European Ferry Consolidation Accelerates: Stena Is Buying Color Line
Swedish shipping group Stena AB announced on October 26, 2026, that it has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of Color Group…
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Britain Loses Its Antarctic Ice Patrol Ship for a Second Straight Season as Replacement Plans Remain Undecided
Britain’s Ministry of Defence confirmed on October 26, 2026, that HMS Protector, the Royal Navy’s only dedicated ice-patrol ship, will not deploy…
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The Navy’s Shipyard Upgrade Could Cost Over $200 Billion and Run Past 2080: Congress Wants Answers
Representatives Jen Kiggans of Virginia and Maggie Goodlander of New Hampshire introduced the Shipyard Modernization Sustainment Act on October 26, 2026, proposing…
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Russia Is Building a New Diesel Trade With America — U.S. Ports Are Being Warned Away
Russian refiners are increasing diesel production toward 180,000 metric tons per day after Moscow granted export quotas linked to an October 9…
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A Second Shipping Chokepoint Is Heating Up: Houthis Advance Toward Bab el-Mandeb
Saudi Arabia’s military coalition said on October 27, 2026, that it intercepted three Houthi ballistic missiles targeting the kingdom’s Eastern Region and…
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Federal Documents Reveal $30 Million Offshore Vessel Plan to Inspect 93 Atlantic Wind Facilities
The U.S. Department of the Interior has outlined a proposed five-year offshore vessel contracting program valued at up to $30 million, with…
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India Reveals a $23 Billion, 400-Ship Pipeline as Korean Suppliers Move In
India has disclosed a government-backed vessel demand pipeline covering more than 400 ships worth approximately $23 billion over the next decade, as…
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DP World Signs Onto Canada’s Arctic Gateway — Churchill Could Become a Global Trade Corridor
Arctic Gateway Group, CentrePort Canada and DP World (Canada) signed a memorandum of understanding on October 26, 2026, to explore development of…
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Shipping Is Building Supertankers at a Pace Not Seen in Decades
The VLCC market has created an unusual timing problem. Owners are ordering ships into one of the strongest tanker markets ever recorded,…
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Coast Guard Moves to Turn AI Lookout Performance Into Search-and-Rescue Math
The U.S. Coast Guard has disclosed plans to test commercial machine-vision technology against one of the harder problems in maritime search and…
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Saudi Arabia Is Starting to Build Its Own Supertankers
Bahri has signed a SAR1.692 billion, roughly $451 million, contract with International Maritime Industries for three 320,000-dwt VLCCs to be built at…
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Cruise Ship Hits Two Boxships in Bremerhaven, Ripping 10-Meter Gash in MSC Victorine
TUI Cruises’ Mein Schiff 3 collided with two berthed containerships while departing Bremerhaven at about 17:30 on October 25 after Bremen police…
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Global Dockworker Action Could Hit Cargo Flows Friday impacting 100 Ports, 17 Countries
Dockworker unions are preparing coordinated strikes, stoppages and demonstrations for Friday, October 30, with organizers now claiming participation at more than 100…
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The Shipping War Is Reaching the Beach: Tanker Oil Slick Spreads Along UAE Coast
An oil spill from a damaged tanker off the United Arab Emirates has expanded toward the northern coastline, with European Union Copernicus…
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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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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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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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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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