Maritime news
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- CMA CGM tipped for $3bn Yangzijiang megamax orderSplash247 · 9/16/2026
CMA CGM has emerged as the likely liner behind plans for another dozen 24,000 teu megamax containerships at China’s Yangzijiang Shipbuilding in a programme potentially worth around $3bn, as rival Maersk is also reported to be sounding out yards for a major new round of ultra-large tonnage. Broker MB Shipbrokers has lin
- Eni adds Halliburton to Cronos contractor lineupSplash247 · 9/16/2026
Houston-headquartered energy services giant Halliburton has won a bundled well construction and completions contract from Eni for the Cronos ultra-deepwater development off Cyprus. Under the contract, Halliburton will deliver integrated drilling, well construction, automation, and completions services for exploration a
- Wooyang lines up $430m Vale-backed newcastlemax quartetSplash247 · 9/16/2026
South Korea’s Wooyang Shipping has ordered four newcastlemax bulk carriers at China’s New Times Shipbuilding for long-term employment with Brazilian mining giant Vale. The 210,000 dwt ships are scheduled for delivery in 2029 and 2030 and will be capable of running on ethanol, methanol and conventional fuel oil. Industr
- SGMF completes three-fuel lifecycle pictureSplash247 · 9/16/2026
Shipping’s alternative fuel debate has acquired a useful new reference point with an important fuel body completing lifecycle assessments of LNG, ammonia and now methanol — and the clearest conclusion is that the production pathway can matter as much as the molecule itself. The Society for Gas as a Marine Fuel’s (SGMF)
- U.S. Navy Augments Southern Border Security & Interdiction Efforts With USS St. Louis’ DeploymentMarine Insight · 9/16/2026
USS St. Louis departed Florida to support U.S. Northern Command’s southern border mission, including maritime interdiction efforts targeting illicit drug trafficking.
- U.S Coast Guard Responds To 3 Containers That Fell Overboard At Port Of Los Angeles During Cargo OperationsMarine Insight · 9/16/2026
Three 40-foot containers fell overboard at the Port of Los Angeles during cargo operations, prompting a Coast Guard response.
- Germany opens bridge to non-EU captainsSplash247 · 9/16/2026
Germany has relaxed one of the more restrictive crewing requirements among major European maritime nations, allowing non-EU nationals to serve as masters and senior officers aboard German-flagged ships. An amendment to the country’s Safe Manning Ordinance now gives owners the option to use masters and officers from out
- Captain’s Body Recovered 2 Weeks Following Ship Collision In The Sea Of MarmaraMarine Insight · 9/16/2026 · accident
Yaşar Kayhan’s body was recovered 5 km from the site of the accident and was then sent to the forensic department to identify the cause of death.
- Hafnia cements position as Torm’s top shareholderSplash247 · 9/16/2026
Hafnia has doubled down on its investment in Torm, agreeing to spend $145.1m on another 4.5m shares in the Danish product tanker giant and lifting its holding to 18.22%. The BW Group-backed owner is paying $32.25 per Torm A share, the same price at which Oaktree-linked OCM Njord Holdings priced its 9m-share secondary o
- Cruise Costa Serena Docks In Nagoya To House Asian Games Athletes As Complaints Over Wooden Huts IncreaseMarine Insight · 9/16/2026
The cruise ship Costa Serena has docked in Japan’s Nagoya to accommodate 4000 participants of the Asian Games 2026, which is opening on Saturday.
- Hot capesize market masks cracks in Chinese steel demandSplash247 · 9/16/2026
The capesize market is enjoying one of its strongest runs in years, but a growing number of shipping analysts are starting to question the health of the commodity complex underpinning it. The concern centres on China and its steel industry. Capesize earnings remain close to $50,000 a day, with iron ore volumes – dry bu
- Cocso Shipping Heavy Industries lines up Shanghai IPOSeatrade Maritime · 9/16/2026
The planned listing is seen as strategic move for the company to boost global business growth for the shipyard group
- China’s 134.2 Km Long River-To-Sea Pinglu Canal Opens, Offering Trade Shortcut To Southeast AsiaMarine Insight · 9/16/2026
The Pinglu canal has been designed to handle ships weighing up to five thousand tonnes and would save over 5 billion yuan in total shipping costs annually.
