Maritime news
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- GENMA to supply cranes for JSW Kolkata Container TerminalSeatrade Maritime · 5/13/2026
Indian terminal sources 12 China-built cranes for delivery from 2027.
- Europe Swaps Russian Gas Dependence for U.S. LNG Reliance as Middle East Turmoil Tightens SqueezegCaptain · 5/13/2026
Europe’s rush to quit Russian pipeline gas has created a new energy vulnerability: growing dependence on U.S. liquefied natural gas, as war-linked supply disruptions in the Middle East push the continent deeper into reliance on seaborne fuel.
- Chinese Supertanker Attempts Hormuz Passage, Data ShowgCaptain · 5/13/2026
A Chinese supertanker carrying two million barrels of Iraqi crude was attempting to sail through the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, according to LSEG and Kpler ship-tracking data.
- Iran tightens Hormuz gripSplash247 · 5/13/2026
Iran has expanded the maritime zone it considers under operational control around the Strait of Hormuz. According to Iranian-linked media coverage cited by analysts, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy now describes the Strait of Hormuz as a “vast operational area” stretching from Jask in eastern Iran to Siri Is
- Two companies and tech officer charged in Dali caseSeatrade Maritime · 5/13/2026
Synergy Marine and its employee charged over allegedly using flushing pump to feed container ship's generators ahead of fatal blackout.
- China leads the global shipbuilding market in Q1Seatrade Maritime · 5/13/2026
Chinese shipyards maintain a dominant global market presence.
- Criminal charges filed against Synergy over Key Bridge collapseSplash247 · 5/13/2026
Federal prosecutors have filed criminal charges against Singapore-based shipmanager Synergy Marine over the 2024 collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, two years after the containership Dali struck the span and killed six people. The indictment, announced on Tuesday, names Synergy Marine Pte Ltd and Synergy
- We have made the garbage move fasterSplash247 · 5/13/2026
Willem Vermaat, shipping director at Heidelberg Materials Trading, on today’s technology glut that is holding shipping back. There’s a phrase I’ve been using lately that tends to get a reaction in a room full of shipping people: “garbage in, garbage out – we’ve just made the garbage move faster”. Some people laugh. Som
- How war is remaking the agri tradesSplash247 · 5/13/2026
The agri-commodities session at Geneva Dry last month, moderated by Maryana Yarmolenko Stober, the president of WISTA Switzerland, delivered a grounded assessment of how the Middle East war and Hormuz closure are reshaping global food and fertiliser supply chains – with speakers united on one point: trade flows are not
- Kuehne+Nagel to cut ocean freight emissions with Hapag-LloydSeatrade Maritime · 5/12/2026
Logistics company to ship 3,300 teu of Asia-Europe cargo using Hapag-Lloyd's Ship Green service.
- Iraq and Pakistan Strike Iran Transit Deals to Move Oil and LNG Through HormuzgCaptain · 5/12/2026
Both Iraq and Pakistan have cut deals with Iran to ship oil and liquefied natural gas from the Gulf, according to five sources with knowledge of the matter, in a demonstration of Tehran's ability to control energy flows through the Strait of Hormuz.
- UK Leads 40-Nation Defensive Mission to Secure Strait of HormuzgCaptain · 5/12/2026
The United Kingdom is significantly expanding its military commitment to securing the Strait of Hormuz, announcing Tuesday that it will deploy autonomous mine-hunting systems, counter-drone technology, Typhoon fighter jets, and...
- Supply-Chain Stress That Peaked in Covid Heads Higher AgaingCaptain · 5/12/2026
(Bloomberg) — The impact of the energy crisis on the global economy in recent months is showing up in gauges of supply-chain stress that flashed red during the pandemic, adding...
- Greek operators meet evolving connectivity demands with Inmarsat NexusWavegCaptain · 5/12/2026
Inmarsat’s fully managed multi-network connectivity service is facilitating fleetwide digital transformation for a growing cohort of Greek ship owners and managers. As the world’s leading ship owning nation, Greece is pivotal to the pace of maritime digitalisation....
- Maersk Keeping Strait of Hormuz Transits Suspended as Ceasefire Confidence WaversgCaptain · 5/12/2026 · accident
A.P. Moller – Maersk said Tuesday it is continuing to avoid transits through the Strait of Hormuz amid uncertainty surrounding the fragile ceasefire between the United States and Iran, underscoring the...
