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France has selected Cherbourg, Brest, Nantes-Saint-Nazaire, Port-la-Nouvelle and Marseille-Fos for nearly €260m ($298.4m) of floating offshore wind infrastructure support, according to France’s Ministry for Ecological Transition and Transport. The awards …

Nine of the 10 most volatile trade lanes over the past 24 months were not in the bottom tier before the pandemic, revealing a major shift in schedule reliability patterns, …

BP has launched a process to market its UK North Sea oil and gas business for a potential sale after more than 60 years in the basin, according to BP. …

Greece’s shipbuilding and ship-repair sector could nearly quadruple annual revenue to €759m ($871m) from about €197m ($226m) under a realistic growth scenario, according to EY Greece. The EY-Parthenon analysis, released …

South Korean industrial holding company HD Hyundai Co posted a 550.2% rise in second-quarter net profit to KRW 3.17trn ($2.09bn) in the April-June period as shipbuilding, construction machinery, refining and …

Boskalis has dispatched its converted subsea rock installation vessel Windpiper from Rotterdam for its first project, with the ship due to load 45,500 tonnes of rock in Norway before sailing …

UK container cargo surged 10% in 2025 as new capacity at London Gateway lifted traffic in the capital, while total port freight fell to its lowest level since 1981, according …

MOL group companies have completed Wind Whale, Japan’s first coastal deck carrier built to transport offshore wind turbine foundation components, according to MOL. The 12,709.4-dwt heavy-lift vessel will carry monopiles …

Kalmar and APM Terminals have formed a strategic partnership to jointly develop and deploy next-generation Kalmar One terminal automation technology, according to Kalmar. The agreement, unveiled on 30 July, covers …

CMA CGM will impose separate equipment surcharges of $500 and $600 per reefer container shipped from Antwerp and Rotterdam, respectively, from 1 August 2026, according to CMA CGM. The prepaid …

Hanwha Ocean has secured a KRW 838bn ($589m) contract to design and build the lead vessel in South Korea’s Korea Destroyer Next Generation programme, according to the Defense Acquisition Program …

Swedish shipping company Wallenius SOL has acquired the Dutch-flagged ro-ro sister ships Balticborg and Bothniaborg from Royal Wagenborg and will take over the seller’s long-term contract of affreightment with Smurfit …

Japanese shipping group NYK will invest $221m in Diamond Gas MidOcean and take 87.4% of its voting rights as it expands its exposure to LNG projects and shipping, according to …

A ceremonial flag-raising was held on the tanker in Baltiysk Credit: Ministry of Defense press office The Russian Ministry of Defense says that an official flag-raising ceremony was held on …

Abu Dhabi-based ADNOC Logistics & Services has been linked to the purchase of five VLCCs from Frontline for about $590m, according to Reuters. People familiar with the matter said two …

Saudi Arabia and 13 other countries have issued a joint declaration backing a new maritime defence alliance to protect shipping, trade and energy routes through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, the …

HD Hyundai Vietnam Shipbuilding has started construction of a 115,000-dwt LNG dual-fuel LR2 product tanker for British shipowner Union Maritime, cutting steel for hull S580 at its yard in Vietnam’s …

Singapore will issue eight new five-year licences to supply LNG as marine fuel from 1 September 2026, broadening the supplier base at the world’s largest bunkering hub, according to the …

NGO Shipbreaking Platform has urged the European Commission to withdraw plans to add the first Indian beaching facilities to the European List of approved ship recycling yards, according to NGO …

COSCO Shipping Ports has opened China’s first dedicated railway running directly into an automated container terminal at Xiamen port, eliminating an off-dock trucking leg from sea-rail cargo movements, according to …

India is moving towards net iron ore importer status as surging steel production tightens domestic ore availability, according to Drewry Maritime Research. The structural shift has continued beyond 1H25, when …

Tsuneishi Shipbuilding’s hydrogen co-firing tug *Ten-Ou* has secured the Technical Special Award in Japan’s Ship of the Year 2025 programme, according to Tsuneishi Shipbuilding. The vessel, owned by Kambara Kisen …

Western Australia’s Pilbara Ports handled a record 804.1m tonnes of exports and imports in the 2025-26 financial year ended 30 June 2026, crossing the 800m-tonne threshold for the first time, …

Sociedad Portuaria Regional de Buenaventura has hired HPC Hamburg Port Consulting to chart a phased growth strategy spanning solid bulk, liquid bulk, RoRo and other multipurpose cargo at its Colombian …

The Prince Rupert Gas Transmission project, co-owned by Houston-based Western LNG and the Nisga’a Nation, has awarded Swiss-headquartered offshore contractor Allseas a contract to install a subsea pipeline section in …

