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$125 Billion in Cargo Trapped Behind Strait of Hormuz as 1,150 Ships Remain Stranded in Persian Gulf

$125 Billion in Cargo Trapped Behind Strait of Hormuz as 1,150 Ships Remain Stranded in Persian Gulf

A new report by Allianz Commercial estimates that cargoes valued at approximately US$125 billion remain trapped in the Persian Gulf, with around 1,150 cargo-carrying vessels unable to transit the Strait of Hormuz despite…

Wed Jun 24 20265 min
Trump Opens 1.3 Million km² of Pacific Marine Monuments to Commercial Fishing in Unprecedented Rollback

Trump Opens 1.3 Million km² of Pacific Marine Monuments to Commercial Fishing in Unprecedented Rollback

US President Donald Trump signed an executive proclamation on 11 June 2026 rolling back commercial fishing protections across approximately 1.3 million square kilometres of Pacific marine national monuments, including po…

Mon Jun 22 20265 min
Navantia Begins AIP System Testing on Submarine S-83 Cosme García at Cartagena Shipyard

Navantia Begins AIP System Testing on Submarine S-83 Cosme García at Cartagena Shipyard

Navantia has commenced testing of the Air Independent Propulsion system incorporated into the dedicated section of submarine S-83 Cosme García, the third unit in Spain's S-80 programme, at the Cartagena shipyard's specia…

Thu Jun 18 20265 min
Greenpeace Challenges Dutch Government Over Allseas Deep-Sea Mining Contract as Legal Opinion Cites UNCLOS Violations

Greenpeace Challenges Dutch Government Over Allseas Deep-Sea Mining Contract as Legal Opinion Cites UNCLOS Violations

Greenpeace Netherlands has commissioned a legal opinion from Professor André Nollkaemper of the University of Amsterdam concluding that plans by Swiss-Dutch offshore giant Allseas to operate deep-sea mining machinery for…

Thu Jun 18 20264 min
Lawmakers Fight to Stop Dismantling of $386M Ocean Observatory Network as NSF Proceeds With Instrument Removal

Lawmakers Fight to Stop Dismantling of $386M Ocean Observatory Network as NSF Proceeds With Instrument Removal

A bipartisan group of US senators and two Democratic House committees have sent letters demanding the National Science Foundation reverse its plan to dismantle the Ocean Observatories Initiative, a network of more than 9…

Tue Jun 16 20265 min
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