The latest shipping, industry and maritime market developments.
Japan, the United States and South Korea are preparing a trilateral memorandum covering Arctic maritime cooperation, energy supplies and economic security, according…
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The crew of the 174,000-cbm Vivit Africa LNG says hackers temporarily interfered with critical cargo and safety controls during a voyage carrying…
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Commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz remains heavily constrained even as Gulf oil exports recover through an increasingly elaborate tanker-shuttle network.…
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CIDO Shipping has signed an agreement with HD Hyundai subsidiary Avikus to install the HiNAS Control autonomous navigation and digital-operation system across…
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QatarEnergy says the Strait of Hormuz crisis could begin delaying parts of its massive North Field LNG expansion because critical equipment is…
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Shipowners have ordered more than twice as many Very Large Crude Carriers in 2026 as they did during all of 2025, pushing…
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NYK Line and four Japanese partners completed what the companies describe as the world’s first ship-to-ship transfer of ammonia as marine fuel…
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Underwater robots have spent 2026 doing considerably more than technology demonstrations. Recent operations have used remotely operated vehicles to inspect offshore substations…
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Drewry’s World Container Index increased 1% to $4,500 per 40-foot container in its September 17 assessment, with sharply different movements across the…
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Saudi Arabia is rebuilding crude exports from its Gulf terminals through a large ship-to-ship transfer program off Sohar, Oman, after attacks on…
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Fresh attacks on tankers are adding to the severe disruption in the Strait of Hormuz, where only four commodity vessels were recorded…
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OOCL’s 24,188-TEU OOCL Portugal transited the Suez Canal on September 16 while sailing from Belgium toward China, marking OOCL’s first return and…
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South Korea’s Korea Ocean Business Corporation has launched a KRW120 billion, roughly $87 million, annual investment program to help Korean shipowners acquire…
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Europe is approaching the 2026-27 heating season with gas inventories well below normal levels while LNG exports from Qatar and the United…
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South Korea’s SK Gas paid a record $5.3 million auction premium to secure a September 1 northbound Panama Canal transit for the…
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Preliminary Kpler ship-tracking data showed just three visible commodity-vessel crossings of the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, September 16, down from 12…
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The Philippines is moving toward a one-stop regulatory system for shipbuilding and ship repair as the Maritime Industry Authority and Anti-Red Tape…
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U.S. Coast Guard and FBI teams boarded at least two foreign-flagged energy tankers in the Gulf of Mexico in August after authorities…
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Marine fuel markets remain under pressure this week as crude oil stays above $100 per barrel, middle-distillate supplies remain tight and bunker…
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HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, BAR Technologies, Korean Register and the Liberian International Ship & Corporate Registry have launched a joint development project…
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