The attack is the most recent sign of a fresh bout of Somali piracy in the Indian Ocean, coinciding with a slew of attacks on merchant shipping in the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea.

The Biden administration recently announced it would replace the nation’s Chinese-built port cranes with Japanese ones.

Biden’s budget looks to shore up ports and repair aging highways and bridges across the U.S. 

A select number of ocean carriers and shippers are racing to meet decarbonization goals for international transportation over the next few years. And they need help.

The administration announced a U.S. Coast Guard Maritime Security Directive on cyber risk management actions for ship-to-shore cranes manufactured by the People’s Republic of China.

David Appleton, head of professional and technical at Nautilus, which represents more than 20,000 maritime workers, said the utmost priority should be the safeguarding of the lives of seafarers.

One Vietnamese and two Filipino crew members died in the attack on the MV True Confidence, and two others were seriously injured.

The Yemen-based Houthi described the carrier as “a U.S. ship,” which its owners and the Biden administration said isn’t true.

The territorial waters affected extend halfway into the 12-mile-wide Bab al-Mandab Strait, through which around 15% of the world's shipping traffic passes.

The company has previously sponsored the restoration of the Apollo basin in the gardens of the Versailles Palace and the renovation of the Musee National de la Marine.