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Happy Lunar New Year 2026 to all our clients and colleagues who are celebrating.

To mark a milestone anniversary, our Chairman and Managing Director, James  Budd, reflects on 175 years of maritime history. In the following exchange, we discuss the evolution of P&I correspondence, the importance of local expertise...

On Sunday, 4 January 2026, Guinea’s Supreme Court confirmed that General Mamadi Doumbouya, who first came to power through a putsch in 2021, had won the presidential elections with 86.7 % of the vote. Amid claims that many voters had abstained...

BUDD Benin reports that following Sunday's failed coup d'état, security has been reinforced around key government buildings and the presidential palace situated near the port of Cotonou. Military roadblocks are preventing access to the entire...

Tunisia's Office of the Merchant Marine and Ports (OMMP) has initiated a major investment plan for the renewal and enhancement of its national tugboat fleet in order to improve safety, port efficiency, and maritime assistance capacities across...

11 November 2025 marked the launch of the Simandou iron ore mining project and the first export operations at the new Morebaya deep-water port.

Following a distress call from the heavily-listing vessel Panamanian-flagged oil tanker, MT Mersin, off Dakar in the night of 27 November, Senegal's authorities succeeded in rescuing all 22 crew.  They reported that the engine room had started...