More shipping firms have decided to avoid the Red Sea although the US has created a naval coalition purportedly aimed to safeguard shipping after Yemen’s retaliatory attacks on Israel-linked vessels.

Yemen’s Houthis target two more ships in the Red Sea amid their pro-Palestine military campaign.

Major shipping companies suspend transit through the Red Sea as Saudis voice concern over the escalation of conflict in the Middle East.

An IRISL ship docks and unloads at a Libyan port amid Iran’s efforts to expand export activity in Africa.

Iran adds at least 15 vessels to its northern fleet of commercial ships in the Caspian Sea.

Iran’s IRISL is planning to launch a direct container shipping route to Brazil in July.

Shipping is one of the world's greatest and oldest industries, with a long-standing history dating back thousands of years. 

Iran says its ships and tankers will continue to sail in international waters under the Iranian flag.

A new report says the United States is quietly sending hundreds of thousands of artillery shells to Ukraine from the so-called American emergency stockpile in Israel, amid Russia's ongoing war with the former Soviet state.

A surge in container shipping rates poses a threat to the global economic recovery, with small countries dependent on deliveries by sea expected to be hardest hit by a spike in import prices, UN agency UNCTAD said on Thursday.