Red Sea War Risk Pricing in 2026: Why Quotes Swing from 0.2% to 1% Overnight
War risk pricing in the Red Sea is basically a live market, not a static tariff. A single new incident, a change in how underwriters view a corridor, or a “sensitive” voyage detail can...
Maersk Orders Eight 18,600 TEU Dual Fuel Newbuilds at New Times Shipbuilding
Maersk has firmed up an agreement with China’s New Times Shipbuilding for eight large containership newbuilds forming a new 18,600 TEU series, with deliveries scheduled across 2029 and 2030. The vessels are described as...
India Coast Guard detains three suspected shadow-fleet tankers west of Mumbai in offshore anti-smuggling sweep
India’s Coast Guard says it intercepted and detained three suspect tankers about 100 nautical miles west of Mumbai in a coordinated operation targeting an international oil-smuggling network that used mid-sea transfers in international waters....
Container Ordering Still Alive at the Very Top End
Maersk has confirmed an order for eight large container vessels at China’s New Times Shipbuilding, with delivery scheduled in 2029 and 2030. The ships are described as dual-fuel, able to run on conventional bunker...
MSC Orders Eight More 11,500 TEU Dual-Fuel Container Ships at Jinglu, Deliveries Through 2029
MSC has been linked to an additional eight 11,500 TEU LNG dual-fuel containerships at Penglai Zhongbai Jinglu Shipyard, expanding the series at the yard to 16 sister ships following an earlier batch ordered in...
Cargo Tracking Systems in 2026
Cargo tracking systems in 2026 are splitting into two “real world” categories: platform-based visibility (carrier, port, and milestone feeds that cover most moves) and sensor-based tracking (devices that add condition, security, and higher confidence...
Multi-Agency Craft Conference (MACC) 2026 Review
MACC is a practical small-craft week where operators, acquirers, and builders compare what is working on the water right now. If you support patrol, expeditionary, security, rescue, or mission craft, this is one of...
Hefring Marine Review: Smarter speed decisions, safer crews
Hefring Marine is built around a very specific reality on fast workboats and demanding routes: crew safety and fuel efficiency are heavily influenced by how the vessel is actually behaving in the moment. Their...
2026 Container Downcycle Playbook: 12 Signals Rates Are Slipping Further
Spot rates do not usually roll over for one reason. They slip when multiple “tone” indicators line up at the same time: benchmarks trend down, front haul lanes soften together, and carriers start pulling...
Bunker Procurement Platforms and E-bunkering: 2026 Buyers Guide
Bunker procurement platforms and e-bunkering are getting attention because they compress a messy workflow into a repeatable cycle: plan stems, invite quotes, compare offers with a paper trail, then push confirmations and delivery documentation...
Venezuelan crude returns to Europe as Repsol cargos restart under Trafigura-linked supply
Venezuelan barrels are moving back into Europe again, with cargoes tied to Repsol and arranged through Trafigura showing up in shipping schedules and tracking, including roughly 2 million barrels heading to Spain. In parallel,...
Panama Canal Port Concessions Face Arbitration as China Retaliates
Panama’s Panama Canal port dispute has moved from a legal ruling into a live governance and geopolitics problem. After Panama’s Supreme Court annulled the long-running concession held by a CK Hutchison unit for the...
Container Rate Tone Weakens Again (Drewry WCI Drops to $1,959, Blank Sailings Rise Into LNY)
Drewry’s World Container Index fell 7% to $1,959 per 40ft for 05 Feb 2026, marking a fourth straight weekly decline. Drewry also flagged softer pre Lunar New Year demand and a sharper use of...
Gastech Bangkok 2026 Review
Bangkok becomes the meeting point for the gas and LNG ecosystem in September 2026, with hydrogen, climate tech, and AI in energy pulled into the same conversation. If you are tracking supply, contracting, shipping,...
MSC Giada III Explosion and Fire Near St Petersburg: MSC Feeder Disabled in Gulf of Finland
An MSC-operated feeder, MSC Giada III, suffered an engine-room explosion followed by a fire while inbound for the St Petersburg area via the Gulf of Finland, triggering a response that included rescue assets and...
