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DP World has appointed an Arcadis-Egis joint venture as operator’s engineer for the new Contrecœur container terminal at the Port of Montreal, which is designed to increase the Canadian port’s …

European inland ports are pressing EU lawmakers to add explicit protection for river shipping from drought and extreme low water to the proposed European Climate Resilience Law, according to a …

Dutch shipbuilder Damen has won an order to build a 67-metre pollution-response and search-and-rescue vessel for the Lithuanian Navy, according to a company statement. The contract with Damen Workboats B.V. …

Thirteen civil-society organisations have urged the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to deny LNG rewards under its Net-Zero Framework unless lifecycle greenhouse-gas emissions meet required thresholds, according to an open letter …

China’s Nantong Rainbow Offshore & Engineering Equipment has signed contracts for up to six 13,000-dwt stainless steel chemical tankers for an unnamed European owner, according to an October 28 company …

India has set a six-month target to complete the detailed project report and proposed joint-venture structure for a $4bn greenfield shipyard at Thoothukudi in Tamil Nadu, according to a government …

Chinese shipbuilder Hengli Heavy Industry has risen from fifth to first among individual yards after capturing 23.4% of newbuilding CGT contracted across seven major merchant shipping sectors in the first …

Greek shipowner Safe Bulkers has taken delivery of the 81,200-dwt Kypros Island, the first methanol dual-fuel Kamsarmax built at Tsuneishi Shipbuilding’s Chinese yard, according to a company statement. Tsuneishi Group …

Proposed changes to SOLAS would tighten fire protection requirements for low-pressure fuel and lubrication oil systems after 137 engine-room fires generated repair costs of more than $510m, according to an …

Japanese shipowner Mitsui O.S.K. Lines has named what it says are the world’s first three ammonia-fuelled Capesize bulk carriers at CSSC Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding in China on 29 October, according …

Latin American maritime officials are receiving training in Peru on developing ship routeing and reporting systems to improve navigational safety, according to an International Maritime Organization statement. The regional workshop …

Knutsen NYK Carbon Carriers has secured up to NOK 4.77 million ($517,230) from Norway’s Gassnova to demonstrate its elevated-pressure liquefied CO2 cargo tank technology onboard a vessel, according to a …

India’s Cabinet Committee on Security has approved a programme worth more than Rs 400bn ($4.20bn) to build eight next-generation corvettes for the Indian Navy, according to ANI. Garden Reach Shipbuilders …

Norwegian class society DNV has found feasible an Aker BP and Höegh Evi concept to transport liquefied CO2 by shuttle ship and inject it directly into subsea wells at the …

Russia and Togo have signed an agreement in Moscow allowing the two countries to mutually recognise seafarers’ qualification documents under the 1978 STCW Convention, according to a Russian Transport Ministry …

A proposed IMO carbon regime could push the carbon bill on a 76,000-dwt Panamax voyage from South America to Europe to €136,000 ($152,200) by 2030, equivalent to 16% of hire, …

Norwegian ro-ro and logistics group Wallenius Wilhelmsen has signed two three-year contracts worth more than $1bn with a major equipment manufacturer for ocean shipping and logistics services, according to a …

COSCO Shipping Ports increased third-quarter revenue 13.0% year on year to $484.3m as total container throughput rose 8.4% to 42.27m TEU, according to the company’s third-quarter filing. Overseas terminals provided …

New fire drill guidelines for vehicle carriers set out a structured framework for operators to develop and conduct onboard fire response exercises, according to guidance published by the Vehicle Carrier …

A 10-year strategic vision for the Panama Canal includes new port capacity, a gas pipeline and the Río Indio reservoir after three days of talks on the waterway’s long-term growth, …

Maersk port arm APM Terminals has secured a concession to develop a new 4.5m-TEU container terminal at Tanger Med 3 in Morocco, involving an investment of 8bn dirhams ($813.5m), according …

Italy’s Central Adriatic Sea Port Authority has approved a €308.8m ($343.7m) programme covering dredging, berth construction and terminal upgrades across seven ports in Marche and Abruzzo, according to an authority …

Average weekly container capacity on the Asia-North America west coast trade is set to hit a record 400,000 TEU in November 2026, according to a Sea-Intelligence market update. The figure …

Maersk has resumed regular barge operations at the German inland terminals of Andernach and Bonn from 27 October after improved water levels and operating conditions on the Rhine, a company …

Dockworkers at 113 ports across 22 countries and regions on five continents are launching coordinated action on 30 October, including 24-hour strikes, shorter cargo stoppages, rallies and pickets, according to …

