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Port of Tallinn is pushing a rare 20-hectare quayside development site at Muuga Harbour to industrial and logistics investors, offering direct access to deep-water berths, port services and multimodal transport …

LNG is consolidating its lead in shipping’s alternative-fuel orderbook, with the dual-fuel fleet reaching 1,665 vessels and a further 982 ships on order, according to Lloyd’s Register’s latest Fuel for …

GTT has won tank design work for five 174,000-cbm LNG carriers that Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding is building for MISC, according to GTT. The French LNG containment specialist said it received the …

A surge in tanker values has handed South Korean shipbuilders an unexpected upside, with second-hand Suezmax prices rising above newbuild levels and Samsung Heavy Industries reselling cancelled tankers at a …

Wärtsilä has joined the EU-funded H4PERION project to test hydrogen-based engine technology for long-distance shipping, with sea trials planned onboard Wasaline’s ferry Aurora Botnia, according to Wärtsilä Corporation. The four-year …

AD Ports Group, CMA Terminals Khalifa Port and CMA CGM Group have signed an agreement to build inland intermodal logistics links across the UAE and the wider Gulf, according to …

U.S. President Donald Trump has paused Project Freedom, the U.S. operation to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to commercial shipping, while keeping the blockade in force as Washington tests whether …

Damen Shipyards Group has started operating DAMEN Shiprepair Dakar through a joint venture with Senegal’s government, giving the Dutch group a West African repair base under a 20-year public-private partnership, …

Rheinmetall AG is weighing a takeover of the bankrupt Mangalia shipyard with MSC, in a deal that would push the Romanian yard into military and commercial shipbuilding after years of …

A Vanuatu-flagged cargo vessel identified as Corsage C sank off the Greek island of Andros early on Wednesday after hitting rocks, with all nine crew members rescued, according to Greek …

Iran has introduced a permit system for vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz, requiring ships to obtain clearance before entering one of the world’s most critical oil shipping chokepoints, according …

The vessel was built at Krasnoye Sormovo Shipyard for Karapaks LLC Photo by IAA PortNews An official state flag-raising ceremony took place today on board the crab factory Kildin, the …

The IMO has approved a new North-East Atlantic emission control area and tougher ballast water compliance rules, while leaving key elements of its Net-Zero Framework unresolved after MEPC 84, according …

HII pushed its backlog to a record $54.0bn in the first quarter, but the US naval shipbuilder’s stronger revenue failed to prevent a squeeze on margins, according to the company’s …

Multraship Salvage B.V. and Herbosch-Kiere N.V. have raised the 86-metre Dutch inland vessel Sola Gratia from the River Scheldt near Antwerp after it sank with about 1,600 tonnes of sand …

Austal has tightened its grip on Australia’s Evolved Cape-class patrol boat programme after securing a A$150.3m ($99m) contract extension for two more vessels for the Australian Border Force, according to …

DOF Group has lined up Skandi Inventor for a subsea commissioning support contract worth between $25m and $50m, tightening backlog for the Norwegian owner in the Asia-Pacific region, according to …

Reach Subsea has lined up Solstad Maritime’s construction support vessel Normand Jarstein for a subsea campaign in the Mediterranean and Black Sea after securing a letter of intent for the …

CMA CGM’s new LNG-powered ultra-large container ship CMA CGM GRAND PALAIS has completed its first Suez Canal transit after safely passing through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, according to the Suez …

Fratelli Cosulich has launched Lucia Cosulich, the second methanol-ready IMO II bunker tanker in a four-vessel series, at Taizhou Maple Leaf Shipyard in China on 2 May 2026, according to …

AYK Energy will supply a 6,758-kWh battery system for MV Yampu, the 11,000-dwt diesel-electric self-unloading bulk carrier being built in China for CSL Australia under an agreement with Wärtsilä, according …

Wärtsilä has launched a modular grease trap product line aimed at cutting blockages and unplanned maintenance in shipboard wastewater systems, according to Wärtsilä Corporation. The GREASE TRAP – GM Series, …

China remains the largest importer of Russian fish products since 2023 AI-generated image Exports of fish and seafood from Russia exceeded $1.7 billion in the first three months of 2026, …

Egypt has put the revenue loss from reduced Suez Canal traffic at about $10bn, after attacks on ships in the Bab al-Mandab Strait diverted volumes away from one of the …

Maersk’s US-flagged vehicle carrier Alliance Fairfax has exited the Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz under US military escort, becoming the first confirmed Maersk-linked transit under Washington’s new Project Freedom …

