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Container lines are pushing larger ships deeper into intra-Europe services, with the number of vessels above 8,000 TEU trading in the Mediterranean almost doubling in a year, according to Alphaliner. …

DP World has received two of Europe’s largest quay cranes at Southampton in a £60m ($79.3m) capacity drive aimed at preparing one of the UK’s biggest container terminals for larger …

Iran has imposed a permit-and-insurance regime on commercial ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz, adding a new layer of state control over one of global energy shipping’s most important chokepoints, …

Ryukyu Kaiun Kaisha has cancelled several domestic sailings after its Japanese-flagged ro-ro cargo ship Niraikanai II grounded west of Toshima village in Tokyo’s Izu Islands at about 0330 local time …

BNSF Railway has cleared a key local hurdle for a $4bn inland rail gateway in California aimed at pulling more containers off trucks and moving Los Angeles-Long Beach cargo deeper …

U.S. seaborne imports from ports exposed to the Strait of Hormuz plunged 93.2% year on year in May 2026, falling from 1.5m metric tonnes to 100,591 tonnes after the waterway …

Birdon has laid the keel for a larger Daintree River ferry at its Port Macquarie shipyard, moving the replacement vessel from design into hull assembly ahead of a planned late-2027 …

AD Ports Group has launched an integrated logistics service linking Khalifa Port in Abu Dhabi with Umm Qasr Port in Iraq, opening a direct weekly route for container and Ro-Ro …

Dan-Bunkering has completed a ship-to-ship LNG bunker delivery in China for Sallaum Lines’ newbuild pure car and truck carrier Ocean Express, involving about 1,400 metric tonnes of LNG, according to …

Jan De Nul has secured a 25-year concession to deepen, modernise and maintain Argentina’s main export waterway, with the contract giving the Belgian dredging group the right to collect tolls …

A.P. Moller - Maersk has launched a dedicated North American trucking service for Class 9 lithium-ion batteries, targeting a US transport market estimated at $2.4bn to $3bn, according to A.P. …

Rising Asia-North America west coast spot rates are setting up the transpacific trade for a fresh round of container services outside the main liner alliances, according to Sea-Intelligence. The Copenhagen-based …

Navigator Holdings Ltd has lined up $205.8m in long-term sale-and-leaseback financing for two gas carrier newbuildings under construction in China, completing funding for four of its six vessels on order, …

Pipelaying connection work is nearing completion Photo credit: Rostekhnadzor's website The commissioning of the first phase of the Bukhta Sever Oil Terminal as part of Vostok Oil project is scheduled …

Grimaldi Group’s Italian-flag car carrier Grande Torino has cleared the Strait of Hormuz after more than 100 days in the Persian Gulf, ending a prolonged security hold-up after Iran’s foreign …

Daphne Technology has gained a Lloyd’s Register Factual Statement confirming that its PureMetrics™ continuous emissions monitoring system is suitable for direct monitoring of selected greenhouse gas emissions from marine diesel …

Equinor and its partners have selected Troll B as the hub for Ringvei Vest, a 240m-barrel subsea development in the Norwegian North Sea, according to Equinor. The concept brings together …

Candela has launched the P-12 Voyager, a 12-passenger electric hydrofoiling vessel aimed at luxury transfers, hospitality services and premium commuter routes, according to Candela. The vessel is the flagship model …

German transmission system operator 50Hertz has awarded Siemens Energy and Neptun Smulders Offshore Renewables a contract to deliver a 2-GW offshore converter system for the North Sea Connector 2 project, …

Unite has demanded guarantees that UK shipbuilding and repair work will not be sent overseas after Cornwall-based maritime group Balaena bought APCL Group, the parent of Cammell Laird and A&P, …

CORE POWER has launched a feasibility study into using BWX Technologies’ mPower™ small modular reactor in floating nuclear power plants built in and deployed from shipyards, according to CORE POWER. …

AD Ports Group has started operations at Noatum Ports – Maqta Ayla Digital Solutions, a joint venture with Aqaba Development Corporation that will build digital systems for Aqaba’s port and …

New York-New Jersey’s April cargo volumes fell 8.4% year on year as a March surge gave way to slower container, rail and auto traffic, according to the Port of New …

European shipowners and the International Chamber of Shipping are pressing for a single global ship recycling standard after an independent study identified gaps between the EU Ship Recycling Regulation and …

South Korea has launched the Korea-U.S. Strategic Investment Corporation to manage a $350bn US investment pledge that includes $150bn for shipbuilding cooperation led by South Korean companies, according to South …

