Maritime news

Headlines aggregated from the maritime press. Links go straight to the source — Seafarer Index does not reproduce full articles.

• Seafarer safety paramount in Hormuz evacuation: IMO Secretary-General
  Seatrade Maritime · 4/21/2026 · regulation

  All security conditions need to be met for a safe evacuation plan for 20,000 seafarers stranded in the Gulf to be activated says Arsenio Dominguez

• Yangzijiang Maritime acquires eight VLCCs
  Seatrade Maritime · 4/21/2026

  Owner sells four MRs and books scrubber-equipped VLCCs for delivery in 2028-2030.

• Criminal networks drive up global cargo theft
  Seatrade Maritime · 4/21/2026

  Statistics reveal increasingly complex organised cargo theft using more sophisticated tactics over the road, rail, sea and digital channels.