Skandi Commander Lands Four-Year Petrobras Award as DOF Adds Another $150m Slice of Brazil Backlog
DOF has locked in a fresh long-term win in Brazil: a four-year Petrobras charter for the ROV support vessel Skandi Commander, valued at about $150 million and scheduled to start in January 2027. The...
GNSS anti-jamming/anti-spoofing navigation resilience suites Made Simple: 2026 Update
GNSS interference is showing up less like an occasional anomaly and more like an operational condition on certain trade lanes. Going into 2026, bridge teams are increasingly expected to handle “position uncertainty” events cleanly,...
Jinjiang Shipping lines up a 4 + 4 feeder newbuild program
Jinjiang Shipping has signaled a measured expansion plan, seeking to order four 1,800 TEU “Bangkokmax” boxships with options for four more, backed by a disclosed investment cap of up to RMB 1.94bn (roughly $270m...
COSCO’s next heavylift bet: Four 40,000 dwt MPP newbuilds locked in at Chengxi
COSCO Shipping Specialized Carriers (SSE: 600428) is pushing further into the project-cargo and wind-energy logistics lane, approving four 40,000 dwt multi-purpose heavy-lift newbuilds at Chengxi. The order is priced at RMB 1.492 billion total,...
AVS Global Ship Supply Review: Global ship supply, executed under pressure
AVS Global Ship Supply is built for the moments when a vessel’s needs are urgent, the port call window is tight, and the paperwork still has to be clean. Their pitch is simple: one...
Happy New Year!
2025 was a year of learning and growth at Ship Universe.As we head into 2026, we’re focused on sharpening our coverage and delivering the most useful, practical maritime content we’ve produced to date. Be...
ALS Guide: How Air Lubrication Systems Can Transform your Fleet
Air lubrication systems have been discussed in shipping for more than a decade, but interest has accelerated as fuel costs, carbon intensity targets, and retrofit economics collide. Owners today are less interested in theory...
Painted Flag, Real Consequences: the Tanker Chase now has a Diplomatic edge
For nearly two weeks, a rust-streaked tanker chased across the Caribbean and into the open Atlantic has turned into a floating test of sanctions enforcement. As U.S. Coast Guard assets trail the vessel, observers...
Jinjiang’s Bangkokmax plan: a new intra-Asia capacity block on the drawing board
Jinjiang Shipping has put a fresh fleet expansion on the table: a board-approved plan to build four 1,800 TEU “Bangkokmax” containerships, with options for four more, backed by a total budget of up to...
TOC Europe 2026 Review
TOC Europe is where port and terminal operations people go when they want real signal, not theory. In Hamburg, the mix of container supply chain leaders, technology vendors, and port and terminal executives makes...
Russia Strikes Ukraine’s Black Sea Gateways with Reports of Hitting Wheat Ships as They Enter Port
Russia launched waves of drones against Ukraine’s Odesa-region port infrastructure, with officials saying the Black Sea ports of Pivdennyi and Chornomorsk were hit and two Panama-flagged civilian vessels were struck as they approached to...
Six Ultramax, One Financing Play as Seacon Rewrites Its 2027 Bulk Pipeline
Seacon Shipping is taking over six ultramax newbuilding contracts and pairing them with long-term leaseback financing, effectively locking in a 2027 delivery window while spreading payments over a 15-year bareboat structure. The deal is...
AURELIA Review: Designing the path to Zero-Emission Vessels
AURELIA is the kind of partner shipowners call when “green” stops being a concept and starts becoming real engineering, integration, and approvals. If you are planning a zero emission newbuild or a serious retrofit,...
DHT trims older VLCC tonnage with sale of two 2007-built giants
DHT Holdings has agreed to sell two 2007-built VLCCs, DHT China and DHT Europe, for a combined 101.6 million dollars, crystallising a sizeable cash gain and taking another step in its fleet renewal strategy....
2026 Maritime Calendar
The Ship Universe Maritime Calendar highlights upcoming maritime events such as meetings, webinars, training sessions, and in-person gatherings across shipping and related sectors. It’s designed to give a quick view of what’s active and...
LNG Trade Just Stepped Up: 2025’s Biggest Export Jump in Three Years
Global LNG exports in 2025 grew at their fastest pace in about three years, driven mainly by new North American supply ramping up. For shipping stakeholders, the key question is how much of that...
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 near Novorossiysk, while inbound intake was also halted because storage reservoirs reached...
Digital Maritime Surveillance made Simple: 2026 Update
Digital maritime surveillance is no longer just “coast guard stuff.” Going into 2026, it is becoming a day-to-day operating reality for commercial shipping because navigation interference (jamming/spoofing), sanctions risk signals, and space-to-seabed monitoring efforts...
Splash247 Review: Your Daily Edge in Maritime Intelligence
Splash247 is the kind of site you open when you want the shipping version of “tell me what changed overnight” without digging through 20 sources. For owners, managers, chartering desks, and vendors, the value...
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 price of $769.5 million (about $770 million). Deliveries are scheduled for the...
Shippax Ferry Conference Review 2026
Shippax Ferry Conference is built for people who actually run ferry networks. Three days on board GNV’s Rhapsody (Genoa to Olbia to Genoa) compresses executive panels, supplier conversations, and informal networking into one continuous...
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 describe as training for control and denial around key areas. For shipping...
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 to load drug boats – adds a new, uncomfortable data point to...
Alternative Fuel Race in 2026: Growth and Reality Checks for Methanol, Hyrdrogen, Ammonia, Biofuels, LNG and RFNBO
In 2026, “alternative fuel strategy” stops being a slide deck and starts being an operations test. The hard part is not picking a fuel. It’s getting consistent supply on your lanes, keeping engines and...
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 two people who live and breathe this stuff doing the first-ever “Shippy...
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 name in the pack. In late December, brokers identified another elderly Newcastlemax...
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 the year before. Reporting based on that analysis adds that nearly one...
ShipServ Review: Faster RFQs, Cleaner Quotes, Better Control
ShipServ is one of the better-known attempts to make ship supply and service procurement less dependent on scattered inbox threads. For fleet teams that live in RFQs, the main upside is a cleaner loop:...
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 fire and restricted sea and air areas set around the island. For...
Underwater Radiated Noise (URN) Tech Made Simple: 2026 Update
Underwater Radiated Noise (URN) is quickly moving from “nice-to-have ESG” into something fleets will need to show work on with measurements, maintenance routines, and a simple management plan. The IMO’s revised guidelines are now...