Sep 1, 2026 — The Panama Canal Authority is temporarily easing restrictions on its Neopanamax transit reservation system, allowing shippers to book multiple and consecutive slots as the waterway juggles strong vessel demand against a worsening water outlook.
Sep 1, 2026 — Ship-tracking data shows commodity vessel transits through the Strait of Hormuz held near five per day on Monday, far below the 10-day average, as no liquid tankers crossed the chokepoint.
Sep 1, 2026 — Greece’s Minister of Shipping and Island Policy inspected passenger-handling measures at Piraeus port as the seasonal wave of travelers returning from the islands peaked.
Aug 31, 2026 — The Panama Canal Authority is tightening draft restrictions as a renewed El Nino-linked drought squeezes water levels, after a liquefied petroleum gas tanker paid a record $5.3 million in a priority-transit auction to skip the queue.
Aug 31, 2026 — Armed pirates hijacked the Cameroon-flagged cargo ship M/V Lutuf off Somalia’s Puntland coast this week, taking its ten-member crew hostage in the latest sign of a sharp resurgence in Horn of Africa piracy.
Aug 31, 2026 — At least six people were killed, including two rescue workers, after suspected Houthi missile strikes hit the Egyptian-owned cargo ship Tihamah near the Bab el-Mandeb strait, with ten more injured.
Aug 31, 2026 — Armed pirates hijacked the Cameroon-flagged cargo ship M/V Lutuf off Somalia’s Puntland coast this week, taking its ten-member crew hostage in the latest sign of a sharp resurgence in Horn of Africa piracy.
Aug 26, 2026 — Armed pirates boarded the cargo ship Lutuf off Somalia’s coast on August 17, the sixth hijacking since April — a resurgence not seen in years.
