Maritime news
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- Turkish Shipowner And Crew File ICC Complaint Against Ukraine Over Black Sea Drone StrikeMarine Insight · 9/18/2026
The attack killed 54-year-old Savas Cakar, who worked in the engine room, and injured two other crew members, according to the complaint.
- What Happens When An Automated Terminal’s System Goes Down?Marine Insight · 9/18/2026
Automated ports can increase productivity and efficiency, depending on how flexible, dependent, and secure all their interconnected systems are.
- Turn Services takes over St. John FleetingSplash247 · 9/18/2026
US inland marine operator Turn Services has completed its acquisition of St. John Fleeting and its affiliated companies, expanding its barge operations on the Lower Mississippi River. The deal gives Turn Services control of St. John’s fleet site at around Mile Marker 140 near Reserve, Louisiana, with capacity for as ma
- More LNG Getting Through Hormuz as Producers Push for TransitsgCaptain · 9/18/2026
At least two liquefied natural gas shipments transited the Strait of Hormuz this week as producers look for ways to increase flows to a market struggling with a lack of supply and surging prices.
- US maritime revival faces market reality checkSeatrade Maritime · 9/18/2026
Industry and lawmakers warn that ambitious legislation to rebuild America’s shipping capacity can’t succeed without stronger cargo demand
- Dali becomes biggest P&I loss in historySplash247 · 9/18/2026
The Dali casualty has become the largest single loss in the history of the P&I market, with reserves now exceeding $2.8bn and the claim reaching a layer of the International Group’s insurance structure never previously tested by a casualty of this scale. Gallagher Specialty said the reserve associated with the 2024 des
- Akrotiri Tankers makes gas shipping debut with VLAC pairSplash247 · 9/18/2026
Greek tanker newcomer Akrotiri Tankers is making its first move into gas shipping, ordering two very large ammonia carriers at China’s New Times Shipbuilding. Greek shipbuilding market sources say the company, led by Marielena Procopiou and Konstantinos Lampsias, has contracted the 93,000 cu m pair for delivery in 2029
- Splash Wrap: When the boom spills overSplash247 · 9/18/2026
The most extraordinary numbers this week came from tankers, where the Baltic Exchange’s Middle East Gulf-China VLCC benchmark broke through the equivalent of $1m a day for the first time. VLCCs loading outside the Gulf are earning close to a million a day too, suezmax and aframax markets are flying and 10-year-old VLCC
- Tallvine expands US marine platform with Crosby takeoverSplash247 · 9/18/2026
US infrastructure investor Tallvine Partners has completed the acquisition of substantially all of Crosby Enterprises’ assets, adding more than 150 tugboats, dredges and support vessels to its rapidly expanding North American marine platform. The transaction was completed through a court-supervised sale linked to Crosb
- Iran claims fresh Hormuz tanker strike, Italy readies Red Sea escortsSplash247 · 9/18/2026
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Friday they had struck the Togo-flagged product tanker Trend after what Tehran described as an “illegal” attempt to transit Hormuz outside its approved passage system. The 7,119 dwt vessel was hit and stopped after a fire broke out onboard, according to the IRGC. The claims have not
- Turkish yard wins race for Croatia’s UljanikSplash247 · 9/18/2026
Croatia has selected Turkey’s Kuzey Star Shipyard to take control of Uljanik Brodogradnja 1856, moving the historic Pula shipbuilding operation closer to private ownership after years of state-backed restructuring. The Croatian Centre for Restructuring and Sale, CERP, has accepted Kuzey Star’s binding offer of EUR12.05
- Turkey pushes Black Sea truceSplash247 · 9/18/2026
Turkey has presented Russia and Ukraine with a draft proposal aimed at ending attacks on commercial vessels in the Black Sea, the latest attempt to contain a maritime conflict that is taking an increasingly heavy toll on merchant shipping. Ankara has shared the text of a memorandum with both Moscow and Kyiv designed to
- World's first ammonia ship-to-ship bunkering completed in JapanSeatrade Maritime · 9/18/2026
NYK-led consortium transfers ammonia fuel to newbuild carrier ahead of November delivery
- Why this shipping supercycle feels differentSplash247 · 9/18/2026
Shipping people have long memories, and that might be the simplest explanation for why today’s extraordinary market feels nothing like the last great supercycle. Anyone who lived through the heady days of 2008 remembers how quickly the music stopped. The Baltic Dry Index peaked at 11,793 in May of that year. Within six
- CU Lines makes size jump with 14,000 teu container ship orderSeatrade Maritime · 9/18/2026
The Chinese line contracts its first ship above 10,000 teu capacity with newbuild contract at Hudong-Zhonghua
- NYK completes world-first ship-to-ship ammonia bunkeringSplash247 · 9/18/2026
Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) and its Japanese partners have completed what they claim is the world’s first ship-to-ship ammonia bunkering operation involving an ammonia-fuelled vessel. The operation took place on September 17 at Japan Marine United’s Ariake Shipyard, where ammonia was transferred from the 998 gt ammonia c
- Trends in Iran's attacks on shipping and what to expect nextSeatrade Maritime · 9/18/2026
A podcast episode exploring how attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz have evolved during the war in Iran
- INEOS opens EU’s first full-scale offshore CCS projectSplash247 · 9/18/2026
INEOS has started commercial operations at Greensand, the EU’s first full-scale carbon storage facility, opening a new offshore route for European industry to permanently store captured CO2 beneath the North Sea. Greensand provides industry across the EU with the infrastructure it needs to transport and permanently sto
- Missing crew member from Hercules Star attack found deadSeatrade Maritime · 9/18/2026
A second seafarer is confirmed to have died in the attack on a bunker tanker off UAE while another vessel is struck in Hormuz
- 50Hertz awards fresh North Sea converter platform contractSplash247 · 9/18/2026
German transmission system operator 50Hertz and Neptun Smulders Offshore Renewables have signed a contract to build an offshore converter station for the LanWin3 offshore grid connection project in the North Sea. In June, 50Hertz had already awarded a contract for the LanWin6 offshore grid connection system to the cons
- SLB lands North Sea production surveillance workSplash247 · 9/18/2026
Energy technology company SLB has been awarded a contract by Equinor to expand real-time leak detection, virtual flow metering, and digital production monitoring capabilities for the Johan Sverdrup Phase 3 development in the North Sea offshore Norway. The award extends monitoring coverage across new subsea infrastructu
- Authorities Investigating Cyber Breaches Aboard Two U.S.-Bound ShipsgCaptain · 9/17/2026
US Coast Guard and FBI personnel boarded two commercial vessels bound for the United States in the Gulf of Mexico last month after indications that hackers had broken into their computer networks, the agencies said on Thursday.
- Finland Practices Ship Boardings at Sea to Stop Undersea SabotagegCaptain · 9/17/2026
Finnish authorities boarded and searched a target vessel in the Baltic Sea on Thursday in a live drill that officials said shows how seriously the region takes the threat of undersea sabotage after a string of incidents.
- Shipping’s Fuel Transition Hinges on a Number Nobody Has Agreed On YetgCaptain · 9/17/2026
International shipping is being asked to decarbonise before it knows what it will burn.
- USCGC Healy’s Breakdown Exposes America’s Thin Arctic Icebreaker FleetgCaptain · 9/17/2026
The U.S. Coast Guard’s decision to end icebreaker Healy’s planned high-latitude mission has left the service leaning more heavily on its newest icebreaker during an increasingly active Arctic season. Healy has remained...
- IMO Sounds Alarm as Attacks on Merchant Ships Spread Across Global Trade RoutesgCaptain · 9/17/2026 · regulation
The head of the International Maritime Organization is calling on governments to stop attacks on merchant shipping as conflicts increasingly spill into some of the world’s most important trade routes....
- Top U.S. Container Port Foiled Around 120 Million Cyberattacks Last MonthgCaptain · 9/17/2026
The US’s busiest container port for global trade foiled more than 120 million cyberattack attempts in August, posing a persistent threat to its operations as it grapples with shifting tariff policies.
- Foreign Tanker Voyages Went Unreported Under Jones Act Waiver, Bloomberg FindsgCaptain · 9/17/2026
Foreign-flagged tankers moved more than $40 million worth of petroleum products between U.S. ports without appearing in the federal government’s public Jones Act waiver reports, according to a Bloomberg Government...
- Webinar on demand: The disconnect between charter contracts and seafarer welfareSeatrade Maritime · 9/17/2026 · welfare
Webinar examines how maritime industry can prioritise crew safety, mental health and rights in commercial agreements during geopolitical turmoil.
- Waves of Influence raises more than £50,000 for maritime charities at Fishmongers’ HallSeatrade Maritime · 9/17/2026
The fundraising lunch at Fishmongers' Hall united maritime leaders to champion diversity while supporting two charities aiding seafarers.
- U.S. Navy Gets First Payload Module For Virginia-Class Submarine USS ArizonaMarine Insight · 9/17/2026 · wages
The 184-foot section was moved by barge from Quonset Point to Electric Boat’s facility in Groton, Connecticut.
- U.S. Navy Awards $200M For Blackbeard Hypersonic Strike Missile ProductionMarine Insight · 9/17/2026
The order covers the manufacture, assembly, testing and delivery of an initial batch of missiles, Castelion said.
- US-Contracted Vessel Hit By 4 Iranian Drones & A Missile Near Strait Of Hormuz: ReportMarine Insight · 9/17/2026
An Iranian attack involving four drones and at least one missile hit a US-contracted vessel near the Strait of Hormuz earlier this week.
