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Bahrain enforces nightly maritime curfew amid continued Iranian aggression

The Bahraini Government, through the Ministry of Interior, has begun imposing a curfew preventing the conduct of all maritime activities during nighttime.The ministry said that the ban took effect on Sunday, March 29, and will remain in place until further notice. Maritime activities, including the operation of fishing and leisure vessels, are prohibited from 18:00 […]

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Houthis raise risk in Bab el-Mandeb.

The Houthis’ involvement in the current regional escalation again puts Bab el-Mandeb under severe pressure and reignites fears surrounding a new serious disruption to international maritime routes. By Essay 03/30/2026 07h33 • Updated 1 day ago The Houthis’ involvement in the current regional escalation again puts Bab el-Mandeb under severe pressure and reignites fears surrounding […]

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New vessel boarding policy to be enforced following fatal accident in central Bangladesh

An official of the Government of Bangladesh has issued a new directive regarding vessel boarding procedures in the days following an accident that left more than 20 people dead in the country’s Rajbari District last week.During a high-level meeting on Sunday, March 29, Minister of Road Transport and Bridges, Railways and Shipping Shaikh Rabiul Alam […]

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Ship’s crew charged over suspected one-tonne cocaine import off Australia’s east coast

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has charged six crewmembers of a merchant vessel following a joint investigation into a sophisticated organised crime syndicate that allegedly imported one tonne of cocaine into Australia. The suspects, which included Honduran and Ecuadorian nationals, operated a specially modified 40-metre vessel found to contain three professionally built and installed smuggling […]

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US Navy commissions attack submarine Massachusetts

The US Navy commissioned its newest Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine in a ceremony in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, on Saturday, March 28.USS Massachusetts is the 25th Virginia-class submarine overall, as well as the 12th in the Virginia-class to be delivered by Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division.As with her Virginia-class sisters, the submarine will […]