Tag: Red Sea

According to Alphaliner data, the Cape of Good Hope diversions saved liner shipping from overcapacity in 2024.

The maritime industry, a vital part of global trade, is currently navigating a rapidly changing regulatory environment that will influence its present and future. Looking ahead, there are several major issues shaping the regulatory landscape for the sector.

The UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency has issued a MIN for Red Sea and Gulf of Aden MARPOL Annex I and V Special Areas pollution prevention.

The year 2024 is likely to be remembered for significant geopolitical conflict and rising tensions between several nations. As the maritime industry operates on a global scale, it is no surprise that these tensions have had an impact on shipping.

On December 5, the MV ISA STAR sent a distress call, reporting flooding in the engine room and announcing their intention to abandon ship.

Egyptian authorities are scrambling to salvage the VSG Glory, a cargo ship that began sinking on Monday near the coral reefs off Quseir in the Red Sea Governorate after being stranded for 10 days, maritime sources told Reuters. The vessel, carrying 21 crew, 4,000 metric tons of bran, 70 tons of fuel oil and 50 tons of diesel, sustained a 60-centimeter (23.6 inch) hull breach, allowing seawater to flood its engine room. Its crew has since been rescued. Efforts to stabilize the ship have been hampered by deteriorating weather, causing the vessel to tilt further. Emergency teams have deployed additional pumps in a bid to extract the rising water. Salvage operations led by the Red Sea Governorate and the Ministry of Environment have so far extracted 250 tons of contaminated water and fuel, but the sources say some fuel remains on board, posing a grave risk to the region's delicate coral reef ecosystem This marks the second maritime disaster in the Red Sea in less than a month. On Nov. 25, a tourist boat capsized near Marsa Alam, south of Quseir, leaving at least four dead and seven missing, with 33 passengers rescued, Reuters informs. 

The transfer of 150,000 tons of crude oil (approximately 1,000,000 barrels) from the Greek-owned tanker Sounion to the tanker Delta Blue was successfully completed at an anchorage near Suez.

IMO Secretary-General, Arsenio Dominguez, opened the 109th session of the Maritime Safety Committee (MSC 109) on 2 December addressing urgent maritime safety concerns and strategic goals for the IMO.

Yemen’s Houthi rebels will keep up their attacks on Israel, their leader said two days into a ceasefire in Israel’s war with Hezbollah.

General cargo vessel VSG GLORY ran aground at El Quseir on 22 November due to poor weather conditions and a technical malfunction.