Maritime news
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- New Zealand Navy Frigate Tracks 7 Vessels Suspected Of Funding North Korea’s Nuclear And Missile ProgrammesMarine Insight · 9/24/2026
A Royal New Zealand Navy task group has completed a 3-month deployment to monitor possible violations of UN sanctions against North Korea.
- Ukrainian Captain Killed After Russian Attack On Cargo Ship In Black SeaMarine Insight · 9/24/2026
The ship was sailing under the flag of Antigua and Barbuda when it was attacked on Sept. 23, the Ukrainian Sea Port Authority said.
- 17,500-Tonne Subsea Rock Installation Vessel Launched For Offshore Wind ProjectsMarine Insight · 9/24/2026
CSL OWL Subsea Rock Installation has launched the first of two new vessels that will install rock on the seabed for offshore wind projects.
- South Korea & U.S. Advance Warship Construction Cooperation Under $350 Billion InvestmentMarine Insight · 9/24/2026
South Korean President Lee Jae-myung discussed building warships with U.S. President Donald Trump during their meeting in New York.
- Video: Indian Seafarer Killed After Bulk Carrier Hit By Two Torpedoes Near OmanMarine Insight · 9/24/2026
An Indian seafarer was killed after the bulk carrier MV Cape Dao was attacked off Oman on Wednesday, September 23.
- 8 U.S. Navy Sailors Attempted Suicide During USS Abraham Lincoln Combat Deployment Against IranMarine Insight · 9/24/2026 · wellbeing
Eight US Navy personnel assigned to the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group attempted suicide during the ship's long deployment.
- Wreck Of Fishing Vessel That Sank On New Year’s Day 2019 Found With Human RemainsMarine Insight · 9/24/2026
A fishing boat that sank off Rhode Island on New Year’s Day 2019 ha been located, along with human remains of one of the fishermen.
- Ukraine Ready For Maritime Truce With Russia In Black Sea, Says President ZelenskyMarine Insight · 9/24/2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed his readiness to establish a maritime truce with Russia in the UN General Assembly Meeting.
- Iran Passes New Penalties For Cargo Ships Violating Transit Regulations In Strait Of HormuzMarine Insight · 9/24/2026 · regulation
Iran would impose penalties on commercial ships that violate its transit rules in the Strait of Hormuz, including detention or confiscation of their cargo.
- U.S. Navy To Upgrade Virginia & Columbia-Class Submarines With 360-Degree Digital MastsMarine Insight · 9/24/2026
U.S. Navy announced $139 million deal with L3Harris for aquiring low-profile photonic masts for Virginia- class and Columbia-class submarines.
- Taiwan Upgrades Maritime Patrol Capacity for Vulnerable South China Sea OutpostgCaptain · 9/24/2026
Taiwan has upgraded its maritime patrol capacity around the Pratas Islands in the disputed South China Sea, including regularly sending larger ships there, the government said, responding to an increase in Chinese activities.
- Supertanker Rally Lures Investors as War Squeezes Vessel SupplygCaptain · 9/24/2026
A supercharged rally in tanker earnings is attracting new investors to the global shipping industry, as the war in Iran points to how geopolitical crises can drastically curtail the supply of vessels.
- International Green Shipping Corridor Alliance launched in BeijingSeatrade Maritime · 9/24/2026
World’s first non-governmental international body is established to foster the innovative transformation of the global shipping industry
- From payments to welfare: The MarTrust and Iswan partnershipSeatrade Maritime · 9/24/2026 · wages, welfare
In this episode ahead of Seatrade Maritime Crew Connect Global 2026 we turn the spotlight on seafarer welfare.