Borr Drilling and Mexican well-construction group Proyectos Globales de Energía y Servicios CME have completed the $287m purchase of five jack-up rigs from Paratus Energy Services subsidiary Fontis Finance through …

Northern Lights has completed the four-ship fleet required for the first phase of its carbon transport and storage project after the 7,500-cbm Northern Purpose arrived in Norway from China, according …

The US Navy has awarded contracts with a combined value of $76.6bn for five Columbia-class ballistic missile submarines and nine Block VI Virginia-class attack submarines, according to the US Navy. …

Sri Lankan shipbuilder Colombo Dockyard has signed a contract with UK-based Global Marine Systems Limited for a 100-metre vessel to lay, maintain and repair subsea cables, according to Global Marine. …

Saudi Arabia is discussing an international coalition to protect commercial shipping in the Red Sea from attacks by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement, according to Reuters. The proposed structure has not …

The US sanctioned two Iranian maritime insurance entities, eight shipping companies and eight tankers on 29 July over a mandatory insurance scheme for commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz, …

South Korea’s PanStar Group has begun converting cargo inquiries into bookings for the country’s first trial container voyage through the Northern Sea Route, according to PanStar Group. The 2,800-TEU PanStar …

US forces have redirected 20 commercial vessels, disabled two ships and boarded two others since resuming enforcement of a naval blockade covering Iranian ports and coastal areas, according to CENTCOM. …

French engineering group Gaztransport & Technigaz has raised its estimate of cumulative orders for its LNG carrier containment technology to about 550 vessels between 2026 and 2035, from more than …

Falling water levels on the Danube are squeezing navigation on one of Europe’s main inland freight corridors and have forced Nuclearelectrica to prepare the shutdown of the second reactor at …

Bulgarian border police evacuated all 186 passengers from the Swiss-flagged river cruise ship *Viking Ullur* after it grounded outside the navigable channel on the Romanian side of the Danube near …

Chinese ship lessor COSCO Shipping Development has approved a RMB 7.92bn ($1.17bn) plan to build 15 210,000-dwt Newcastlemax bulkers with provisions for future conversion to methanol and ammonia fuel, according …

China is moving green shipping fuel projects into construction and production faster than Europe, with three operating Chinese plants producing 10 times as much e-fuel as six European facilities combined, …

North Vancouver-based Seaspan Energy has completed its 150th ship-to-ship LNG bunkering operation less than two years after entering the market and now ranks seventh globally by LNG bunkering volume in …

HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering has launched its first comprehensive shipyard-solutions project since expanding its business objectives, signing an agreement with Fraser Industries LLC to modernise US shipbuilding facilities, …

Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri nearly tripled net profit to €102m ($116m) in the first half of 2026 from €35m ($39.8m), while EBITDA rose 12.5% to €350m ($398m), according to Fincantieri. Revenue …

Fincantieri has approved the absorption of wholly owned Bacini di Palermo as the Italian shipbuilding group strips out a separate corporate layer from its dry dock operations, according to Fincantieri. …

The International Maritime Organization has completed its first global audit cycle since the IMO Member State Audit Scheme became mandatory in 2016, assessing 168 states on their implementation of shipping …

A fire involving the Marshall Islands-flagged FSRU Energos Winter and the Bermuda-flagged LNG carrier GasLog Salem forced both vessels out of Egypt’s Damietta port on 29 July, according to Egypt’s …

Sallaum Lines has returned to China Merchants Jinling Shipyard for one firm 8,600-CEU pure car and truck carrier and an option for a sister vessel, lifting its disclosed nine-ship newbuilding …

Chinese state-owned Zhenghe Mainline (Jiangsu) Container Transportation has signed an agreement with Hengli Shipbuilding (Dalian) for six 4,600-TEU containerships for a Taicang-to-Baltic service, according to the Taicang Port administration. The …

Iran has rejected an Omani proposal to divide management of the Strait of Hormuz equally and is demanding control of the entire inbound shipping lane and part of the outbound …

Lloyd’s Register has launched a dedicated structural assurance volume for submarine programmes, setting requirements for independent scrutiny of pressure hulls, bulkheads and other critical structures from design through life extension, …

French containment specialist GTT secured 65 orders in the first half of 2026, including its first contracts for 177,000-cbm LNG carriers with three cargo tanks, as secured core-business revenue reached …

A.P. Moller-Maersk increased its share of deployed container capacity in the intra-North European market to 16.2% from 13.5% a year earlier, while MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company retained the lead with …