- Misurata Free Zone Port debuts new direct China–Libya routeSeatrade Maritime · 5/12/2026
COSCO Shipping cuts out transhipment ports with new direct Libya connection in its North Africa Express service.
- Bing, Bing, Gone: Is Trump Underestimating Iran’s Fast Attack Craft?gCaptain · 5/12/2026
President Donald Trump’s latest social media bravado about Iranian “fast attack ships” may play well online, but maritime security experts and even the U.S. military’s own assessments suggest the threat...
- Iraqi Supertanker Pulls Back From U.S. Hormuz BlockadegCaptain · 5/12/2026
The Strait of Hormuz remains largely shuttered, with Iran-linked vessels dominating what little traffic is moving across the waterway. An Iraqi supertanker’s rare passage has come to a halt after a retreat from the US naval blockade line.
- America’s Nuclear Shipping Revival Is About More Than ReactorsgCaptain · 5/12/2026
Sean Duffy’s MARAD initiative may look like another Trump-era energy dominance announcement, but beneath the politics lies a serious industrial question: can the United States build the regulatory, shipyard, insurance...
- DNV revises down hydrogen outlookSeatrade Maritime · 5/12/2026
Hydrogen’s predicted role in global transition narrowed with ammonia and methanol driving maritime demand.
- Foreign Operators of M/V Dali Indicted Over Fatal Baltimore Bridge CollapsegCaptain · 5/12/2026
Federal prosecutors have brought criminal charges against the foreign ship management companies and a technical superintendent tied to the catastrophic collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, marking a major...
- NYK car carrier completes Singapore autonomous navigation trialSeatrade Maritime · 5/12/2026
Elder Leader demonstration verifies interoperability of port and vessel autonomous navigation systems.
- Probability of stalemate in the Strait shoots upSeatrade Maritime · 5/12/2026
Shipping and global trade by sea are directly in the firing line as the US and Iran remains miles apart.
- Vessel fires increase in numbers and severitySeatrade Maritime · 5/12/2026 · accident
Fires caused seven deaths and nine injuries on vessels insured by Gard last year as the insurer warns that the severity and number of fires are on the rise.
- Entries now open for the prestigious Crew Connect Global Awards 2026Seatrade Maritime · 5/12/2026
Entries are now open for the highly anticipated Crew Connect Global Awards, taking place in Manila on October 21, 2026.
- The cost of conflict – Navigating crew travel in turbulent timesSeatrade Maritime · 5/12/2026
In this latest episode of the Seatrade Maritime News Podcast we explore the complex landscape of marine travel amidst rising airfares, cancelled flights, and crew stranded in conflict zones.
- Union Maritime scales up wind installations with third new tankerSeatrade Maritime · 5/11/2026
The London-based shipowner has taken delivery of the dual-fuelled tanker, Monza, equipped with two WindWings sails from BAR Technologies
- Vroon sells world’s largest independent livestock carrier fleet to HeytesburySeatrade Maritime · 5/11/2026
Livestock Express sold to Australian agribusiness group including 11 livestock carriers and third-party management business.
- HMM Namu hit twice in Gulf attackSeatrade Maritime · 5/11/2026
South Korean investigations show the hull of the HMM multipurpose vessel was hit twice in the incident on 4 May
- Dajin Heavy Industry plans IPO in Hong KongSeatrade Maritime · 5/11/2026
Funds from proposed listing on the HK Stock Exchange would be used for business development of the shipyard group
- Brazil clears shipping lines to bid for Santos mega terminalSeatrade Maritime · 5/11/2026
Brazil is making an important move that could, finally, lead to a bidding process of the new terminal at the port of Santos
- CU Lines opens up new Red Sea serviceSeatrade Maritime · 5/11/2026
The Chinese container liner adds direct calls to from China to Aqaba, Jordan
- Video on board CMA CGM San Antonio after Hormuz attackSeatrade Maritime · 5/11/2026
The extent of the damage onboard the French container ship attacked in the Strait of Hormuz on 5 May shot by a Ukrainian seafarer
- Protecting seafarers lives IMO’s top priority in Middle East conflictSeatrade Maritime · 5/11/2026
IMO Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez continues to highlight crew stranded in the Gulf and the importance of essential waterways
- Ship attacked off Qatar causing fireSeatrade Maritime · 5/10/2026 · accident
First Qatar LNG carrier crosses Strait of Hormuz since war in Iran started as attacks on shipping continue
- Fuel and peak season surcharges lift Transpac box ratesSeatrade Maritime · 5/8/2026
Shanghai to New York rates up 7% as data shows China led US containerised imports slip in April.
