Iran says international shipping activity continues in southern waters despite recent military tensions.

All major international shipping companies are maintaining port calls to Iran despite unilateral US sanctions, head of Iran's Ports and Maritime Organization Mohammad Rastad says.

North Korea condemned the US for seizing one of its cargo ships and urged the UN secretary-general to take "necessary measures" to contribute to stabilizing the Korean peninsula.

North Korea has called on UN chief Antonio Guterres to interfere in the "illegal" impounding of one of its largest cargo ships by the US.

A North Korean cargo ship seized by the US over claims of having violated Washington-imposed economic sanctions has arrived in the western American territory of Samoa.

Ten crew members were found dead and 14 were rescued after two ships caught fire in the Kerch Strait near Crimea, Russia says.

A senior official says Iran will start bunkering operations at a newly-built ship fueling terminal on the Persian Gulf island of Qeshm by next month.

UK authorities are to spend £100 million for new ferries to deal with potential no-Brexit chaos at sea.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, facing elections next March, deliberately sent Ukrainian ships into Russian territory in an attempt to provoke Russia and stir anti-Russia sentiments, says a commentator.

Iran urges the US to lift its sanctions on humanitarian goods as per the International Court of Justice ruling as it wins another lawsuit against Washington at the International Maritime Organization.