International Car Operators N.V. has put Belgium’s first commercial shore power facility for roll-on/roll-off vessels into operation at Zeebrugge, with an NYK pure car and truck carrier becoming the first …

The US Senate Armed Services Committee has moved to allow up to two US Navy bulk fuel ships and strategic sealift ships to be built in allied countries, including South …

World Shipping Council president and CEO Joe Kramek said stranded seafarers and ships must be the immediate priority after an agreement affecting the Strait of Hormuz raised hopes of safer …

The US military has formally lifted its blockade of Iranian shipping, opening a narrow path back through the Strait of Hormuz after more than three months of disruption, according to …

Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd is expanding its partnership with US-based Kaleris to install an AI-backed operating and optimisation platform across 15 container terminals at nine ports, according …

Australian federal authorities have charged three people after about 320 kg of methamphetamine was found in two shipping containers from Ghana at Sydney’s Port Botany, according to the Australian Federal …

The US Department of the Interior has agreed to pay Invenergy affiliates $765m to terminate four offshore wind leases off New York, California and Maine, with the money to be …

Venture Global has signed binding agreements to supply EnBW with about 0.82 million tonnes per annum of US LNG for roughly five years from 2026, according to Venture Global. The …

Echandia has secured its first order from Incat Tasmania to supply an Echandia Core battery system for a 78-metre hybrid catamaran being built in Australia, according to Echandia. The deal …

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines has won Lloyd’s Register’s Global Technology Technical Achievement Award for its Wind Challenger system, sharpening LNG shipping’s focus on wind-assisted propulsion as a practical route to lower …

GTT has won an order from China Chengda Engineering Co., Ltd to design three 240,000-cbm onshore LNG storage tanks for PipeChina Group Co., Ltd’s Yuedong LNG Terminal project in Jieyang, …

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines has signed a long-term time charter contract with JERA for two 87,000-cbm very large gas carriers to move low-carbon ammonia from the Blue Point Project in Louisiana …

Ardmore Shipping has doubled its product and chemical tanker newbuilding programme in China after exercising options for two more 40,500-dwt Handysize vessels at Wuhu Shipyard, according to Ardmore Shipping’s statement. …

Fincantieri and Republikorp have signed an MoU to set up a strategic partnership aimed at building naval ships in Indonesia and deepening local industrial capability, according to Fincantieri. The agreement, …

Valenciaport’s container traffic edged higher in the first five months of 2026, helping cushion a wider fall in cargo volumes as weaker solid bulk shipments dragged down throughput at Spain’s …

UK port group Associated British Ports has secured a £300m ($402m) financing package, including a £200m ($268m) commitment from the National Wealth Fund, to accelerate infrastructure upgrades across its network, …

This is the second in a series of LNG carriers ordered by PAO Sovcomflot Photo credit: Sovcomflot's press office Bolshoy Kamen, Primorsky Krai based Zvezda Shipbuilding & Ship Repair Complex …

Kuwait has temporarily halted entry permits for foreign vessels arriving from Iraqi ports, leaving ships exposed to a targeted access restriction even as the country’s ports remain open, according to …

Sudan’s Sea Ports Corporation has broken ground on a $57m oil berth at the Al-Khair petroleum terminal in Port Sudan, in a project designed to lift the facility’s tanker limit …

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines has widened its bio-LNG bunkering network for LNG-fuelled car carriers, adding Mediterranean supply in Spain while keeping Northwest Europe covered under an existing arrangement, according to Mitsui …

The United Arab Emirates is pushing ahead with a ports, pipeline and transport plan aimed at cutting its export reliance on the Strait of Hormuz to “zero”, Foreign Trade Minister …

Ontario Shipyards has moved to deepen its partnership with Hanwha Ocean after a delegation visited the South Korean shipbuilder’s Geoje yard for talks on production capability, workforce training and industrial …

Zululand Energy Terminal has signed a Heads of Agreement with ExxonMobil South Africa LNG Ltd for LNG supply into a planned import terminal at the Port of Richards Bay, according …

Federal prosecutors have charged Karthikeyan Deenadayalan, 46, chief engineer of the Singapore-registered M/V Dali, alleging he failed to alert the US Coast Guard to a hazardous fuel-supply arrangement before the …

Lloyd’s Register has granted the first Type Approval Certificate for a 100% hydrogen-fuelled, spark-ignited marine engine, clearing BeHydro’s design against LR requirements for safety, performance and reliability in marine applications, …