- When cargo owners buy the ships, who pays for the inefficiency?Seatrade Maritime · 9/24/2026 · wages
With large tanker rates hitting unheard of levels cargo owners are investing vessels but what will happen with market changes
- Shipping market paradox – negative cargo growth, soaring ratesSeatrade Maritime · 9/24/2026
Global cargo for shipping is contracting for only the fourth time in four decades but inefficiencies in the market have led to sky high earnings
- Seafarer dead in attack on UAE-managed bulkerSeatrade Maritime · 9/24/2026
The fatal attack in the Strait of Hormuz is the third incident in the last five days
- Subsea 7 picked for Turkish FPU installationSplash247 · 9/24/2026
Offshore engineering and services player Subsea 7 has received an extension for work on the Sakarya Phase 3 Black Sea gas development offshore Turkey from Turkish Petroleum Offshore Technology Centre (TP-OTC). The additional scope covers towing and mooring line installation and connection activities related to the comm
- DeepOcean and TFKable plan new offshore wind cable vesselSplash247 · 9/24/2026
Norwegian ocean services contractor DeepOcean and TFKable Group are planning a purpose-built cable-laying vessel for the offshore wind market as part of a proposed joint venture targeting inter-array cable projects. The vessel would be owned by a separate company involving Poland’s state-owned industrial development ag
- Perenco plans $110m power-from-shore project off BrazilSplash247 · 9/24/2026
Perenco and Porto do Açu have signed a letter of intent to develop an offshore electrification scheme for the Pargo and Cherne production clusters in the Campos Basin. The project would connect the shallow-water facilities to Brazil’s onshore grid through an 80 km subsea cable running from a new substation at Porto do
- Fugro wins survey and inspection work offshore AustraliaSplash247 · 9/24/2026
Dutch surveyor Fugro has secured a marine asset integrity contract with an undisclosed client in Australia. Fugro will replace critical subsea infrastructure to support the long-term reliability and performance of our client’s offshore assets. In addition to the replacement works, Fugro will provide subsea survey and i
- Maersk and MOL stress multi-fuel and diverse solutions to decarboniseSeatrade Maritime · 9/24/2026
A Global Maritime Forum event highlights mixed progress on 2030 targets and leading shipowners see diversification of fuels and solutions as the way forward
- Onex VLCC buying spree takes shapeSplash247 · 9/23/2026
Onex DMCC has emerged as one of the tanker market’s most aggressive VLCC buyers, with at least five supertankers now linked to the Dubai trading house through broker reports and sales registers. Splash reported on September 11 that Onex had paid a record $200m for George Procopiou’s near-new 306,000 dwt VLCC Pinios. Th
- Seafarer killed and capesize adrift in HormuzSplash247 · 9/23/2026
The human and commercial toll from the battle for the Strait of Hormuz continues to mount, with one seafarer killed yesterday after the Cape Dao capesize was struck while transiting the waterway. The 2002-built, Antigua and Barbuda-flagged bulker was hit at around 0630 UTC off Oman’s Musandam peninsula, according to UK
- The charts that explain shipping’s extraordinary decadeSplash247 · 9/23/2026
Shipping has spent the 2020s lurching from one earnings boom to another, with successive crises repeatedly rescuing markets that conventional supply-demand analysis suggested should be weakening. Two new charts capture how today’s supercycle came to be, and which sectors face a likely downturn. Braemar’s decade-long ea
- Shubpreet Singh takes over at V.ShipsSplash247 · 9/23/2026
V.Group has appointed Shubpreet Singh as chief executive of V.Ships, promoting from within as the shipmanagement giant reshuffles its senior leadership. Singh, a master mariner, has most recently been leading the execution of V.Ships’ strategy after previously heading the group’s Northern Europe and Americas business.
- Ships blamed for bulk of chronic ocean oil pollutionSplash247 · 9/23/2026
Ships are associated with the overwhelming majority of attributable chronic oil pollution at sea, according to a new global analysis from satellite-monitoring group SkyTruth. The study estimates that around 1.58m sq km of ocean surface is covered by oil slicks each year, with more than 90% occurring inside national wat
- What happens when net zero becomes auditable?Splash247 · 9/23/2026
Captain Alex Byelyavtsev is back with some uncomfortable predictions for some owners. ISO’s public consultation on ISO 14060 closed on September 9, 2026. The draft is intended to become what ISO describes as the world’s first international independently verifiable standard for credible net-zero alignment. Final text i
- Coast Guard Awards $315 Million Kodiak Pier Contract to Support Arctic Fleet ExpansiongCaptain · 9/23/2026
The U.S. Coast Guard has awarded a $315 million contract to Tutor Perini Corp. to build a new fuel pier and major cutter mooring at Base Kodiak, Alaska, as the service prepares...
- Traders Push for Discounts for Venezuelan Oil as Shipping Costs SoargCaptain · 9/23/2026
Global oil trading firms Vitol and Trafigura are pushing for steeper discounts on Venezuelan crude oil as rising freight rates shrink their margins, five sources familiar with the matter said.
- Drones and USVs replace mines as Black Sea’s floating hazardSeatrade Maritime · 9/23/2026
Fatal attacks on shipping continue after Joint War Committee’s expansion of Black Sea listed area.
- Shipping Magnate Worth $13.5 Billion Rides AI Boom With NvidiagCaptain · 9/23/2026
Maria Angelicoussis, the magnate behind Greece’s biggest shipping fortune, has scored big gains outside her maritime empire with a bet on technology giant Nvidia Corp. after her family office shifted away from private markets.
- Zelenskiy Says Ukraine Ready for Maritime Truce if Russia AgreesgCaptain · 9/23/2026
resident Volodymyr Zelenskiy told leaders at the United Nations on Wednesday that Ukraine was ready for a maritime truce in the Black Sea based on proposals by Egypt, India and Turkey and said it was now up to Russia to respond.
