Proposals for Permanent Maritime Tolling in Strait of Hormuz

  Published: Mar 28, 2026

  Section: Iran War

  U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has called for an international alliance to prevent Iran from implementing a permanent "tolling" system on vessels transiting the Strait of Horm...