On May 9, 2025, a British Royal Navy patrol ship, HMS Tyne, shadowed a Russian Kilo-class submarine, identified as Krasnodar, as it transited the English Channel, a critical maritime corridor connecting the Atlantic Ocean to the North Sea. Photo credit: Russian MoD BREAKING: India’s S-400 debuts in…

by The Editorial Team May 9, 2025 in Shipping Credit: Shutterstock FacebookEmail On 9 May, the UK Government announced its upcoming largest-ever sanctions package targeting Russia’s shadow fleet of oil tankers. Up to 100 vessels, responsible for transporting over $24 billion worth of cargo since…

This year's storyline is about the salt peddlers — "Chumaky." This traditional form of merchant organization took place in 1170. Prince Mstislav Izyaslavych of Kyiv appealed to itinerant merchants and soldiers at the same time to defend the roads from Kyiv to the sea.

French President Emmanuel Macron has reported that he spoke last night with US President Donald Trump about a ceasefire in Ukraine. Source: Macron on X (Twitter), as reported by European Pravda Details: Macron stated that he welcomed Trump’s clear call for an unconditional 30-day ceasefire. He said…

The Russians have set up a monument to Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin in the occupied city of Melitopol, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, on the occasion of Victory Day. [Victory Day is a Russian holiday commemorating the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in 1945, celebrated on 9 May – ed.] Source: website of the…

Tankers See all articles Alert me about Tankers The Norns is signalled Brazil but is reportedly in Venezuela. Photo: Piet Sinke/Maasmond Martitime Satellite imagery reveals destination of mysterious shipments on Chinese-controlled tankers 9 May 2025 9:43 GMT Updated 9 May 2025 11:04 GMT in London…

Top government officials from the Province of Ontario, Canada have recently expressed interest in developing a maritime port on James Bay, which extends southeast of Hudson Bay. While a port in such a location could be built to berth mega-size ships, there will be need for negotiation between…

This week, after major container ports on the West Coast reported less ship traffic due to falling imports, U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters that a drop in boxship volume is a win for the American economy. "That means we lose less money . . . when you say it slowed down, that's a good…

The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications (SWIFT), the Western-led global financial transfer system, has implemented various control measures for banks to identify those who use cryptocurrencies to assist Russia and China bypass Western sanctions, including those imposed over…

Norway’s self-imposed security and defense restrictions in Finnmark region have a historical precedent: Not to provoke a Moscow that has its main naval nuclear assets based along the coast of the neighbouring Kola Peninsula. These restrictions, however, are hot potatoes of the day in Norwegian…

Subscribe Digital Print May 09, 2025 My Account My Bookmarks Subscribe for more access According to earnings reports released by Thursday, net profit is forecast to fall 47.7% to ¥250 billion at Nippon Yusen K.K., 60% to ¥170 billion at Mitsui O.S.K. Lines and 67.3% to ¥100 billion at Kawasaki Kisen…

Five northern European nations are planning to develop an offline card payment system as a backup in case internet or electrical connections are disrupted. The initiative follows several incidents in recent years where critical undersea cables and other infrastructure were damaged. Over the next…

President Donald Trump's administration is considering a proposal to create an international shipping registry in the U.S. Virgin Islands as part of efforts to enlarge the tiny commercial shipping fleet flying the American flag, according to four sources familiar with the matter. Increasing the…

Some 200 seafarers aboard more than 15 ships stuck for weeks off Yemen's port of Ras Isa are preparing to offload cargoes and leave thanks to a ceasefire deal between Houthi militia and the U.S., maritime and labour union sources said on Thursday. Still, threat levels for shipping remained high…

Yemen's Houthi rebels may have agreed to a ceasefire with the United States, but it appears to be off to a less-than-friendly start. On Wednesday, a Houthi spokesman said that the group had attacked the carrier USS Harry S. Truman on the day of the ceasefire announcement, causing the loss of a $60…

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By ALEXA ST. JOHN, Associated Press The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is retiring its public database meant to keep track of the cost of losses from climate change-fueled weather disasters including floods, heat waves, wildfires and more. It is the latest example of changes to the…

Putin's TV propagandists have threatened 'nation of freaks' Britain with 24 hours notice to leave - or be sunk under a nuclear tidal wave. And despite calling a three-day unilateral ceasefire in Ukraine starting today, his Kremlin-paid studio warriors vowed to wipe cities Kyiv and Lviv off the map…

Will Xavier Published on: 08 May 2025, 6:55 am Germany's Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) and Singapore’s Defence Science and Technology Agency have entered into an agreement for the construction of two additional Type 218SG or Invincible-class diesel-electric submarines. The submarines will be…

Russia Ukraine War 2022 As reported by The Dead District on May 6, 2025, a Ukrainian Magura V5 naval drone armed with an R-73 missile was engaged in a naval confrontation with a Russian BK-16 high-speed assault boat in the Black Sea. This encounter, captured on video and widely circulated on social…

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One severely burned cat survived the Russian attack on residential areas in Kyiv on the night of 7 May, while his owners and other fellow cats died. The attack was part of a larger assault on different Ukrainian cities during the night between 6 and 7 May that included 5 ballistic missiles and 187…

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At a meeting with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy, Tomáš Kopečný, Czech Governmental Envoy for the Reconstruction of Ukraine, wore socks showing the Kremlin in flames, prompting sharp criticism from Russia. Source: Czech news portal TN.cz, as reported by European Pravda Details: President Zelenskyy…

Main content Listen now Going to school on Ukraine’s frontline If Ukraine accepts the US’s ceasefire plan, the city of Zaporizhzhia will be just 30km from the Russian border. The idea of freezing the frontlines and ceding Ukrainian land to Russia in four regions to end the conflict brings huge pain…

In the late 1980s, Saddam Hussein, bogged down in a stalemated war with Iran, changed tactics. He launched ballistic missiles at Tehran and other cities in what became known as the “War of the Cities,” hoping to bomb Iran into negotiation. When that failed, he threatened to arm his Scuds with…

The Enigma code was a fiendish cipher that took Alan Turing and his fellow codebreakers a herculean effort to crack. Yet experts say it would have crumbled in the face of modern computing. While Polish experts broke early versions of the Enigma code in the 1930s and built anti-Enigma machines,…

Is this the end, or just the beginning? India conducted missile strikes against what it described as “terrorist infrastructure” in Pakistan and the Pakistan-administered parts of Kashmir in the early hours of Wednesday. The Indian government said the strikes were a response to a terrorist attack in…

A soldier examines a building damaged by an Indian missile strike near Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-administered Kashmir on May 7, 2025. MD Mughal/AP Islamabad, Pakistan / New Delhi, India CNN — India launched military strikes on Pakistan on Wednesday and Pakistan claimed it shot down five Indian Air…

When you ask Chat GPT or another AI a question, how do you know the answer is accurate? Or propaganda from a foreign government. Russian disinformation is now shaping some answers from major AI chatbots operated by OpenAI, Meta, Google, and Microsoft. Online security experts say a Kremlin-linked…

According to Latvian intelligence, Russia is resorting to demonstrations of force and provocations, including violating airspace without permission and carrying out aggressive maneuvers near NATO aircraft and ships, which increases the likelihood of accidental military incidents. The purpose of such…

Bitcoin is used by states trying to skirt sanctions.That could help the cryptocurrency regain lost ground, VanEck wrote. Russia and other countries’ attempts to dodge sanctions will pump the value of Bitcoin, according to VanEck. The investment management firm’s analysts Matthew Sigel, Patrick Bush…