European inland ports are pressing EU lawmakers to explicitly include inland waterways and ports in the proposed European Climate Resilience Law as recurring droughts disrupt barge transport, according to a …

Singapore port operator PSA and Cisco will test an AI-powered platform aimed at reducing and ultimately preventing unplanned outages at Tuas Port, the world’s largest fully automated container terminal, according …

Norway is preparing to carry out full-scale integration testing of a marine nuclear propulsion system near Ålesund in 2027, according to a company statement. The Marine Nuclear Propulsion System, or …

Spanish shipping and logistics company Boluda Shipping has agreed to acquire 100% of Iceland-founded logistics group Samskip, including all its assets and operations, according to a company statement. The deal …

A planned $8.2bn offshore LNG export port off Texas has won US federal approval after the fastest deepwater port licence review in more than 20 years, according to the US …

Japanese shipowner Mitsui O.S.K. Lines has taken delivery of Japan’s first coal carrier equipped with wind-assisted propulsion, according to a company statement. The 95,311-dwt MAIZURU KAZENOMAI has entered service carrying …

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have identified LNG and methanol as the most viable clean marine fuels for the near and medium term as they prepare alternative-fuel …

Chinese bunker supplier Shanghai Chimbusco Marine Bunker has launched a two-year municipal pilot to standardise methanol bunkering services for ships, with completion due by the end of 2028, according to …

Global container shipping schedule reliability rose 0.9 percentage points month on month to 50.6% in September 2026, according to Sea-Intelligence’s latest Global Liner Performance report. The increase ended three consecutive …

Japanese shipowner Mitsui O.S.K. Lines has signed a long-term time-charter deal with Deutsche ReGas for an FSRU to serve an LNG import terminal in Germany from 2028, according to a …

Jan De Nul’s Luxembourg-flagged cutter suction dredger Fernão de Magalhães has arrived at Mexico’s port of Progreso to start the first stage of the third phase of its expansion and …

Sri Lanka’s Colombo West International Terminal has taken delivery of another 48 electric terminal tractors from Chinese port equipment manufacturer SANY Marine, taking its SANY fleet to 110 units, according …

An all-electric inland barge designed to move more than 50,000 TEU a year has been launched in Vietnam to carry Nike cargo between Ho Chi Minh City and Gemalink deep-sea …

Indian port operator Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone has lifted its FY27 revenue and EBITDA guidance after second-quarter revenue rose 24% year on year to ₹113.4bn ($1.19bn), according to …

The price of VLSFO bunker fuel at the port of St Petersburg rose by 2.9% in the week from 23 to 27 October 2026. According to PortNews’ weekly bunker price …

Four South Korean companies have agreed to use about 330,000 square metres of idle land at Gunsan Shipyard as a manufacturing base for offshore wind turbines, towers, substations and other …

Italian logistics operator Contship has signed an agreement through subsidiary Sogemar to acquire the Tarros Group, according to a company statement dated 28 October. The deal covers the Tarros Group …

Chinese shipbuilder Nantong Rainbow Offshore & Engineering Equipment has landed a contract worth CNY1.5bn to CNY1.65bn ($224.9m to $247.4m) for up to six 13,000-dwt stainless steel chemical tankers from an …

Turkey has changed rules governing shipyards, boatbuilding facilities and haul-out sites, introducing revised requirements for operating permits, inspections, ownership transfers and activity reporting from 27 October, according to Official Gazette …

Environmental groups are pressing Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden to support mandatory cleaner-fuel rules for ships operating in the Arctic, according to a statement from the Clean Arctic Alliance. The …

South Korea’s HD Hyundai has moved a planned mega-shipyard in southern India into joint-venture planning after chairman Chung Ki-sun met Indian ports, shipping and waterways minister Sarbananda Sonowal in Seoul …

A BIMCO-chaired industry group has released version 1.0 of two voluntary frameworks aimed at cutting duplicate vessel emissions reporting and standardising data exchange across shipping, according to an official association …

India has approved a ₹100bn ($1.05bn) manufacturing support scheme aimed at increasing domestic shipping container capacity from about 70,000 TEU to 750,000 TEU a year, according to a Ministry of …

The global containership orderbook has reached 15.12m TEU, equivalent to 43.9% of the trading fleet, and could approach 16m TEU before the end of 2026 as another wave of megamax …

Japanese shipowner Mitsui O.S.K. Lines has put the 95,311-dwt LNG dual-fuel coal carrier MAIZURU KAZENOMAI into service for Kansai Electric Power, according to a company statement. The 234.98-metre, Liberian-flagged vessel …