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U.S. Extends Maritime Pressure Campaign on Venezuelan Oil Fleet
U.S. forces are continuing intensive maritime interdiction activity targeting tankers linked to sanctioned Venezuelan oil exports, forming part of an expanded naval enforcement posture in…
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2026 MARITIME INDUSTRY FACT SHEET
Navigating Fragmentation, Decarbonization, and Digitalization 1) THE MACRO VIEW: GLOBAL TRADE DYNAMICS 2) REGULATORY FOCUS: IMO 2026–27 3) THE GREEN TRANSITION: PRAGMATIC COMPLIANCE 4) THE…
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Understanding Sanctions in Maritime Trade
The Question That Always Comes Next In my previous article, I explained how sanctions enforcement, particularly through OFAC, reaches the ship and why the Master…
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The Master’s Role in OFAC Compliance
By Capt. Raghu Sharma An Analytical Look at How Sanctions Quietly Enter the Bridge To seafarers in general, OFAC does not exist. No rating will…
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When Shipping Turns Grey: Life and Law Inside the Shadow Fleet
When a ship “goes grey,” it doesn’t disappear.It slips into a world where names change and paperwork turns to smoke. Yet the people aboard still…
The Deep Draft 