- Iran seizes tanker in Gulf of OmanSeatrade Maritime · 5/8/2026
Iranian media reports that IRGC Navy has seized a tanker in a special operation
- OOCL names world’s largest methanol dual-fuel container shipSeatrade Maritime · 5/8/2026
The 24,000 teu box ship built in China is the first in a series of seven methanol dual-fuel newbuildings
- China Multimodal Transport Development Alliance debuts in BeijingSeatrade Maritime · 5/8/2026
Key domestic Chinese industry players set up the Alliance to boost logistics efficiency
- US, Philippines Deploy Anti-Ship Missile System During War Games gCaptain · 5/2/2026
By Adrian Portugal BATANES, Philippines, May 2 (Reuters) – Philippine and U.S. forces on Saturday showcased the NMESIS anti-ship missile system in Batanes province, near Taiwan, during annual war games, as tensions simmer over the...
- Oil Tanker Hijacked Off Shabwa Coast, Heads Towards Somali WatersgCaptain · 5/2/2026 · piracy
May 2 (Reuters) – Yemen’s coast guard said on Saturday that the M/T EUREKA oil tanker had been hijacked off the coast of Shabwa province by unidentified armed men who boarded the vessel, seized...
- Blocked Hormuz Fuel Surge Claims Spirit AirlinesgCaptain · 5/2/2026
By David Shepardson and Laila Kearney May 2 (Reuters) – Major airlines and the U.S. government scrambled to help stranded passengers and employees after bankrupt discount carrier Spirit Airlines FLYYQ.PK ceased operations on Saturday,...
- Iran Offers Strait Deal; Trump Dissatisfied But Prefers Non-Military PathgCaptain · 5/2/2026
By Parisa Hafezi and Jacob Bogage DUBAI/WEST PALM BEACH, May 2 (Reuters) – An Iranian proposal so far rejected by U.S. President Donald Trump would open shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and end the U.S....
- Saudi Arabia Set For Oil Windfall After Hormuz Boosts PricesgCaptain · 5/2/2026
By Andrey Biryukov May 1, 2026 (Bloomberg) –The blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is creating an economic split among oil exporters in the Persian Gulf, with Saudi Arabia and Oman...
- The Mediterranean’s Super-Yacht Summer Is Moving West This YeargCaptain · 5/2/2026
By Clara Hernanz Lizarraga May 2, 2026 (Bloomberg) –The summer yachting season is beginning to fill up along the docks of the Mediterranean, just not in the places many in the...
- World’s Largest Pure Electric Intelligent Seagoing Vessel Secures CCS CertificationMarine Insight · 5/2/2026
The ship runs entirely on electric power, supported by 10 containerised battery units that serve as its primary energy source.
- U.S. Warns Shippers Paying Iran For Safe Passage Through Hormuz Could Face SanctionsMarine Insight · 5/2/2026 · wages
Iran has earlier suggested charging transit fees as part of its proposals to end the conflict, but Washington has rejected the idea.
- IMO Progresses Work On Ship Emissions, Pollution, And Ocean ProtectionMarine Insight · 5/2/2026 · regulation
The Committee will resume its Second Extraordinary Session on Friday 4 December 2026, subject to confirmation by the 85th session.
- US Targets Iran Oil Trade Network, Sanctions China-Based Terminal, Shipping Firms And Financial IntermediariesMarine Insight · 5/2/2026
The shipments were carried out using methods designed to avoid detection, including ship-to-ship transfers involving sanctioned vessels.
- Indian Navy Takes Delivery Of Stealth Frigate Mahendragiri Equipped With Advanced WeaponsMarine Insight · 5/2/2026
Mahendragiri is the sixth ship of the Nilgiri-class frigates built under Project 17A and the fourth of this class constructed at Mazagon Dock.