Flatline October For U.S. Box Imports Signals Cautious Peak Season
U.S. container imports barely moved in October, with volumes holding at roughly 2.31 million TEU, just a 0.1 percent slip from September and about 7.5 percent below last year’s October level. Importers look to...
Steel Slump: Cheap Scrap Is Slowing Ship Recycling
Cash buyer reports and market notes in November 2025 paint a rough picture for scrapyards. Steel plate values at key South Asian recycling hubs have slipped below 400 dollars per light displacement ton in...
Electric Cranes Hit the Baltic as Palfinger’s Polish Wind Deal Points to All-Electric Decks
Palfinger Marine has secured a contract to supply fully electric offshore jib cranes for the Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 offshore wind farms in the Polish Baltic, a 1.44 GW project developed by Equinor...
The Great Green Fuel Race in 2026: LNG, Methanol, Ammonia and the Nuclear Option
Shipping’s green fuel race in 2026 is not a clean sprint. LNG, methanol, ammonia and even nuclear are all lining up on the start line, but they are running very different races. Regulations are...
Red Sea, Suez And Hormuz: Chokepoint Risks, Cape Detours Impacting P&L
After two years of disruption, shipowners are now juggling a mixed picture at the key Middle East chokepoints. The Red Sea and Suez are seeing a clear rebound in traffic, even though Houthi attacks...
Tuapse Under Siege As Drone Strikes Choke Black Sea Fuel Exports
Repeated Ukrainian drone strikes have shut down Russia’s fuel export hub at Tuapse, one of Moscow’s main oil outlets on the Black Sea. A major attack damaged terminal infrastructure and at least one merchant...
Bunker Playbook: Lock In or Ride the Spot in 2026
The bunker plan you choose in 2026 will move more money than any single retrofit. Rules tighten, alternative fuels spread, and spreads keep shifting by port. Start with the few signals that actually move...
Volumes Up as Maersk Warns on Rate Pressure
Maersk said global container volumes are rising, and it lifted the lower end of its full-year 2025 profit outlook. Third-quarter results beat expectations on revenue and EBITDA, helped by stronger China-led exports, but average...
Somali Pirates Board Hellas Aphrodite In Deepwater Attack
A Malta-flagged product tanker named Hellas Aphrodite was boarded by armed pirates on November 6, 2025, roughly 549 to 560 nautical miles off central Somalia while sailing gasoline from Sikka, India to Durban, South...
US and China Agree to Pause Port Fees and Crane Tariffs
Washington and Beijing are stepping back from a costly fee fight. The United States will suspend for one year, starting November 10, 2025, the Section 301 port entry fees aimed at China and the...
Sails vs ALS on Ships: Which Wins for ROI?
Two groundbreaking technologies are reshaping ship budgets in 2026. Both with one simple goal, to save fuel. One spreads a cushion of bubbles under the hull to cut friction. The other captures wind with...
EU Carbon Rules Start Hitting Voyage P&L
Shipping’s inclusion in the EU Emissions Trading System has moved from theory to cash impact. For 2024 emissions, companies must surrender allowances by September 30, 2025, covering 40% this cycle, rising to 70% for...
Sanctions are Parking Barrels at Sea, Tightening Tanker Supply
Sanctions are turning tankers into temporary storage, and traders say it’s now visible at record scale. At ADIPEC this week, Gunvor’s chief executive said “oil on the water” has surged to unprecedented levels as...
In-Water Hull Cleaning: 12 Proven Ways Shipowners Cut Fuel and Costs
Fuel drag from slime is quiet but expensive. The fastest win you can buy without a yard stay is in-water cleaning that captures the waste so you can use it in more ports. Done...
Maersk Adds LNG Megamax Capacity in China, Options Touted
Trade-press reports indicate Maersk has placed an order in China for a fresh tranche of 18,000-TEU LNG dual-fuel containerships, with options said to be under discussion. The move continues its 2024–25 fleet renewal toward...
