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Incidents
Caroline Bezengi Spill Pollutes 12 Kilometres of Oman’s Coast
Oil Reaches the Mainland
Oman is continuing its response to an oil spill from the Caroline Bezengi tanker, which grounded near the Hallaniyat Islands in Dhofar Governorate. Pollution has reached the Ras Madrakah area and...
Digital technologies
CMA CGM Accelerates Shift to 100% Electronic Bills of Lading by 2030
Transition Period Begins on September 1
CMA CGM is continuing to digitalize documentation for maritime shipments. According to the carrier’s official customer advisory, a transition period for original bills of lading will run across its...
Transport and shipping
US Receives More Than 500,000 Barrels of Venezuelan Oil per Day
US Imports of Venezuelan Oil Increase
Venezuela is supplying more than 500,000 barrels of oil per day to the United States. US Under Secretary of Energy Kyle Haustveit announced the figure at an industry event...
Global Affairs
White House Rules Out Iran Talks as Tehran Says Hormuz Is Closed
US-Iran Talks Have Stalled
US President Donald Trump said on August 18 that Washington was neither negotiating with Iran nor planning to resume talks. He said there were “no talks … going on, or scheduled”...
International trade
India Plans First Cargo Voyage on Northern Sea Route in 2027
First Pilot Voyage Planned for 2027
India plans to conduct its first pilot cargo voyage along the Northern Sea Route in 2027. S. Venkatesapathy, joint secretary at India’s Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, announced...
Business
SkyUp Opens Sales for 26 Routes From Chisinau in Summer 2027
Eleven New Routes Added
SkyUp has opened ticket sales for scheduled flights from Chisinau during the summer 2027 season. The published network comprises 26 destinations, according to the airline’s official announcement.
Austria and Croatia will appear...
Business
EU Road Freight Reaches 1.886 Trillion Tonne-Kilometres
Freight Transport Continued to Grow
Road freight transport performance in the European Union reached 1.886 trillion tonne-kilometres in 2025, an increase of 0.9% from the previous year, according to Eurostat.
The total weight of goods transported...
Regulators and laws
Germany Allows Driver Qualification Exams in Nine Foreign Languages
Reform Takes Effect on August 18
Germany has implemented the first amendment to its Professional Driver Qualification Regulation and other road transport legislation. The regulation was published on August 17, 2026, with its main provisions...