- China Presses Iran to Help Rein in Houthis After Saudi Appeal, Sources SaygCaptain · 9/17/2026
China has privately asked Tehran to help rein in Yemen's Houthis after an appeal to Beijing by Saudi Arabia following the Iran-backed group's military blitz in the past week, according to three Iranian sources familiar with the matter.
- Oil Extends Drop as Saudi Arabia Moves to Restore Vital PipelinegCaptain · 9/17/2026
Oil extended a decline on signs that supply disruptions in the Middle East are set to ease, with Saudi Arabia seeking to partially restore flows along a vital pipeline.
- Transito launches combined sea and inland freight serviceSplash247 · 9/17/2026
Dutch chartering company Transito has launched a new service combining sea freight and inland shipping under one contract, as low water levels and other disruptions put more pressure on cargo movements between European seaports and the hinterland. The service, named Total Freight, covers the sea voyage, port handling,
- Nurdles From Sunken MSC ELSA-3 Continue To Contaminate India’s Coast After One YearMarine Insight · 9/17/2026
Plastic pellets released when the container ship MSC ELSA-3 sank off India’s Keralam coast in May 2025 are still being found along the coast.
- U.S. Officials Meet Houthi Representatives In Oman Days After The Group Seizes Part Of Yemen’s Red Sea CoastMarine Insight · 9/17/2026
Personnel from the U.S. Embassy in Oman met Houthi Representatives in Muscat, a few days after the group captured a stretch of Yemen’s coast on the Red Sea.
- U.S. Navy Bans Portable AC Units At San Diego Barracks Over Electrical SafetyMarine Insight · 9/17/2026
The ban applies to Building 635. Sailors received a memo on Aug. 31 telling them to remove their portable AC units within one week.
- Fire Aboard Cruise Ship Amadea Forces Evacuation Of 320 Passengers In DenmarkMarine Insight · 9/17/2026 · accident
Police officers, firefighters and personnel from the Danish Emergency Management Agency went to the ship after the alarm.
- Indonesia To Right Capsized Passenger Vessel In Java Sea As Search Continues For 129 PeopleMarine Insight · 9/17/2026 · accident
Authorities in Indonesia are preparing to right a capsized passenger vessel that turned over the previous weekend in the Java Sea, killing 6 people.
- Four Maritime Giants Team Up To Develop One-Of-Its Kind Wind-Assisted LNG CarrierMarine Insight · 9/17/2026
The project will focus on a 174K LNG carrier developed by HHI featuring a forward accommodation arrangement.
- Advantage Tankers doubles up at Samsung with $200m suezmax pairSplash247 · 9/17/2026
Geneva-based Advantage Tankers has been linked to another pair of suezmax newbuildings at Samsung Heavy Industries, doubling up at the South Korean yard as its tanker ordering spree continues. Shipbroking sources have placed the Tugrul Tokgoz-led owner behind two crude tankers Samsung disclosed this week as part of a w
- IMO Secretary General Highlights The Severe Impact Of Geopolitical Conflicts On Shipping IndustryMarine Insight · 9/17/2026 · regulation
The Secretary-General of IMO, calls on Member States to refrain from actions that endanger merchant ships and put seafarers’ lives at risk.
- Are UK and Cyprus Ministers in synch over decarbonisation?Seatrade Maritime · 9/17/2026
UK and Cyprus Ministers agree that pragmatism is key to decarbonisation, but are they talking the same green language?
- Huelva awards 50-year concession for new logistics zoneSplash247 · 9/17/2026
The Port of Huelva has awarded a 50-year concession to ZAL Huelva for the construction and operation of a new logistics zone at Punta del Sebo, advancing a project the Spanish gateway has been working on for several years. The concession covers more than 147,000 sq m inside the port service area and follows a …
- New Study Demonstrates Greenhouse Gas Reduction Potential Of Renewable Methanol Used As Marine FuelMarine Insight · 9/17/2026
SGMF’s latest study highlights the emissions-cutting potential of renewable and synthetic methanol as marine fuels.
- Next Generation Ship Structural Approval Process Launched At Gastech 2026 In BangkokMarine Insight · 9/17/2026
KR and HD Hyundai Heavy Industries will develop a 3D model-based approval process aimed at reducing duplicate drawings and speeding up ship classification reviews.
- 80 Ship Attacks In Strait Of Hormuz Kill 20 Seafarers & Injure Several Since US-Iran War Began, IMO RevealsMarine Insight · 9/17/2026 · regulation
Merchant shipping continues to face attacks across the Middle East, Black Sea and Red Sea, with seafarers among those paying a huge price for it.
- Marine Forecasts Can Miss Wave Conditions Linked To Dangerous Vessel Rolling & Cargo LossesMarine Insight · 9/17/2026
New Sofar Ocean analysis highlights gaps in marine forecasts that could leave vessels exposed to dangerous wave conditions.