The latest shipping, industry and maritime market developments.
Dockworkers across five continents launched coordinated strikes, work stoppages and demonstrations on October 30, 2026, as more than 25 unions representing 113…
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Villa Vie Residences is preparing to seek Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after suspending its around-the-world residential cruise aboard the Villa Vie Odyssey…
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Shell disclosed a $5.4 billion non-cash increase in the variable component of its shipping leases during the third quarter of 2026, as…
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A small boat approached the Panama-flagged crude tanker LOUISE 1 in the Strait of Hormuz on October 29 and attached two explosive…
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China’s Hengli Heavy Industry has captured 23.4% of global shipbuilding orders by compensated gross tonnage across seven major merchant-vessel sectors during the…
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The U.S. Coast Guard has disclosed a serious machinery and cargo-safety failure aboard the 112,827-dwt crude oil tanker KALAHARI, with both auxiliary…
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Drewry’s World Container Index fell 3% to $4,429 per 40-foot container on October 29, 2026, ending two consecutive weeks of gains as…
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Morocco has announced a major expansion of its Mediterranean port network, with the first container terminal at Nador West Med scheduled to…
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Spain’s Boluda Shipping signed an agreement on October 28, 2026, to acquire Icelandic-founded, Netherlands-headquartered Samskip, bringing together two major short-sea and multimodal…
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The U.S. Maritime Administration announced approval of ST LNG’s deepwater port license application on October 28, 2026, advancing an estimated $8.2 billion…
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The core facts are now solid. Bulgaria’s Transport Ministry said the Liberian-flagged CONTSHIP JET was hit by sea drones about 17 nautical…
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A federal railroad decision published October 29 has exposed plans to receive shipborne asphaltic oil at a former fertilizer terminal on California’s…
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A tanker was reported burning and largely submerged in the Strait of Hormuz early on October 29, 2026, approximately nine nautical miles…
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Norway has committed NOK 20 million, approximately $2 million, to a project developing a 5-megawatt electric nuclear power system for commercial vessels,…
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China’s shipyards captured 81.8% of global newbuilding orders by deadweight tonnage during the first nine months of 2026, according to official figures…
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Cyclone Arnab forced the suspension of cargo operations at both Kakinada’s anchorage port and deepwater port on October 27, 2026, with 11…
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Yemen’s Houthi forces claimed on October 27 that a ballistic missile struck Saudi Arabia’s Ras Tanura refinery, one of the kingdom’s largest…
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Britain’s Department for Transport confirmed on October 27, 2026, that it is discontinuing its official vessel-arrival statistics, ending a dataset used to…
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Iran has threatened to take legal action against every vessel belonging to South Korean shipping group Sinokor starting November 1, 2026, escalating…
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The U.S. Coast Guard has imposed new conditions of entry on vessels arriving at American ports after calling at Somalia, effective October…
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