Sanctions Squeeze as Russian Crude Flows Jolt Tanker Math
U.S. sanctions tightened in late October have begun to bite. Indian refiners paused new Russian oil orders, at least one India-bound tanker turned around in the Baltic, and a naphtha cargo stalled off India...
C-Leanship: ROV Hull Cleaning that Quickly Cuts Fuel and Downtime
Biofouling is a quiet tax on every voyage, and C-Leanship’s pitch is to remove it without blowing the schedule. They deploy ROVs to inspect and clean hulls and propellers during port calls or at...
Suez Comeback: Ships Rejoin the Canal as Risk Eases and Schedules Tighten
After months of Cape detours, traffic through the Red Sea and Suez is ticking up. Egypt’s canal authority says 229 ships resumed Suez transits in October and reported canal revenues up 14.2% year over...
Ship Management Software: 15 Features Owners Actually Use
If your ship management software is not paying for itself every year, the leak is in setup, not the tool. This guide strips the fluff and shows where the money actually moves: avoiding even...
Somali Basin: Attack Thwarted, Costs Tighten
A chemical tanker was fired upon about 330 nautical miles east of Mogadishu on November 3. The master raised the alarm, increased speed, and the embarked armed team deterred the boarding. No injuries or...
Maritime Cyber Security: Real Incidents, New Rules, and Vendor Risk
Owners face two fronts at once: regulators are tightening cyber requirements, and real-world interference and attacks are rising. The U.S. Coast Guard’s final cyber rule is in force for MTSA vessels and facilities, the...
Atlas Ship Supply: Provisions, Stores & Spares Across All Turkish Ports
Atlas Ship Supply keeps Turkish port calls tight: one Istanbul-based team covers all major ports and the Bosphorus and Dardanelles, bundling provisions, bonded and technical stores, plus spares-in-transit and Tuzla/Yalova yard support. Fewer hand-offs,...
AIS Spoofing: 10 Bridge Red Flags
AIS is gold when it is honest, but spoofed or broken signals can mislead a watch team and turn a routine watch into a near miss. Use these bridge-level red flags to spot bad...
Sanctions Net Tightens as AIS Spoofing and SE Asia STS Face Scrutiny
Authorities and data firms are spotlighting ship-to-ship transfers and location spoofing around Southeast Asia, including a sanctioned LNG carrier conducting an STS off Malaysia. Regulators have refreshed guidance on deceptive practices and Europe is...
Cydome Security: From Alerts to Action – Complete Cyber Security for Ships
Cyber incidents at sea don’t arrive as tidy IT tickets. They show up as alarms that won’t clear, black screens on the ECR console, and a schedule that starts slipping. Cydome takes a maritime-first...
Tuapse Oil Terminal Hit: Security Costs Up, Routing Gets Messy
A Ukrainian long-range drone strike ignited fires at Russia’s Black Sea oil hub of Tuapse, damaging the loading terminal and at least two foreign vessels alongside. Authorities said the fires were contained, but the...
Port Truce, War Risk, and Sanctions: Maritime Bottom-line News (11/3/2025)
A one-year pause on U.S.–China port fees trims call costs and calms some policy risk while China’s soybean-buy pledge points to extra U.S.–Asia bulk flows. At the same time, a strike on Russia’s Tuapse...
Biofouling ROI Showdown: Foul-Release (Silicone) vs SPC Antifouling vs In-Water Hull Cleaning + Prop Polish
Fuel is your biggest controllable cost at sea. Hull roughness and slime add drag that burns cash every hour. The question is not “paint or clean,” it is “which path gives the most clean...
Port Levies On Ice: US-China One-Year Pause and Owner P&L Impact
Washington and Beijing agreed to suspend the new reciprocal port fees on each other’s ships for 12 months, easing call costs and operational friction while trade talks continue; industry bodies welcomed the move, though...
ShipTech Drydocks: Saving Time & Money with Faster Turnarounds and Fewer Surprises
ShipTech Dry Docks has built a reputation for getting hard jobs done on schedule in Dubai Maritime City’s upgraded shiplift complex. With integrated workshops and 3,000–6,000-tonne lifts, they turn planned and emergency work fast,...