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U.S. Targets Venezuela’s Shadow Fleet in Final 2025 Sanctions Blitz on Maduro Regime
The U.S. Treasury Department this week imposed sanctions on four companies and identified four oil tankers as blocked property in the lat...
Russia and Ukraine Trade Strikes on Black Sea Ports
By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — Russia and Ukraine struck each other’s Black Sea ports overnight, damaging infrastructure including an oi...
Year in Review: The Maritime Stories That Defined 2025
When historians chronicle 2025, they won’t remember it as the year shipping got more efficient or cleaner. They’ll remember it as the yea...
China Stages Record Drills Designed to Encircle Taiwan
BEIJING/TAIPEI, Dec 29 (Reuters) – China launched its most extensive war games around Taiwan on Monday to showcase Beijing’s ability to c...
China Launches Military Drills Around Taiwan Amid Tensions With Japan
BEIJING, Dec 29 (Reuters) – China’s military moved army, naval, air force and rocket force units around Taiwan on Monday for its “Just Mi...
After Trump Strike On Terrorists, Nigeria Says Open To More
Dec 26, 2025 (Bloomberg) -After the US warned that more strikes may follow its surprise Christmas Day attack on suspected terrorist targe...
Global Trade Braces for the Hangover After Trump’s Tariff Year
By Brendan Murray (Bloomberg) — The global trading system, which is finishing up one of its most transformational years of the past centu...
Venezuela Passes 20-Year Prison Law Targeting ‘Piracy’ and ‘Blockades’ After Tanker Seizures
Venezuela’s ruling-party controlled National Assembly unanimously approved a law on Tuesday that allows prison sentences of up to 20 year...
U.S. Coast Guard Short on Forces to Execute Venezuela Tanker Seizure, Sources Say
WASHINGTON/LONDON, Dec 23 (Reuters) – The U.S. Coast Guard is waiting for additional forces to arrive before potentially attempting to bo...