South Korea is investigating an explosion and fire aboard the HMM-operated general cargo ship HMM Namu in the Strait of Hormuz after all 24 crew members were confirmed safe, according …

Baku Shipyard has won a contract from KTZ Express Shipping to build two dry cargo vessels, giving Kazakhstan’s Middle Corridor expansion a new Caspian fleet component, according to AZCON Holding. …

India’s Knowledge Marine & Engineering Works Limited has acquired about 15 acres of waterfront land in Maharashtra through subsidiary Knowledge Shipyard Private Limited, opening a move into shipyard development near …

COSCO SHIPPING Holdings’ first-quarter profit almost halved as higher container volumes failed to shield the Chinese state-owned liner and ports group from weaker freight rates, according to COSCO SHIPPING Holdings. …

MISC is moving into the floating storage and regasification sector after winning a 20-year contract from Petronas Gas to supply, operate and maintain a newbuild FSRU for Malaysia’s planned RGT-3 …

Thermax and Ankur Scientific are moving to build India’s first green methanol plant at Deendayal Port in Kandla, giving the country’s shipping sector an early domestic source of cleaner marine …

Türkiye is pushing ahead with a 312-km high-speed railway from Mersin to Gaziantep that would tie Mersin port more tightly to inland industry and a planned Gulf-Europe freight route, according …

This idea was previously proposed by Nikolai Patrushev, Chairman of the Maritime Board. The Russian government has amended the list of ports and points in the inland sea waters and …

Seven OPEC+ producers will raise their combined oil output target by 188,000 barrels per day in June, pushing ahead with a controlled rollback of earlier voluntary cuts while keeping the …

HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering has raised $1.55bn from a zero-coupon exchangeable bond backed by shares in HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, according to regulatory filings. The US dollar-denominated bonds …

International Container Terminal Services Inc. lifted first-quarter profit by 23% as new operations in South Africa and Indonesia turned modest underlying growth into a double-digit jump in throughput, according to …

Wärtsilä Gas Solutions has secured a contract to supply cargo handling and fuel gas supply systems for four LNG bunkering vessels ordered by GSX Energy at Nantong CIMC Sinopacific Offshore …

Port of Gothenburg’s container throughput fell 3% year on year in the first quarter to 226,000 TEU, even as loaded cargo volumes increased and fewer empty boxes moved through Sweden’s …

Orient Express has taken ownership of the 220-metre Orient Express Corinthian from Chantiers de l’Atlantique, putting the French-flagged sailing yacht on course for her Mediterranean debut after a naming ceremony …

ZIM shareholders have cleared Hapag-Lloyd’s planned $4.2bn cash takeover of the Israeli container line, according to ZIM’s filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The approval removes a key …

KSS Line has committed KRW 504.8bn ($366m) to three 90,000-cbm VLGC newbuildings at HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, locking in long-term LPG shipping exposure against charter cover from BGN Group and …

Ardmore Shipping has ordered two 40,500-dwt Handysize product and chemical tankers at Wuhu Shipyard while agreeing to sell a 2014-built MR tanker, tightening its fleet-renewal strategy and raising cash returns …

The average distance travelled by seaborne cargo has risen 10% since the start of the decade, reshaping demand as longer voyages require more ship capacity to move the same volumes, …

Hanwha Ocean has added three very large ammonia carriers to its orderbook in a KRW 507.4bn ($345m) deal with an unnamed African shipowner, according to Hanwha Ocean’s 4 May regulatory …

US Central Command will begin backing Project Freedom on May 4 with warships, aircraft, unmanned platforms and 15,000 personnel to support commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, according to …

Swedish authorities boarded the 182-metre tanker Jin Hui south of Trelleborg after raising concerns over its seaworthiness and suspected false flag status, according to the Swedish Coast Guard. The vessel …

Suspected pirates have seized the Togo-flagged oil products tanker M/T Eureka off Yemen’s Shabwa province, according to Yemen’s Coast Guard, in an incident highlighting a sharp deterioration in security across …

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co is launching a Europe–Red Sea–Middle East Express service linking northern and southern Europe with Saudi Arabia and Jordan, with onward multimodal connections into the Gulf, according …

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck the Caspian Sea off Azerbaijan at 09:50 local time on May 2 at a depth of 27 km, according to Azerbaijan’s Republican Seismic Survey Center. …

The International Maritime Organization said its Marine Environment Protection Committee is “back on track” towards a global shipping emissions deal after closing its 84th session in London, according to IMO. …