GPS Jammed at Sea and 7 Navigation Technologies That Still Give Ships Position Confidence
A jammed GPS signal should trigger a navigation stack, not a single backup habit I would treat GPS jamming as a position-confidence problem rather than a simple receiver failure. The ship still needs to...
Bunker Watch August 2026: Ship Fuel Prices Stay High as Brent Tops $90 and MGO Breaks $1,400 in Fujairah
Marine bunker prices remain elevated entering August 18, with the latest daily index showing VLSFO at $831/mt in Singapore, $660 in Rotterdam, $816 in Fujairah and $695 in Houston, while low-sulfur marine gasoil is...
New: Ship Universe Maritime Intelligence Radar (Updated Daily)
Ship Universe has launched a new Intelligence section designed to make it easier to see where the maritime industry is moving, not just read about individual stories after they happen. >> https://www.shipuniverse.com/intelligence/ >> The...
Secondhand Ship Prices Stay Red-Hot as 19-Year-Old Suezmax Fetches Nearly $50M
The secondhand ship market is producing unusually strong prices across several vessel classes, with tankers providing the clearest evidence of just how far asset values have moved. Angola’s Sonangol has agreed to sell the...
The Post-Fixture Profit Test: 12 Events That Should Automatically Trigger a New Voyage P&L Forecast
I keep coming back to post-fixture P&L forecasting because the voyage estimate should not sit untouched while the voyage keeps changing. The fixture may be fixed, but expected profit is still moving every time...
Cruise Ships Are Dumping Heat While Operators Hunt for Fuel Savings
Cruise Thermal Energy Investment Report The overlooked retrofit race is not electricity first I see cruise waste heat as one of the best hidden investment screens on a large passenger ship because the ship...
Maersk’s Fleet Ceiling Crack Signals a New Container Capacity Race
Maersk appears to be moving toward a new phase in its container fleet strategy after years of emphasizing capacity discipline, fleet renewal, decarbonisation and integrated logistics over aggressive slot growth. The reported shift follows...
Fatal Hormuz Engine-Room Strike Puts Crew Risk in Focus
A merchant vessel transiting out of the Strait of Hormuz was struck by an unidentified projectile off the coast of Oman, damaging the engine room and causing a crew casualty in the latest attack...
Saronic vs Anduril: Software Defined Naval Shipyards Become the Next Arms Race
Shipyard of 2035 investment report I think the Saronic versus Anduril story is really a contest over the future factory model, because autonomous warships will need shipyards that behave more like software-defined production systems...
Quantum Navigation at Sea Accelerates as Royal Navy Links Atomic Clocks to GPS-Denied Radar
Maritime quantum technology has moved another step out of laboratory testing and into working naval systems after the Royal Navy disclosed a new trial combining Aquark Technologies’ AQlock cold-atom clocks with Saab Giraffe 1X...
The Voyage Margin Leak That Turns Good Fixtures Into Weak P&L
I would frame voyage margin leakage as the difference between the deal the desk approved and the voyage the vessel actually performed. The commercial desk may approve the voyage based on a strong TCE,...
Shipping Cost Shock Deepens as Hormuz War, Panama Drought and Rhine Lows Hit Global Trade
Global shipping costs are climbing across several major trade lanes as conflict, low water and capacity constraints converge at the same time. The latest global container benchmark stands at $4,339 per 40-foot container, with...
IACS E27 Procurement Checklist: 15 Cybersecurity Questions to Ask Before Installing Any Connected Marine Equipment
Connected marine equipment now needs a cyber file before it reaches the ship I would treat IACS E27 as a procurement filter, not a paperwork exercise. The practical shift is that cyber resilience is...
China’s Arctic Express Turns a Polar Shortcut Into a Scheduled Container Service
Sea Legend’s Arctic Express has moved China-Europe container shipping through the Northern Sea Route from an experimental voyage into a scheduled seasonal service. The 2026 program is built around eight consecutive sailings during the...
Will Electric Cruise Ships Turn Ports Into High-Voltage Charging Hubs?
Electric Cruise Port Infrastructure Report The ship is only half of the electric cruise story I see the 80,000-GT electric cruise ship concept as a port infrastructure story before it is a shipbuilding story....
