Channel
@themaritimetelegraph
On this record: Topic · Growth · Engagement · Posts · Handles named that no longer answer · Cite this entry
812subscribers
+2 since we began measuring on 7 August 2026
Risers and fallers across the register · movement among entries of Under 1,000.
| Telegram ID | -1001178451831 |
|---|---|
| Type | Channel |
| Username | @themaritimetelegraph |
| Created | Between 1 March 2018 and 31 July 2021 — estimated from Telegram’s id allocation, not measured. How this range is calculated. |
| First recorded | 7 August 2026 |
| Last confirmed live | 3 October 2026 |
| Measurements held | 7 |
| Confirmed unchanged | 1 time, most recently 3 October 2026 |
| On Telegram | t.me/themaritimetelegraph |
Other / unclassifiable — a classification, not a measurement. An on-box language model (Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-FP8, prompt version 1) read this channel’s own recent posts on 20 September 2026 and assigned it the closest of 31 fixed categories, at 50% confidence. This is a model’s judgement about what the channel is likely to be about, not a fact this register measured the way a subscriber count or a view count is measured — it can be revised on a later pass, and it carries no weight anywhere else on this page. How this classification works, and why it has no browse page of its own yet.
| Measured (UTC) | Subscribers | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 3 Oct 2026, 07:02 | 812 | +2 |
| 19 Sept 2026, 03:42 | 810 | -2 |
| 9 Sept 2026, 18:56 | 812 | -1 |
| 1 Sept 2026, 02:28 | 813 | +1 |
| 24 Aug 2026, 03:47 | 812 | +2 |
| 8 Aug 2026, 09:33 | 810 | no change |
| 7 Aug 2026, 10:17 | 810 | first reading |
20 posts held, back to 30 July 2026 — the reader has not yet reached the start of this channel’s public history, so older posts may sit further back, unread. Read across 1 page of Telegram’s post history, 20 posts per page.
Nothing published in the last 30 days. ERR and ER are rolling 30-day measures, so there is nothing to compute — we hold 20 posts for this entry, the most recent from 7 August 2026. An engagement rate over an empty window would be a number about nothing.
Portuguese authorities seized five tonnes of cocaine from the container ship Maersk Nokwanda and detained a crew member over alleged links to the smuggling operation. The Indian seafarer was later found dead in custody, prompting a separate investigation into the circumstances of his death. Read more: https://www.maritimetelegraph.com/portugal-seizes-cocaine-maersk-nokwanda/
Ship-to-ship transfer: budget edition. 🌊🧗♂️ All you need is two ropes, strong hands, and zero safety officers in sight. Credit: ToltapeFilms
The Seafarer Happiness Index recorded another decline in Q2 2026, with crews reporting increasing pressure from workload demands, limited shore access and concerns over pay levels. While onboard relationships and connectivity remain strong points, the survey highlights growing challenges for retention and workforce wellbeing. Read more: https://www.maritimetelegraph.com/seafarer-happiness-index-q2-2026/
The Shipping Corporation of India has launched its largest-ever containership procurement, seeking up to six LNG dual-fuel vessels. The ships will have a capacity of around 8,000 TEU each. The programme supports India's strategy to expand its national liner fleet while boosting domestic shipbuilding through partnerships with international yards. Read more: https://www.maritimetelegraph.com/sci-lng-dual-fuel-containe…
Shanghai Port has become the first container port to process more than 200,000 TEU in a single day. The record was achieved as the world's busiest box port cleared vessel and cargo backlogs following Typhoon Bavi. Read more: https://www.maritimetelegraph.com/shanghai-port-200000-teu-daily-record/
What do you think? Would you take a self-following robot suitcase on your next contract? Looks like it might give up on the gangway. 🤪 Сredit: Reddit
Oil leaking from the grounded tanker MV Caroline Bezengi has spread across protected waters off southern Oman, increasing concerns for endangered wildlife and sensitive coastal habitats. The affected area reached about 150 square kilometres in early August, compared with around 20 square kilometres a week earlier. The vessel has remained stranded since June, while salvage and pollution response efforts continue. Rea…
Pilotage services have resumed in Argentina after the government suspended a disputed reform that triggered a nationwide strike. The disruption delayed more than 150 vessels and temporarily affected one of the world's busiest agricultural export corridors. Read more: https://www.maritimetelegraph.com/argentina-pilotage-strike-grain-exports/
An Indian-flagged cargo vessel sank after being attacked off Yemen, 14 crewmembers were rescued safely. No group has claimed responsibility, however, maritime intelligence company Windward said an explosive-laden boat likely struck the vessel. The company added that the attack resembled previous operations attributed to Yemen's Houthi movement. Read more: https://www.maritimetelegraph.com/indian-cargo-vessel-sinks-y…
No, this isn't a matrix glitch - these are square waves. 🌊 This rare phenomenon occurs when waves from two different directions intersect, creating a chessboard on the ocean surface. For small vessels cross seas are a serious hazard. Waves hitting from two directions simultaneously cause unpredictable rolling, loss of stability, and impaired steering. Credit: @Before The Headlines
MV MSS Graphene lost 17 empty containers while approaching Colombo after encountering rough weather west of Sri Lanka. Authorities have warned ships to watch for drifting containers as recovery operations continue. Read more: https://www.maritimetelegraph.com/mss-graphene-containers-overboard-sri-lanka/
Swedish prosecutors have detained the master of MV Misje Verde following a fatal collision with a pleasure boat that left two people dead. Investigators are examining the actions of both the master and the pilot, along with compliance with collision-prevention rules during the overtaking manoeuvre. Read more: https://www.maritimetelegraph.com/misje-verde-master-detained-fatal-sweden-collision/
Showing the 12 most recent of 20 posts we hold for @themaritimetelegraph. View and reaction counts are the latest single reading for each post, not a live figure, and a recent post is still accumulating both. A view count marked ≈ was rounded by Telegram before we ever saw it — t.me prints views in full below 1,000 and to three significant figures above, so ≈1,200,000 means somewhere between 1,150,000 and 1,249,999. Unmarked counts are exact. Text is reproduced from the public post preview and truncated for length.
@themaritimetelegraph named 2 handles that resolve to nothing today. That is a fact about the reference, not necessarily a fact about the handle’s history — see the two groups below.
Most of these may never have existed as a live channel at all. A handle a channel names can be a typo, an aspirational name nobody registered, or a channel that was already gone before this one ever mentioned it. Unless a row below is marked evidenced, all we know is that it references a handle that is not a live channel today — not that anything “died”. How this is measured.
References a handle that is not a live channel — we have no record it ever was one.
A live page changes as we take new readings, so a citation should name the measurement it is based on, not just the URL. The line below cites the subscriber count as measured 3 October 2026 — this entry's latest reading, not the date you are reading this.
“The Maritime Telegraph” (@themaritimetelegraph), 812 subscribers as measured 3 October 2026. Telegram Register, tgregister.com/channel/themaritimetelegraph.
Full measurement history, CC BY 4.0. Every reading this register holds for this entry, not just the latest one, as a dated, downloadable record: CSV · JSON. Free to use with attribution to tgregister.com. Each file carries its own generation timestamp, which is the figure to cite for exactly when the data was retrieved.