- Container Shipping Faces 2027 Pressure as Huge Orderbook Hits the WatergCaptain · 9/23/2026
The container shipping market is still benefiting from geopolitical disruption and longer sailing distances in 2026, but a rapidly expanding fleet could turn that support into a supply problem next...
- Trump Takes Aim at IMO Shipping Carbon Plan at UNgCaptain · 9/23/2026 · regulation
President Donald Trump used his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday to renew his attack on the International Maritime Organization’s Net-Zero Framework, accusing the UN shipping agency...
- Importers push back on CBP supply chain data proposalsSeatrade Maritime · 9/23/2026
Hapag-Lloyd champions IoT container telemetry but importers – and factory data – highlight practical flaws of mandatory paper trails.
- Suez return could leave container capacity 10% above demand, says BimcoSeatrade Maritime · 9/23/2026
An acceleration in vessel deliveries and a continuation of the subdued vessels recycling market could signal a tough 2027 for the container market.
- Seafarer Killed in Hormuz Attack as Trump Pushes Iran Deal at UNgCaptain · 9/23/2026
An Indian seafarer has been killed and another crew member injured after a bulk carrier was struck in the Strait of Hormuz, the latest attack on merchant shipping as U.S....
- Transforming the River Port, LLC Shipyard – Expanding What’s PossiblegCaptain · 9/23/2026
Bardex to deliver new 25,000Te OmniLift® Shiplift for River Port, LLC. The system will be operated by East Coast Repair & Fabrication, LLC, expanding the Newport News facility’s capacity to...
- Navios tied to four boxship newbuilds in South KoreaSplash247 · 9/23/2026
Angeliki Frangou-led Navios Maritime Partners has been linked to another four containership newbuilds at South Korea’s HJ Shipbuilding & Construction (HJSC), in a deal worth around $500m. HJSC disclosed this week that it had signed up an unidentified Oceania-based owner for four containerships, with the contract worth
- HD Hyundai Secures Major Approval For Breakthrough 22,000 CBM Ammonia RefuelerMarine Insight · 9/23/2026
HD HHI and HD KSOE move closer to commercialising ammonia bunkering vessels with ABS AiP.
- New Global Report Demands Commercial Consequences for Ship Operators Ignoring Crew RightsMarine Insight · 9/23/2026
Five years after its launch, the Seafarers’ Rights Code shows progress in crew welfare, but research finds many seafarers still face gaps in pay, crewing, wellbeing and support.
- Taiwan Fires Hsiung Feng III Supersonic Missile To Sink Decommissioned Navy FrigateMarine Insight · 9/23/2026 · accident
Taiwan sank a decommissioned navy frigate with anti-ship missiles on September 18 during a three-day military exercise in Pingtung.
- Ukraine Claims Drones Disabled 300 Russian Shadow Fleet Vessels In Black Sea & Sea of AzovMarine Insight · 9/23/2026
Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces said that its drones had disabled 300 vessels linked to Russia’s shadow fleet in the Black Sea and Sea of Azov.
- Saudi Arabia Denies Buying 25 Oil Tankers After Iraq Blames Purchases For Higher CostsMarine Insight · 9/23/2026
Saudi Arabia denied buying 25 oil tankers worth $4.5 billion after Iraq blamed the alleged purchases for a sharp rise in the cost of shipping its crude.
- Pakistan-Bound LNG Tanker Safely Crosses Strait Of Hormuz After Negotiations With IranMarine Insight · 9/23/2026
A Qatar-loaded LNG tanker has crossed the Strait of Hormuz and is heading to Pakistan after officials reached an arrangement with Iran.
- DAB Group enters shipowning with Chinese ultramax pairSplash247 · 9/23/2026
Germany’s DAB Group is moving into shipowning, ordering two ultramax bulk carriers at China’s Jiangsu Soho Innovation & Technology Shipbuilding with an option for a third vessel. The 64,500 dwt ships have been ordered through group company Dassler Schiffahrts- und Handelsgesellschaft (DSH), which has been active in the
- Indonesia Recovers Three More Victims From Sunken Passenger Ship, Death Toll Rises to 13Marine Insight · 9/23/2026
Indonesia's search and rescue agency recovered three more bodies from the wreck of passenger ship KM Virgo Transport 8.
- Singapore Coordinates Rescue Of 25 Crew After Container Ship Distress Alert Off VietnamMarine Insight · 9/23/2026
Twenty-five crew members were rescued from the Liberia-registered container ship MSC Hermes III after the vessel sent a distress alert.
- Iran To Sell U.S & Israeli Vessels Seized In Strait Of Hormuz & Persian Gulf To Compensate War VictimsMarine Insight · 9/23/2026
Iran plans to sell commercial vessels linked to the US and Israel that it seized in the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf.