Marine Insight

The FKAB Marine Design L21 ammonia carrier Shenghang Yongle has been converted for ship-to-ship liquid ammonia fuel bunkering. Led by Jiangsu Andefu Energy Development, FKAB, together with cargo handling supplier …

Ukraine and Russia’s unmanned vessels engaged in combat on the high seas for the first time, when Kyiv’s Sargan-3000 drone boat destroyed Moscow’s Orca-type naval drone in the Black Sea. …

Anthropic has banned an Iran linked account that was using its Claude models to compile intelligence and targeting material aimed at U.S. naval ships in the Middle East. In a …

A merchant vessel was struck in the Strait of Hormuz, according to reports by the Iranian state media. One crew member was killed while several others were wounded. The incident …

One person died and 140 are missing after the ferry Virgo Transport 8 lost contact with its operator in the Java Sea. 103 of the 243 people have been evacuated …

Somali pirates have released the MV Sward and its 17-member crew after holding the ship for months, security sources in Somalia’s Puntland region told AFP. The sources said a ransom …

The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) intercepted a vessel suspected of diesel smuggling off the Mumbai coast and recovered about ₹10 lakh in unaccounted cash and illicit liquor, the agency said. …

The World Shipping Council (WSC) is calling on governments to address a gap in international dangerous goods rules that allows containers carrying thousands of lithium batteries to be transported without …

Saudi Arabia has temporarily shut its East-West oil pipeline after drones attacked the facility, the kingdom’s Energy Ministry said. The pipeline was attacked in the Riyadh and Madinah regions on …

Three foreign-flagged ships carrying Indian crew members were hit on September 8 and 9 amid the ongoing West Asia conflict, according to a report prepared by the Directorate of Maritime …

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi raised concerns about shipping safety and the protection of seafarers during talks with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Friday, Sept. 11. Modi reiterated that India …

Twenty-one crew members were safely evacuated after two merchant vessels collided near the outer anchorage of Kandla off Gujarat, the Indian Coast Guard reported on Friday. The vessels involved were …

The port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife hosted this morning its first operation of supplying liquefied natural gas (LNG) to a ship by means of tanker trucks, specifically to the …

United States and the Philippines recently conducted a naval exercise under the Archipelagic Coastal Defence Continuum 26.4 in the Luzon Marine Base, wherein they used drones and BrahMos missiles to …

Houthis have gained control of Yemen’s Perim Island, a small piece of rocky land which divides the Bab El-Mandeb, raising concerns that the Iran-backed group could threaten shipping through the …

India’s ship repair sector is getting a major boost with the newly proposed 1800 crore joint venture between Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) and DP World subsidiary Drydocks World Dubai, which …

A U.S Navy’s unmanned submarine has been captured by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, near the Strait of Hormuz, according to Iranian sources, which have also released images of the …

Four unknown projectiles hit two vessels about 4 nautical miles west of Khasab, Oman, on Thursday, Sept. 10, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) reported. The incident happened near …

A Greek-owned bulk carrier was boarded by suspected pirates in the Gulf of Aden off Yemen on September 10. The attackers failed to take control of the ship and later …

The fire-damaged Min Jiang Kou remains in Panamanian waters while salvage teams work to cool and stabilise the ship after temperatures rose in parts of its decks, the Panama Maritime …

Salvors have pulled the wreck of the containership MSC Baltic III about 53 metres closer to shore in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. US salvage company Resolve Marine is continuing to …

Operations have resumed at India’s Mundra Port after yard operators ended their strike, which continued for 13 days, piling up 5000 empty containers at the facility, creating congestion, backlogs and …

Two Azerbaijani crew members were killed, and two others were injured after a Russian attack damaged a foreign-flagged tugboat in Ukraine’s Odesa region. The vessel, Tedy, was damaged in the …

A yard that has plenty of space in the morning can become crowded within a few hours. It is important for terminal operators to know what is happening in the …

The Iran-backed Houthis have taken control of Yemen’s port city of Mocha. Mocha is on Yemen’s southwestern coast, close to the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. The seizure gives the Houthis more …

NATO allies have stopped a covert Russian naval exercise near Norway’s Svalbard archipelago involving technology designed to disable critical subsea cables without even leaving a trace. Britain, Norway and the …

The U.S Navy has equipped its Arleigh-Burke-class destroyer, the USS Mustin, with the new Mk 38 Mod 4 Gun Weapon, which can take down drones and surface vessels. The warship …

At least 25 people died after a fire broke out on a cargo ship flying a foreign flag at a shipyard in Qingdao, eastern China, Chinese state media reported. The …

Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) is providing its buyers with the option of ship-to-ship transfers beyond the risky waters of the Strait of Hormuz. Emad A. M. Al-Kandari, deputy managing director …

Recent incidents affecting commercial shipping, including within our own bunkering community in the last 24 hours, have resulted in the tragic loss of seafarers’ lives and left others injured or …

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. announced that it held a naming ceremony on September 10, 2026, at Hanwha Ocean Co., Ltd.’s Geoje Shipyard in South Korea for the world’s first LNG …

Sea drones fired by Ukrainian forces hit Sochi, a Russian holiday resort destination located around 700 kilometres from the border of Ukraine. The town, which is also the Second Capital …

A seafarer was killed and another is missing after an incident involving the Gibraltar-flagged oil products tanker Hercules Star off Dubai on Wednesday, the vessel’s charterer Peninsula said. The tanker …

Norway has helped 69 Russian passengers and crew return home after they were stranded in Svalbard following the seizure of the cruise ship Professor Molchanov. The stranded crew and passengers …

The U.S. military said it attacked a vessel in the Caribbean Sea on September 9, killing three people it called “narco-terrorists.” US SOUTHCOM said it had “confirmed intelligence” that the …

Ukraine’s military intelligence agency said its forces attacked the Russian Black Sea Fleet warship Admiral Essen during an overnight strike on the naval base in Novorossiysk. The attack took place …

A faulty valve on an LNG-powered ferry named Glen Sannox caused the uncontrolled leak of about 700kg of highly flammable methane in Scotland last year, according to an investigation by …

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy warned crews aboard oil tankers near ports in Kuwait and Bahrain to leave their vessels on Sept. 8, saying the ships would be …

Iran has claimed that it has attacked 10 ships near the strategic Strait of Hormuz after the United States sank five Iranian oil tankers. Several merchant ships were also reported …

A Russian captain and an Azerbaijani crew member went on trial in Finland on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026, over the suspected damage of two undersea telecommunications cables in the Gulf …

A fire on a passenger ferry off the western Philippines killed at least five people and left dozens missing, as rescuers continued searching for survivors on Thursday. The MV June …

Strategic partners DP World and Asian Terminals Inc. (ATI) have commissioned six state-of-the-art hybrid Rubber-Tyred Gantry (RTG) cranes at Manila South Harbour (MSH), strengthening the terminal’s capacity and supporting safer, …

The shipping industry might soon witness a new era of supersized container ships, according to recent forecasts by the maritime consultancy firm Alphaliner, which stated that increasing fuel costs and …

The United States Navy and the Department of War are planning to install a nuclear microreactor at a Weapons Base situated in Indiana. This would allow uninterrupted operations at the …

A Chinese container vessel completed a risky voyage by crossing the Arctic’s Northern Sea Route in just 25 days. The Dubai Tower reached the United Kingdom’s Teesport, laden with batteries, …

Industry coalition SEA-LNG is urging the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Energy (DG ENER) to protect the mass-balance terminal chain of custody. This comes ahead of expected proposed revisions in 2026 …

A Barge is one of the simplest floating vessels that can carry massive cargo volumes in a single trip. They are usually towed by a tugboat, as they lack a …

Marking a historic milestone in India’s journey toward self-reliance in oceanographic science and maritime technology, the state-of-the-art Ocean Research Vessel (Yard 3041), officially named ORV Sagar Manthan, was launched at …

Eighteen major maritime nations have warned that growing differences in shipping rules are creating a separate part of the global fleet that operates outside normal safety, insurance and transparency standards. …

South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean is facing a claim of about $1 billion from Russia’s Arctic LNG 2 project over cancelled contracts to build LNG carriers. Arctic LNG 2 has …