Drone War Reaches NATO Waters: Four Merchant Ships Targeted Overnight
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Airbus Is About to Move Aircraft Parts Across the Atlantic With Six Giant Sails
Airbus’s next-generation transatlantic cargo ship has completed installation of six 35-meter-high Norsepower rotor sails in Shanghai and is preparing for sea trials…
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Seven Seafarers Missing After Two Tanker Fires Inside Romanian Waters Near Sulina
Two chemical tankers suffered fires overnight near the Romanian entrance to the Danube, placing a new maritime emergency directly inside the territorial…
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U.S. Proposes $200,000 Fees on Spanish Ships and Restrictions on $3.1B of Imports
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has formally proposed charging $200,000 each time a Spanish-flagged vessel enters a U.S. port from a foreign…
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Top 10 Most Expensive Commercial Ships Being Built Right Now
ShipUniverse Shipbuilding Cost Report From $333 Million Containerships to $4 Billion FPSOs A $333 million containership sounds expensive until it is parked…
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UN Warns Hormuz Shipping Breakdown Could Trigger Food Crisis as Fertilizer Flows Remain Near Zero
A United Nations plan to create a protected fertilizer corridor through the Strait of Hormuz remains stalled as the next major planting…
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The Biggest Bets Cruise Lines Are Making With Billions of Dollars
ShipUniverse Cruise Capital Allocation Report Why Cruise Lines Are Buying Islands Terminals Resorts and More Ships Cruise companies are no longer betting…
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Suez Tightens Transit Gate on a 150M-GT Global Pool of Ageing Ships
The Suez Canal Authority has formalized a new pre-transit requirement for vessels aged 25 years or more, adding a technical gate in…
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7 Frigates You Can Actually Buy Right Now
ShipUniverse Naval Decision Report Cost, missiles and delivery compared The fastest route to a new frigate is increasingly to stop designing one.…
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Extortion Group Claims Data From 38 Maritime Companies as Researchers Probe Possible Shared-System Exposure
A newly emerged cyber extortion operation known as n0n listed 38 maritime, port and logistics organizations on its dark-web leak site on…
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U.S. Considers Letting Sanctioned Shadow-Fleet Tankers Carry “Legal Oil”
The Trump administration is considering allowing some previously sanctioned shadow-fleet tankers to carry crude oil and petroleum products that are themselves legal…
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China Wants Inside the Club That Insures 87% of World Shipping
China Shipowners Mutual Assurance Association, better known as China P&I Club, has formally applied for full membership in the International Group of…
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Two Cargo Ships Sink Near Hormuz as Attacks Spread Beyond Tankers
The Singapore-flagged 2,824-TEU containership GFS Pride has sunk after being struck by an unknown projectile in the Strait of Hormuz and catching…
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Singapore Is Building the Blueprint for the LNG Bunker Boom
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World’s First Ammonia-Fueled Newcastlemax Starts Commercial Service With 1,000-Tonne Green-Ammonia Bunker
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Singapore Moves LNG Storage Offshore as Bunker Demand Jumps 24%
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The Robot Shipyard: How Much Labor Can a $1 Billion Yard Actually Automate?
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U.S. Navy Opens $15 Billion Competition for Pacific’s First Ford-Class Carrier Drydock
The U.S. Navy has formally opened competition for the massive Multi-Mission Dry Dock redevelopment at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington,…
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The Design Is Ready. Is Australia’s Workforce Ready for SSN-AUKUS?
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