Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi militias have issued a warning to tankers loading at Yemeni oil terminals firing two armed drones at a Okeanis Eco Tankers VLCC as the vessel called for loading at the Al-Dabba oil terminal in Ash Shihr, Yemen. 

Transnet says agreement has been reached on a three-year pay day deal with the largest union in the South African port strike.

SA Transport and Allied Workers Union (Satawu), one of the two unions involved in a national port and rail strike in South Africa, has rejected an improved offer from Transnet and vowed to intensify action.

The Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani) has signed agreements with two contracting concerns to deepen approaches at Jeddah Islamic Port and construct new berths.

The Middle East Navigation Aids Service (MENAS) has signed an agreement with Bahrain’s Ports and Maritime Affairs (PMA) office to remove and replace three abandoned light beacons in the Northwest of Bahrain and to survey all aids to navigation ...

Container ship TSS Pearl has been abandoned in the Red Sea Northwest of Jizan Port due to a fire.

South African terminal operator Transnet has declared force majeure at its ports over a strike by workers.

Egypt’s Suez Canal Economic Zone (SC Zone) has signed a contract with Kuwaiti infrastructure and supply chain services provider, Agility, to develop and operate two customs and logistics centres.

High sulphur fuel oil (HFO) sales and scrubber installations have increased on the back of the wide price spread with very low sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO).