Drewry WCI Hits 15-Week High as Carriers Tighten Asia-Europe Capacity
Drewry’s World Container Index increased 2% to $4,585 per 40-foot container on October 22, its second consecutive weekly gain and highest reading…
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Sell the Fleet or Ride the Next Cycle? Inside Taylor Maritime’s $933 Million Decision
ShipUniverse / Asset cycle / 23 October 2026 56 ships.$933 million.Fleet exit. Taylor Maritime is selling its last owned bulker. The next…
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Korea Is Coming to Build Ships in America: Hyundai Plans New U.S. Shipyard
South Korea’s HD Hyundai and U.S. engineering and construction group Kiewit have agreed to form HD Kiewit Shipbuilding, a joint venture that…
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The Port Loses Cellular, Satellite and GNSS: What Still Works?
Maritime Connectivity Failure Stress Test Riga Is Building a Port Network Designed to Fail Gracefully Riga is becoming a live laboratory for…
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Washington Turns to Denmark for Help Fixing America’s Shipyards
The United States and Denmark signed a maritime cooperation memorandum on October 22 that creates a framework for bringing Danish workforce expertise,…
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Mazagon Dock Opens ₹22.5 Crore Engineering Tender for Two Proposed Indian Shipyards
Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders has moved its proposed Dighi and Dugarajapatnam greenfield shipyards beyond the memorandum-of-understanding stage by issuing a single competitive tender…
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Spain Turns F110 Into an Air-Defence Frigate: Why 16 VLS Cells Are No Longer Enough
ShipUniverse Naval Decision Report Spain Wants More VLS Cells and a Cloud-Hosted Combat System: How Much Missile Capacity Does a Modern Frigate…
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$99.8 Billion of Cruise Ships Are Already on Order Through 2039
ShipUniverse Cruise Shipbuilding Capacity Report Why Cruise Lines Can Raise Billions but Still Cannot Get Another Ship The cruise industry knows how…
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One Secretive Shipowner Now Carries Nearly 40% of the Crude Crossing Hormuz
A South Korean tanker group that was barely known outside shipping circles before the Iran conflict has become one of the most…
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Qatar Is Buying American LNG: The World’s Export Giant Locks In U.S. Gas Through 2054
QatarEnergy has signed two long-term agreements to buy up to 4 million tonnes of U.S. LNG per year from Cheniere through 2054,…
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PHP2Shell Hits Maritime: Port of Rotterdam Goes Offline as Mass Exploitation Begins
Two critical vulnerabilities in the PHP web runtime triggered an international cybersecurity emergency on October 21, with attackers now attempting exploitation at…
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63.9% of Britain’s Biggest Port Operator Just Changed Hands: Follow the Money
ShipUniverse / Maritime Capital / Decision Report $13.4 Billion for Britain’s Biggest Port Operator: Why Are Infrastructure Funds Buying Ports Like Utilities?…
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Will Robots Replace the People Inspecting Navy Ships?
Warship Inspection Automation Stress Test $300 Million for Robots to Inspect Warships: Is Manual Ship Inspection About to Disappear? The Navy has…
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Hormuz Is Bringing Coal Back: LNG Shortage Rewrites Asian Energy Shipping
A disruption centered on LNG tankers in the Persian Gulf is now reshaping demand for bulk carriers thousands of miles away. Global…
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Coast Guard Quietly Seeks Commercial Icebreakers in Two U.S. Regions Ahead of Winter
The U.S. Coast Guard is independently testing the commercial market for icebreaking support in both the Great Lakes and Northeast as the…
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Why Germany Is Keeping Mega Cruise Ships in Northern Europe All Winter
ShipUniverse Cruise Deployment Report The Traditional Cruise Season Is Dying Northern Europe used to be a summer deployment. Germany is increasingly treating…
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Panama Canal Comes Roaring Back: Record 521M Tons, $6.6B Revenue and Last-Minute Slots Reopen
The Panama Canal closed fiscal 2026 with 13,951 vessel transits, 521 million CP/SUAB tons and preliminary revenue of B/.6.6 billion, marking a…
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93,000-m³ Terra Clove Takes Two-Stroke Ammonia Propulsion From Test Cell to Sea
Eastern Pacific Shipping has named the 93,000-m³ Terra Clove at HD Hyundai Heavy Industries in Ulsan, creating the world’s first ammonia dual-fuel…
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636,208 Tons vs. 270,509: Inside the U.S.-China Naval Shipbuilding Gap
ShipUniverse Naval Decision Report China Built 2.35× America’s Naval Tonnage in Two Years: Can the U.S. Industrial Base Keep Up? China built…
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Three Naval Task Groups, 20+ Ships, 40 Aircraft: NATO Launches Europe-Wide Neptune Strike
NATO has launched the fourth and final 2026 iteration of Neptune Strike, bringing together 17 allied nations, more than 20 naval vessels,…
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