- KeelX: Make saying yes to maritime technology less riskySplash247 · 9/16/2026
KeelX, the focus of this week’s Maritime CEO, grew out of shipowner Lemissoler’s attempt to solve its own operational frustrations: plenty of vessel data and software, but still too much manual work between identifying a problem and doing something about it. The answer was not another dashboard. It was a platform bring
- Wotton Kearney bolsters Asia marine practiceSeatrade Maritime · 9/16/2026
Australian firm adds Singapore-based arbitration specialist and team to expand regional maritime capability
- Maersk overtakes COSCO to become largest intra-Asia carrierSplash247 · 9/16/2026
Maersk has overtaken COSCO to become the largest operator in the fiercely competitive intra-Asia container market, the world’s largest container trade, according to the latest fleet survey from Alphaliner. The Danish carrier had more than 340,000 teu deployed across intra-Asian services in mid-August, having added arou
- China opens Pinglu Canal, carving a new southwest route to the seaSplash247 · 9/16/2026
China has opened the 134.2 km Pinglu Canal, creating a new river-to-sea artery from the country’s southwest directly to the Beibu Gulf and potentially redrawing inland freight flows towards Southeast Asia. Built at a cost of around RMB72.7bn ($10.2bn), the canal runs from Pingtangjiangkou near Nanning, south through Qi
- Growing US momentum for nuclear power in maritimeSeatrade Maritime · 9/16/2026
Small modular reactors would advance decarbonisation in maritime but present technical, regulatory and safety challenges
- Navigator Gas contracts two more ethane conversionsSeatrade Maritime · 9/16/2026
LPG carrier owner returns to Everllence for sister ship upgrades based on Navigator Aurora experience
- Maritime’s next digital leap is organisationalSplash247 · 9/16/2026
Shipping’s resistance to digital change is often blamed on age, regulation and risk aversion. It’s more nuanced than that as this latest from our new SplashTech magazine explains. The most revealing answer to a technology question is sometimes not about technology at all. Asked which legacy mindset maritime must abando
- Transocean wins fresh Equatorial Guinea drillship contractSplash247 · 9/16/2026
Swiss-based offshore drilling giant Transocean has won drillship work in Equatorial Guinea with an undisclosed operator. Transocean said it was awarded a two-well contract for its 2016-built drillship Deepwater Conqueror. The estimated 170-day campaign is expected to commence in 2027 in direct continuation of the rig’s
- Borr lines up fresh work for jackup duoSplash247 · 9/16/2026
The Oslo- and New York-listed offshore driller Borr Drilling has won a new contract and an extension for two of its rigs. The 2013-built jackup Idun won a contract with an undisclosed operator in Vietnam. The three-well campaign, with an estimated duration of 130 days, is scheduled to commence in the fourth quarter of
- TechnipFMC scores Petronas subsea contractSplash247 · 9/16/2026
Offshore contracting giant TechnipFMC has been awarded an integrated engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (iEPCI) contract by Petronas Carigali for the Limbayong deepwater project offshore Malaysia. The contract for work on the greenfield development was won by TechnipFMC’s subsidiary, FMC Wellhead
- Master Boat Builders Wins First Navy Prime Contract for Landing CraftgCaptain · 9/15/2026
Master Boat Builders has secured its first U.S. Navy defense shipbuilding contract as a prime shipyard, winning an agreement to build three new Landing Craft Utility vessels at its yard...
- The Return of Sail Power: Cargo Ships Are Turning Back to the WindgCaptain · 9/15/2026
For more than a century, commercial shipping steadily moved away from sails. Now they are coming back. Across the global fleet, shipowners are installing towering rotor sails, rigid wings and...
- WindWings Eyed for Next-Generation HD Hyundai LNG CarriergCaptain · 9/15/2026
Korean Register, HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, BAR Technologies and the Liberian Registry are teaming up to study the use of large wing sails on a new generation of LNG carriers.
- Oil Prices Surge as Saudi Red Sea Loadings Halt, Libya Shuts FieldsgCaptain · 9/15/2026
Oil prices rose by over $3 on Tuesday after shipping industry sources said oil loadings at Saudi Arabia's Red Sea port of Yanbu had been suspended, and Libya halted operations at three oil fields, heightening concerns that disruptions to key oil supply routes could persist for weeks.
- Coast Guard Awards $173.7 Million for New Polar Cutter Berths in SeattlegCaptain · 9/15/2026
The U.S. Coast Guard has awarded a $173.7 million contract to continue a major modernization of Base Seattle, including new berthing infrastructure intended to support the service’s future Polar Security...
- Russia and Ukraine Press on With Energy Strikes Despite TrumpgCaptain · 9/15/2026
Russia hit petrol stations in Kyiv on Tuesday and Ukraine struck a Russian oil refinery, as the warring sides carried on with strikes on each other's energy targets despite an announcement by U.S. President Donald Trump that they had agreed to stop.
- Port of Los Angeles Cargo Operations Disrupted After Containers Go OverboardgCaptain · 9/15/2026
Three shipping containers fell from a vessel into the water at the Port of Los Angeles on Tuesday, forcing authorities to establish a safety zone while crews worked to secure...
- Oman Says ‘El Gaia’ Being Towed to Port; Two Crew MissinggCaptain · 9/15/2026
Omani authorities said Tuesday that the Panama-flagged tanker El Gaia is being towed to port after a fire aboard the vessel was brought under control, while two crew members remain missing. Oman’s...
- Shipping going ‘gangbusters’ but volatility comes at a priceSeatrade Maritime · 9/15/2026
Shipping leaders see strong earnings continuing, but warn geopolitical instability, crewing pressures and changing trade flows demand flexibility.
- World’s Largest Battery-Electric Ship Arrives In Uruguay For CommissioningMarine Insight · 9/15/2026
Hull 096 left Tasmania in early August after a multi-day operation on Hobart’s River Derwent to load it onto the MV Black Marlin.
- Two Major U.S. Container Gateways Handled Nearly 1.88 Million TEUs In AugustMarine Insight · 9/15/2026
August volume was 2% higher than in the same month last year. It was also the fifth-busiest month in the port’s 115-year history.
- World’s Largest Aircraft Carrier, USS Gerald R.Ford To Power US Navy’s Norfolk BaseMarine Insight · 9/15/2026
The largest aircraft carrier in the world, the USS Gerald R. Ford, would be used to generate electricity at a naval base in Norfolk, according to sources.
- Japan’s big three back standard 42,000 cu m CO2 carrierSplash247 · 9/15/2026
Japan’s three largest shipowners have joined the country’s leading shipbuilders in developing a standardised 42,000 cu m liquefied CO2 carrier as Tokyo prepares for a sharp increase in carbon capture and storage shipping. NYK, MOL and K Line are working with Mitsubishi Shipbuilding, Nihon Shipyard and joint venture MIL
- U.S. Rejects Iran’s Claim That Indian-Crewed Tanker Hit Mine, Says Iran Attacked VesselMarine Insight · 9/15/2026
The United States has rejected Iran’s claim that the Panama-flagged oil tanker El Gaia hit a naval mine in the Strait of Hormuz.
- Seoul revives long-haul crude freight subsidySplash247 · 9/15/2026
South Korea is reviving subsidies for long-haul crude imports from outside the Middle East, a move that could provide another boost to tanker tonne-mile demand as Seoul seeks to lock in the diversification achieved since the Iran war began. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said it will expand support for the
- Japan Plans Drone-Mounted Quantum Sensors To Track Chinese SubmarinesMarine Insight · 9/15/2026
The sensors would be fitted to low-cost drones flying close to the sea surface. The drones would operate from warships.
- Maersk Keeps Defying Bearish Expectations as Shares SoargCaptain · 9/15/2026
A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S keeps giving analysts reasons to reconsider their bearish views on its shares. The stock has surged nearly 60% this year as a boost to freight rates from stronger demand and supply line disruptions has spurred the Danish shipping giant to upgrade its guidance twice over the summer. Maersk has als
- Ground-Breaking 100-Foot Full-Foiling Monohull Yacht Driven By Renewable Energy To Redefine Ocean SailingMarine Insight · 9/15/2026 · enforcement
ABB today announces a technology partnership with Ferrari Hypersail that brings ABB's electrification expertise to the world’s most ambitious offshore challenge.
- Russia Accuses Danish Military Helicopters of making Dangerous Maneuvers Near Its WarshipsgCaptain · 9/15/2026
Russia has accused Danish military helicopters of making dangerous maneuvers near its warships in the Baltic Sea and handed an official note to Copenhagen complaining about such incidents, Russia's ambassador to Denmark said on Tuesday, according to Russia's RIA state news agency.
- First Additional Large Vessel ‘Judy LaMarsh’ Joins The Great Lakes Region In More Than 3 DecadesMarine Insight · 9/15/2026
The vessel is named after the Honourable Judy LaMarsh, one of the first women to serve as a federal Cabinet Minister.
- New Maritime Framework To Establish ISO Standards For Hydrogen Ships & Smart ShipyardsMarine Insight · 9/15/2026
ABS has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with three Korean maritime organizations to advance the development of international standards for the next generation of smart ships and shipyards.
- Shipping Giants Come Together To Develop New LNG Carrier Designs Using Hybrid Electric PropulsionMarine Insight · 9/15/2026
Lloyd’s Register (LR) has joined forces with HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE) and HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) to develop a new generation of LNG carrier designs using hybrid electric propulsion.
- Japan’s First Hydrogen-Fueled Dining Cruise Ship ‘Amane’ Launched In NagasakiMarine Insight · 9/15/2026
NYK held a naming and launch ceremony for its new cruise ship, Amane, at Maehata Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. in Sasebo City, Nagasaki Prefecture.
- China Opens Probe Into Deadly Cargo Ship Fire That Killed 25 At Qingdao ShipyardMarine Insight · 9/15/2026 · accident
The investigation team is led by the Ministry of Emergency Management. Officials from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
- World’s Second Hydrogen-Powered Cruise Ship Launched By FincantieriMarine Insight · 9/15/2026
Viking Astrea is due to be delivered in May 2027 and will spend its first season sailing in the Mediterranean and Northern Europe.
- ADES wraps up purchase of Saipem’s Saudi drilling businessSplash247 · 9/15/2026
Saudi oil and gas driller ADES has completed its acquisition of Saipem’s Saudi shallow-water drilling business. The two entered into the transaction in late June. Under the deal, ADES’s indirectly owned subsidiary, ADES Saudi Limited, acquired Saudi Arabian Saipem Limited for a total purchase consideration of $285m. Sa
- EU Leaders Back Finnish Push for Arctic Icebreaker FleetgCaptain · 9/15/2026
European leaders have backed a stronger role for the European Union in the Arctic, with Finland pushing for a joint icebreaking capability as the region becomes increasingly important for commercial shipping, military mobility and competition with Russia and China.