Storm Bottleneck at CPC while Black Sea Loadings Pause as Storage Fills Up
A bout of severe weather in the Black Sea has forced the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) to suspend exports from its terminal…
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Capital’s $770m LNG Newbuild Bet with Three High-Spec Ships Timed for the 2028–2029 Tight Window
Capital Clean Energy Carriers (CCEC) has ordered three new LNG carriers at HD Hyundai Samho in South Korea for an en-bloc shipbuilding…
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Taiwan Strait Risk Spike as China’s “Justice Mission 2025” drills rehearse a port squeeze
China kicked off its largest round of drills around Taiwan in years, pairing live fire activity with multi-direction operations that Chinese statements…
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Reported Drone Attack on Venezuelan Port Puts Spotlight on Coastal Security
A reported CIA drone strike on a small port facility on Venezuela’s coast – allegedly used by the Tren de Aragua gang…
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First Annual 2025 Shipee Awards from Undocked
Nick and Raal basically turned Christmas Eve into a maritime group chat with a mic. No polished trophies, no sponsor sizzle, just…
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Winning Shipping Stacks Vintage Tonnage as China Leads 2025 Deals
Chinese buyers have been the main force in the 2025 secondhand capesize market, and Winning Shipping has emerged as the most aggressive…
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Arctic Shortcut, Sanctions Shortcut: Shadow Fleet Traffic Spikes on Russia’s Northern Sea Route
A new Bellona Foundation analysis says 100 sanctioned vessels used Russia’s Northern Sea Route (NSR) in 2025, a sharp jump from 13…
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China rehearses a Taiwan Port Squeeze with Record-scale Drills
China launched its largest drills around Taiwan in years, explicitly practicing elements that look like a blockade and strike scenario, with live…
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Suez Risk Eases: CMA CGM Makes a Visible Red Sea Return
Two CMA CGM container ships have now transited the Suez Canal, a visible sign that major liners are starting to re-test Red…
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Ports Under Fire as Russia’s Drone and Missile Strikes Squeeze Ukraine’s Grain Exports
Ukraine’s farm exports have taken a visible hit in December after a surge in Russian drone and missile attacks on port and…
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Export Clog, Rising Stocks: PDVSA Parks Barrels on the Water
Venezuela’s state oil company has started using anchored tankers as floating storage, loading crude and fuel oil onto ships and keeping them…
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Biofuel Credits Hit the Mainstream as CMA CGM and DHL Scale Low-Carbon Ocean Freight
DHL Global Forwarding and CMA CGM have agreed to jointly use 8,990 metric tons of UCOME second-generation biofuel for container shipping, with…
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Venezuela’s export tempo breaks as U.S. interdictions trigger U-turns and stalled loadings
Oil cargo flow out of Venezuela slowed in late December 2025 after a new round of U.S. Coast Guard interdiction activity raised…
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Saipem with a Massive $4bn Offshore Build With 2029–2030 Heavy-Lift Install
Saipem (working in partnership with China’s Offshore Oil Engineering Co. Ltd., COOEC) has been awarded an offshore EPCI contract by QatarEnergy LNG…
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U.S. Pursues Another “Dark Fleet” Tanker Near Venezuela
U.S. officials say the Coast Guard is actively pursuing an oil tanker in international waters near Venezuela, as Washington steps up enforcement…
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Ukraine Expands Pressure on Russia-linked Tankers into the Mediterranean
Ukraine’s maritime campaign widened beyond the Black Sea in mid December 2025 after a drone strike hit the crude oil tanker Qendil…
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Baltic Seabed Security Tightens: Cables, Patrols, and a Harder Operating Environment
The Baltic Sea’s “routine traffic” story changed in 2025. A run of undersea cable incidents and sabotage concerns pushed NATO and regional…
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Hot Cargo, Hard Fires in 2025: What kept Ship Fire risk in the Spotlight?
Ship fires in 2025 were not one single story, they showed up across multiple vessel types. Container operators dealt with cargo related…
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Maersk Tests the Red Sea Again with the First Bab el-Mandeb Transit Since 2023
Maersk confirmed that one of its containerships successfully transited the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and entered the Red Sea on December 19, 2025,…
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Shadow Fleet Squeeze as EU Adds 41 More Ships, Sanctions List Nears 600
The EU Council added 41 more vessels to its Russia “shadow fleet” sanctions list on December 18, 2025, pushing the total number…
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