Kaiko Systems Review: Inspections, structured and ready to prove
Kaiko Systems is built for a very specific operational bottleneck: inspections and shipboard checks still generate a lot of manual work, photos, and follow-up actions that get messy between ship and shore. Their angle...
Top Maritime Law Firms by Region in 2026
Global shipping disputes tend to concentrate around a few legal hubs, and the UK and Ireland section is where a lot of readers will start because English law and London arbitration sit behind a...
SCR systems for NOx reduction in Ships: 2026 Pros and Cons
SCR (Selective Catalytic Reduction) is still the main “Tier III workhorse” for cutting ship NOx in emission control areas. It injects urea (DEF/AdBlue) into the exhaust, generating ammonia that reacts over a catalyst to...
Maersk Ocean Turns Loss in Q4 2025 as Job Cuts Signal Harder Container Cycle
Maersk reported its Ocean business moved into the red in the final quarter of 2025, alongside a plan to cut about 1,000 roles as carriers shift from expansion posture to tighter cost control. The...
EU “Made in EU” Shipbuilding Policy Moves Closer: Procurement Preference and Financing Signals for EU-Built Vessels
A draft European Commission package, reported by Reuters, indicates the EU is moving closer to “Made in EU” style policy for shipping and shipbuilding, with language that would steer public buyers to weigh non-price...
Insurer Alert Turns Bangladesh Port Disruption Into a Formal Risk Workflow
NorthStandard issued a fresh advisory warning that Bangladesh port operations are being disrupted by an escalating labour strike, including a note that container vessels risk sailing without booked export cargo. When a P&I club...
Arc7 LNG carrier Alexey Kosygin makes first Saam FSU delivery as Arctic LNG logistics tighten
Russia’s Arc7 ice-class LNG carrier Alexey Kosygin has been reported making its first delivery to the Saam floating storage unit (FSU) in the Kola Bay area, a concrete datapoint that Russia’s Arctic LNG logistics...
Inland Marine Expo 2026 Review
IMX is one of the few U.S. trade shows built around the inland and intracoastal operating reality, towing and barge, fleeting, terminals, shipyards, dredging, and the vendors that keep those assets working. If you...
Smart Reefer Containers: Pros, Cons, and What Actually Works in 2026
Smart reefer containers in 2026 are not just “a reefer with GPS”. They are reefers with telemetry that can push temperature, humidity, ventilation settings, alarms, and sometimes controlled-atmosphere status into a platform so operators...
Cargo theft and freight fraud rising as IUMI and TAPA issue new 2026 warning
IUMI and TAPA EMEA are warning that cargo theft and freight fraud are climbing across supply chains, with criminals increasingly blending physical theft with digitally enabled deception (including bogus carrier identities and “phantom” pickup...
12 Cash-Flow “Leak Points” in Container Ownership That Kill Equity Returns
Container ownership rarely dies from one dramatic mistake. It usually bleeds out through small, repeatable cash drains that show up between fixtures, at redelivery, in the yard, or inside clauses that looked “standard” until...
Iranian Gunboats Challenge U.S.-Flagged Stena Imperative in Strait of Hormuz
A U.S.-flagged tanker, Stena Imperative, was approached by Iranian fast craft while transiting the Strait of Hormuz north of Oman, according to maritime and security reporting. The encounter included demands to stop and the...
Chokepoint Enforcement Turns Operational (Malaysia STS Crackdown Shows Real Boarding and Delay Risk)
Malaysia’s maritime enforcement action off Penang shows how “illegal STS” scrutiny is functioning like an operational variable, not background noise. Two tankers were detained over a suspected unauthorized ship to ship crude transfer, crude...
U.S. Approves Texas GulfLink Deepwater Crude Export Port License, Up to 1 Million Barrels a Day
U.S. regulators have approved a deepwater port license for Sentinel Midstream’s Texas GulfLink project off the Texas coast, a step that moves another offshore crude-export outlet closer to construction and future operations. Reuters reporting...
Hecla Emissions Management Review: Turning EU ETS and FuelEU into a workflow
Hecla Emissions Management is trying to make EU ETS and FuelEU feel more like a managed workflow and less like a rolling crisis. Backed by Wilhelmsen Ship Management and Affinity Shipping, they combine registry...