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Casualties · Hormuz14 Oct 2026Strait of HormuzLive-AIS.com, 14 October, relaying a Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore statement: two Singapore-registered container vessels, GFS PRIDE and GFS GISELLE, were reportedly struck by unknown projectiles while transiting the Strait of Hormuz on 13 and 14 October 2026 (Singapore Time), respectively.
Casualties · Oman12 Oct 2026Sohar Anchorage · OmanUKMTO WARNING 165-26, 11 October: a tanker in the vicinity of Sohar anchorage, Oman. Crew status, damage and environmental impact unknown at first report. Update 001 reclassified it as an attack after confirmation the tanker was struck by an uncrewed aerial vehicle.
Casualties · Black Sea10 Oct 2026Black Sea · SochiRussian Ministry of Transport, 6 October: tanker Aframax Rio, Liberia flag, oil cargo, attacked by unmanned boats off the Black Sea coast. Crew of 23, all Indian citizens, rescued. Preliminary: no injured.
Casualties · Aegean26 Sept 2026Mykonos · TinosAttica Ferries, 25 September: fire on the cargo–vehicle ferry BLUE CARRIER 2 at 08.57, under way north of Mykonos on the scheduled run. Crew used the ship’s own gear. Organised evacuation by the ship’s own means.
Casualties · Singapore22 Sept 2026Singapore StraitThe Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, 22 September, to CNA: a collision on 17 September in the Singapore Strait between the China-registered fishing vessel Lu Qing Yuan Yu and the Panama-registered bulk carrier First Margaux.
Operations · Climate18 Sept 2026Panama Canal · Equatorial PacificNOAA Climate Prediction Center, 10 September: El Niño Advisory. Sea-surface anomalies over +3.0°C in the eastern equatorial Pacific. Niño-3.4 +1.8°C in August. Greater than 90 percent chance of a very strong event in Northern Hemisphere fall and winter 2026–27.
Casualties · Port12 Sept 2026Kandla · Gulf of KutchIndian Coast Guard, 11 September: collision between MV KMAX EMPEROR and MV TRUE MARINER off the outer anchorage, OTB Kandla. Twenty-one of twenty-four on KMAX EMPEROR taken off.
Operations · Passenger11 Sept 2026Río Uruguay · ColoniaANP, 8 September: China Zorrilla (IMO 9916678) to reach Nueva Palmira on the afternoon of 10 September, on BLACK MARLIN (IMO 9186326).
Compliance · Port State9 Sept 2026Philadelphia · Sector Delaware BayU.S. Department of Justice, 28 August 2026: MSC Shipmanagement Limited pleaded guilty in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to two counts under the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships.
Operations · Navigation6 Sept 2026TSS · Restricted visibilityMarine Insight, 4 September, reprints a Nautical Institute MARS case. A loaded bulk carrier, Vessel A, was in a traffic separation scheme in fog at about 7.6 knots.
Operations21 Aug 2026Panama CanalThe Panama Canal Authority issued Advisory to Shipping A-29-2026 on 20 August. Effective for booking dates from 4 September, daily Neopanamax slots fall to nine and Panamax slots to twenty-five.
Shipping news18 Aug 2026Tasmania · Río de la PlataIncat’s Hull 096 — the battery-electric ferry China Zorrilla — has been loaded onto the semi-submersible heavy-lift vessel Black Marlin (IMO 9186326) in Hobart. The operation was completed at the end of July.