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...
Compare the Top Ship Tracking Platforms: Real-Time Solutions for Every Fleet
When people say they “need ship tracking,” they usually mean very different things: a quick public map for situational awareness, a reliable satellite-AIS feed for open ocean coverage, an API your ops team can...
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 Sea routings after the long diversion period triggered by Houthi attacks that...
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 transport infrastructure in the Odesa region. Trade groups and officials say damage...
Arcship Review: Linking lifeboats, fire systems and repairs
ArcShip sits in the “one phone call for ship safety and upkeep” bucket. From its Dubai head office and a network across the UAE, Oman, India, Sri Lanka and beyond, it combines ship management...
S-100 ECDIS (Layered Charts) Made Simple: 2026 Update
S-100 ECDIS is the shift from “one electronic chart” to a layered navigation system. Instead of a single chart dataset trying to do everything, S-100 lets the ship run a base ENC and then...
Intermodal Asia 2026 Review: Big Things Happening in Shanghai
Shanghai’s container community sets the agenda every spring. Intermodal Asia 2026 puts equipment owners, lessors, tech providers, depots, ports, rail and road logistics in one hall so you can compare kit, cross-check capacity and...
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 in Venezuelan waters as export delays pile up and onshore tanks fill....
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 the partners estimating about 25,000 metric tons of CO2e well-to-wake emissions reduction...
Underwater ROV & AUV Made Simple: 2026 Update
Underwater ROVs and AUVs are becoming the “underwater work crew” for ships: they inspect hulls and appendages, document damage, support in-water surveys, and increasingly help with hull cleaning and biofouling control without putting divers...