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Can Turkey sign a maritime jurisdiction agreement similar to the one it signed with Libya with Egypt in the Eastern Mediterranean? In response to Nurdan Ebru Erdoğan's question during the broadcast of Gün İçinden on November 2, 2026, international maritime law expert Dr. Cahit İstikbal stated that he finds Ankara's ou…
The Ministry of Public Works and Transportation of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) made a statement on November 2 regarding the news that the Ada 74 is preparing to operate between Famagusta and Mersin. The ministry indicated that there is currently no approval for the vessel to operate on this route or…
The İMEAK Chamber of Shipping has drawn attention to the risk of attacks on vessels navigating around Yemen and Yanbu in its circular numbered 1111, dated October 29. The Chamber stated that it has received information from various sources and institutions indicating that vessels with their Automatic Identification Sy…
Somali broadcast Heemaal News reported, based on the Turkish Embassy, that on November 1, Naval Colonel Fatih Mehmet Ünal arrived in the capital Mogadishu. According to the statement from the embassy reflected in the media of both countries, Turkey will continue to contribute to the restructuring of the Somali Navy an…
According to Ukrainian Shipping Magazine, which relayed Kononenko's field report dated November 2, approximately 90 vessels are waiting in line for entry on the maritime side of the Sulina Canal in Romania. Kononenko estimated the number of vessels waiting to exit the Danube into the Black Sea to be around 20. Kononen…
The Delo Group announced on November 2 that the transportation company Ruscon has opened a new route for exports from southern Russia to China. The first train arrived on November 1 at the Global Ports terminal located in the Vrangel Bay of Nahodka. Seventy-six 40-foot containers were loaded onto the train in Novoross…
BGNES, reporting on the morning data from the Bulgarian Border Police, stated that traffic at other crossings on the Romanian border is proceeding normally. However, the low water level in the Danube is preventing the reactivation of two ferry lines. The operator of the Svishtov–Zimnicea line announced that services w…
The Romanian Ministry of Defense reported that the ports of Ukraine on the Danube River were targeted by intense drone attacks on the night of November 1 to November 2. The ministry's statement number 353 did not provide information about the names of the targeted ports or the extent of the damage. F-16s, tasked with …
A fire that broke out on the Espirito Santo Express, en route from Singapore to Brazil's Port of Santos, was brought under control on October 15. Hapag-Lloyd, the charterer of the vessel, communicated its damage assessment to customers on October 30, which was reported by Seatrade Maritime on November 2. Based on info…
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) has reported that a tanker traveling southeast in the Gulf of Oman was struck twice on the port side. According to the captain's notification, the incident occurred on November 2 at 02:47 Turkey time, 72 nautical miles east of Ras al-Hafc, Saudi Arabia. In UKMTO's w…
CMA CGM will exhibit at the China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai from November 5 to 10, 2026. This marks the shipping and logistics group's ninth consecutive year at the event, which it has attended every year since the expo launched in 2018. At Booth #B2-05 in Hall 2.2 of the National Exhibition and Con…
Ti Insight (Transport Intelligence) published its Global Express & Parcels 2026 Market Report, which finds that the global express and parcels market reached £577.3 billion in 2025. That figure is up 5.8% from the previous year, driven by e-commerce and a structural shift in delivery away from the home. The report pro…
The Red Sea facility opens as cargo owners and logistics providers seek alternatives to disrupted Gulf routes and longer overland journeys. The Port of Neom, located on Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coast and part of the kingdom's Neom megaproject, will open its new container Terminal 1 (T1) on November 10. The terminal will…
Hapag-Lloyd has announced upcoming sailing omissions affecting four Atlantic Loop services: AL1, AL2, AL3, and AL6. The adjustments are scheduled for December 2026 and January 2027. The company has advised customers that the changes may affect both cargo planning and transit times. The Atlantic Loop services connect E…
ClassNK held the environmental seminar 'Latest Trends and Practical Operation of Wind-Assisted Propulsion Systems' on October 23. The event drew 160 participants from shipping companies, shipbuilders, marine equipment manufacturers, and other organizations. Four of Japan's leading maritime companies sponsored the semi…
A sanctioned Iranian tanker carrying about 500,000 barrels of liquefied petroleum gas slipped past the U.S. naval blockade and delivered its cargo to China, according to United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI), which says it filmed the ship at a Malaysian anchorage along the way. Tanker laden with Iranian LPG transiting th…
A Tanzanian-flagged general cargo ship named ANTEPLİ (formerly known as AS DREAM), reported to be owned by Turkish interests, sank off the coast of Baf, Cyprus. All 10 sailors aboard the vessel were rescued by the MSC HANNAH III, which was passing through the area. The ship has a history of an unresolved case involvin…
A new danger has emerged in the Black Sea following the sinking of the CONTSHIP JET container ship due to an attack by three maritime drones off the coast of Bulgaria. Four containers have been detected drifting off the coast of Burgas, while one container has struck the Bulgarian shore. Investigations are ongoing reg…
The Russian Ministry of Defense announced that a bulk carrier, allegedly carrying military supplies for Ukraine, was struck by drones while sailing off the coast of Odessa. While the name of the ship, its flag, and the extent of the damage have not yet been determined, attacks on commercial vessels in the Black Sea ar…
Sunday saw another vessel attacked in Persian Gulf regional waters. The UK Maritime Trade Operations agency (UKMTO) reported that a ship was struck by two projectiles some 83 miles east of Ras al-Khafji, which is the Saudi town on the Kuwaiti border in the northern Persian Gulf. Significantly and unusually, this parti…
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s steelmaker Qarmet is building new coke batteries scheduled to enter service in 2027, a project that will form part of the country’s first coal-chemical complex, as the company advances a $3.5 billion modernizatio…
TURKEY: Şanlıurfa municipality has let a contract to construct the first phase of the city’s future light rail system to a consortium of Sigma İnşaat, Emreray Enerji and Vestan İnşaat. The consortium submitted a winning bid of TL3.39bn, the lowest of seven bids received. Phase 1 involves construction of a 14 km north-…
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s trade turnover with countries participating in the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) program reached $8.8 billion in 2025, up 14.4% from the previous year, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of N…
Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan have signed two agreements aimed at expanding transport and logistics cooperation, including the development of a new intermodal cargo terminal at the Port of Baku and the establishment of a next-generation ferry system across the Caspian Sea.
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Kazakhstan released a second Amur tiger into the wild on Oct. 31, marking another milestone in the country’s efforts to restore tigers to their historical habitat after more than 70 years of absence. Kazakhstan released a sec…
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – The Museum of Almaty has opened “Peaks Reaching for the Sky,” an exhibition on the history of mountaineering in Kazakhstan from the 1930s to the present day. Photo credit: Aleksandr Pavsky / Kazinform. Visitors can learn how …
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA — A new survey by TikTok and the Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs found that more than 70% of surveyed companies use the platform for business at least once a month, while 88.3% reported a positive effect on attractin…
Iraq has boosted its crude oil exports via the Turkish Mediterranean port Ceyhan to 500,000 barrels per day (bpd), as OPEC’s second-largest producer has started trucking Basrah crude to the pipeline system to the north. Iraq has hiked exports from Turkey to 500,000 bpd for the first time since pipeline operations resu…
Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan are planning to establish a joint intermodal cargo terminal and a new Trans-Caspian ferry system called the "Caspian Bridge."
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Kazakhstan has opened a training classroom featuring a simulator of the SMR-300 small modular reactor at the Institute of Nuclear Physics in Almaty on Oct. 30 to provide practical training for specialists in the nuclear energ…