Daily Briefing 12 November 2025
UK council loses bid to clear controversial "asylum seekers" from hotel
FEATURE | Amid US invasion threat, Venezuela plans "guerilla-style" defence
Red Sea shipping traffic growing but box bosses still weighing up a big bang return
United Maritime adds to ECV investment but keeps dry bulk faith
John McDonald elected as new ABS chairman and CEO
John McDonald was elected the new chairman and chief executive officer of ABS at a board meeting on Nov. 11. In the culmination of a well-planned succession process, McDonald, who currently serves
Houthis Announce End of Red Sea Shipping Attacks
‘If you don’t have scale you will die a cost death’: V.Group CEO René Kofod-Olsen
P&I underwriting performance at two century nadir, chides Gallagher
BOEM advances offshore minerals planning efforts
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management yesterday announced key developments in its offshore critical minerals planning: the completion of area identification offshore American Samoa and the release of a Request for Information
General Dynamics NASSCO books $1.7BN two-ship TAO contract
General Dynamics NASSCO reports that it has been awarded $1.7 billion for the construction of T-AO 215 and T-AO 216. The ships are part of NASSCO’s current multi-ship contract from the U.S.
- Tidewater: “Third quarter came in above our expectations”
- Saudi Arabia sends first crude tanker to Syria post-sanctions
- China tightens grip on bulk carrier and tanker newbuilding orderbook
- Ferry collides with tanker in Singapore Strait
- IMO’s NZF ‘not the silver bullet’ for energy transition, says Team Norway
- China pauses sanctions on Hanwha Ocean after halting port fees on US vessels
- The Daily View: The ripple effect
- Singaporean Ferry Suffers Damage in Collision With Product Tanker
- Seafarer Arrested on Charges of Smuggling Meth Into Australia
- Philippine Coast Guard delivers relief aid to typhoon-hit Catanduanes province