Maritime Weekend Conflict Update: Hormuz Slowdown and Port Attacks
The weekend maritime conflict map tightened across three major operating zones. In the Gulf, shipping through the Strait of Hormuz slowed again after tanker attacks, with Kpler data showing only five commodity vessels passing...
Pearl Harbor Dry Dock 5 Turns Infrastructure Into a Supplier Goldmine
Naval infrastructure and shipyard supplier report I think the most useful way to read Pearl Harbor’s Dry Dock 5 is as a whole industrial system, because the visible concrete basin only works if the...
Drewry WCI Rises Again as U.S.-Bound Container Rates Break Higher
Drewry’s latest World Container Index rose 1% on August 13 to $4,339 per 40ft container, marking the second consecutive weekly increase after the late-July slide. The headline gain was driven by U.S.-bound Transpacific pricing,...
Radar + INS + AIS + GNSS Is Becoming the New Sensor Stack in Maritime Anti-Spoofing Tech
The bridge is moving beyond one anti-spoofing box and toward a stacked trust model I would not buy a single anti-spoofing appliance and assume the navigation problem is solved. The stronger 2026 direction is...
Cruise Food Waste Tech: Microbial Digesters vs Waste-to-Energy Gasification
Cruise Food Waste Technology Report The investment gap tells the real story I see cruise food waste technology as one of the clearest examples of a practical system beating a more ambitious system in...
Ferry Disasters, Ship Fires and Rotterdam Blast Put Maritime Safety Back in Focus
Maritime safety incidents have accumulated rapidly during the opening six weeks of the third quarter, ranging from passenger-ferry disasters and vessel fires to terminal explosions, storm losses and attacks on civilian shipping. The newest...
Port of Los Angeles Approves Clean Ship Incentive Expansion Tied to ESI 2.0
The Los Angeles Harbor Commission has approved an expansion of the Port of Los Angeles’ clean-ship incentive framework that will increase financial rewards for lower-emission ocean-going vessels calling at the port. The August 13...
The Real Cost of Going PFOS-Free on Shipboard Firefighting Foam in 2026
I think the biggest PFOS mistake is assuming compliant foam solves the problem by itself. The rule is now live, but the real cost is not just buying replacement foam. It is proving that...
Global Navy Shipbuilding Update: Allied Yards, Steam Catapults and a Worldwide Frigate Race
Naval shipbuilding is entering a faster and more politically complicated phase, with the United States now debating overseas allied-yard construction and a return to steam catapults, while Europe, Asia and allied Pacific fleets accelerate...
At Sea 3D Printing Moves From Novelty to Naval Readiness
Naval additive manufacturing readiness report I think the strongest use case for at-sea 3D printing is not printing everything, but certifying the few naval parts that repeatedly strand ships, take too long to procure,...
Hormuz Transit Fees: The Top Insurance and Sanctions Traps Shipowners Should Price Before Passage
I think the first question is not how much the Hormuz fee costs, but what the payment does to cover, compliance and recovery. The larger problem is the chain reaction that can follow a...
Maersk Raises 2026 Outlook Again as Strong Container Demand, Higher Rates and Port Congestion Lift Profit
A.P. Moller-Maersk has raised its 2026 earnings outlook for the second time this year after stronger container demand, higher freight rates and widespread port congestion drove second-quarter results above expectations. Maersk reported quarterly EBITDA...
Marine Battery Fire Risk and the 10 Systems Owners Should Price Before Adding Hybrid Power
The battery room is only the start of the hybrid-power safety bill I would price a marine battery retrofit as a fire-risk system before calling it a propulsion upgrade. The battery racks, modules, and...
LNG Shipping Enters a Fleet Shakeup as SK Shipping Expands
The LNG carrier market is moving through a sharp reset as South Korea’s SK Shipping prepares to become Asia’s largest LNG carrier operator through an asset swap with H-Line Shipping. Under the transaction announced...
Holland America’s Fleet Refresh Shows the Next Retrofit Race for Older Cruise Ships
Older Cruise Ship Efficiency Report The next cruise retrofit race is happening below the guest decks I see Holland America’s fleet-efficiency push as a practical signal for older cruise ships across the market because...