On March 19, due to extreme weather and strong gusts of wind, the MSC Alexandra, a large container ship operated by Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), suffered a mooring line breakage incident while berthed at the Port of Mundra in India.The vessel was docked at Berth CT3 when strong winds snappe

Mohammed al-Buhaiti, a member of the Houthi Political Bureau in Yemen, recently stated that the group “may block the Strait of Mandeb” in solidarity with Iran.“If we are forced to close the Strait of Mandeb, the Houthis will only target ships from countries involved in attacks against Iran, Iraq,

On March 16, Panama Ports Company (PPC), a subsidiary of Cheung Kong and Hutchison Whampoa Limited, issued a statement accusing the Government of the Republic of Panama of continuing to take actions that undermine the confidence of foreign investors since it illegally took over the container termina

According to reports by Hong Kong’s *South China Morning Post* and Brazil’s *O Estado de S. Paulo*, Kevin Murakami, the U.S. Consul General in São Paulo, recently stated at a port conference in Brazil that the new large-scale container terminal at the Port of Santos “should not fall into the han

On March 13, the Vietnamese cargo ship “Truong Hung 268” sank in waters off southern Vietnam after encountering strong winds and high waves. The vessel was en route from An Giang to Can Tho at the time, carrying approximately 35,560 tons of sand.At the time of the incident, the vessel ran aground