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Green Shipping

‘Pink Corridor’ Project to Study Nuclear-Powered Container Route Across Atlantic

Global Shipbuilding

Alternative-Fuel Ship Orders Surge in August as LNG Drives Strongest Month Since 2024

U.S.-Iran Conflict

War Risk Claims Top $2 Billion as Shipping Attacks Spread Beyond Hormuz

Global Trade

Container Spot Rates Hold Steady as Transpacific Gains Offset Asia-Europe Declines

Global Containership Fleet Set to Hit Record 34 Million TEU

Strait of Hormuz

Japan’s Mitsui OSK Sees Risk to Hormuz Shipping Through Year-End

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Global Shipbuilding

Damen unveils Container Feeder (CFe) 1100

South Korean Shipbuilding

Hanwha Ocean secures 2 trillion won with Yang Ming LNG ship orders

South Korea boosts marine capital with shipbuilding aid, fleet cuts, Arctic push

Global Ports

Record port congestion exposes maritime’s collaboration problem, says PortXchange

Port of Kristiansand has joined the Portchain Connect Network

Chinese Ports

Saudel makes third landfall in China; port disruption risks high

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U.S.-Iran Conflict

U.S. Strikes Iran as Tanker Attacks Raise Stakes in Strait of Hormuz

Strait of Hormuz

INTERTANKO: Hormuz Mine Clearance ‘Not Sufficient’ to Restore Normal Shipping

Chinese Maritime

Chinese Shipper COSCO Collects Intel for Beijing With Concealed Equipment

Panama Canal

El Niño Strengthens, Raising New Concerns for Panama Canal

Maritime Companies

Pasha Group Appoints Shipping Veteran Ray Fitzgerald as President and COO

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South Korean Shipbuilding

Hormuz shutdown reroutes Saudi crude, and Korean yards are booking the ships that carry it

Maritime Technologies

New Inmarsat Maritime Safety Data Hub Insights Combine GMDSS Distress And Weather Data To Provide Unique Insight Into Maritime Risk

ShipIn Systems becomes maritime technology’s first Public Benefit Corporation

Evergreen Line eBLs reach more trade participants through WiseTech Global’s Bolero Galileo platform

U.S. Ag Trade

Soybeans Hit Nearly 3-Year High

U.S. Maritime

US Logistics Sector Slows for 2nd Straight Month in August

Decarbonization

Positioning Deendayal Port for maritime decarbonization

Onboard carbon capture offers a practical CO2 emissions reduction pathway for shipping’s global fleet

Green Fuels

Uniper targets e-methanol supply by 2031

U.S. Port News

Port of Long Beach Champions Cargo Security at Summit

Global Ports

Construction of new deep-sea port in Georgia accelerates

Green Shipping

First Full-Scale Tests of 175DF Methanol Engine Successfully Started

Maritime Training

4,000 cadets, ratings and trainees join Sailors’ Society Wellness at Sea Conference for the Indian Subcontinent

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Decarbonization

UK Ports Warn Grid Delays, Energy Costs Threaten Maritime Decarbonization

IMO Net-Zero Talks Resume With Carbon Pricing at Center of Debate

U.S. Maritime

MARAD Activates SUNY Maritime Training Ship Empire State VII for Undisclosed National Mission

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Maritime Technology

MacGregor Leads Lashing Innovation with Hippo Fully Automatic Twistlock and Balanced Lashing System

Global Ports

COSCO SHIPPING Ports Announces Positive 2026 Interim Results – Piraeus Port Container Throughput Slower

Port of Klaipėda Develops Green Methanol Bunkering Vessel Concept

Ravano Terminal: LSCT’s development plan continues

Platts to require two ports in FOB AG bids in Middle East refined products MOC

JNPA rises seven spots to rank 21st among top global container ports

DP World Advances Lower-Emission Port Operations With Hybrid Crane at Prince Rupert

Pakistan’s ports get war-time windfall amid shifting Gulf shipping routes

Global Trade

Drewry: World Container Index Down 1% Last Week

Pakistan-US shipping rates surge over 200% as Iran war drives up costs

Strait of Hormuz

IMO: Six months of uncertainty for seafarers in Strait of Hormuz

Kuwaiti tanker hit in latest Hormuz shipping attack – UK maritime monitor

Maritime Companies

CMA CGM Group and China Communications Construction Company sign a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen their global cooperation

Decarbonization

UK Chamber of Shipping comment on DfT Net Zero Ports Report

NGOs Call on IMO Member States to Ignore Dangerous Distractions En Route to Net Zero

Global Shipbuilding

Ardmore Shipping Exercises Newbuilding Options

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Global Ports

Canada’s West Coast Ports Eye Bigger Role as Trade Shifts Beyond U.S.

CMA CGM Joins $434 Million Expansion of Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah Port

U.S. Shipbuilding

Great Lakes Ports and Shipyards Formalize Partnership on U.S. Shipbuilding

Global Shipbuilding

Davie Adds Six Canadian Icebreakers to Growing Arctic Shipbuilding Portfolio

Höegh Autoliners Orders Six More Aurora Class Car Carriers

Panama Canal

Panama Canal Chief: ‘Every Drop of Water Counts’ as Prolonged El Niño Looms

Strait of Hormuz

Iran, Oman Agree to Share Strait of Hormuz Revenue

Panama Canal Chief: Surge in Unreserved Ships Is Fueling Record Auction Prices

Hellenic News Articles

South Korean Shipbuilding

K Shipbuilding wins 510 billion-won PC tanker orders from Europe, Middle East

Japanese Shipbuilding

Japan’s push to stage shipbuilding comeback may have Korea checking its stern

Japan’s Shipbuilding Revival Poses Limited Threat to Korea

Chinese Shipbuilding

GTT receives an order from Jiangnan shipyard for the tank design of four new LNG Carriers

U.S. Ag Trade

Soybeans Hold at 1-Month High

CBOT soybean oil falls 7% as US biofuel policy uncertainty weighs on demand outlook

U.S. Port News

Port of Houston Activity Supports Nearly $1 Trillion in U.S. Economic Value, New Study Finds

Global Ports

Port of HaminaKotka advances shore power project

Valenciaport maintains momentum in rail-port traffic

Strait of Hormuz

Hormuz shipping traffic sits below 10-day average amid fresh diplomacy hopes

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Global Shipbuilding

Canada Bets $11 Billion on Six New Icebreakers as Arctic Shipbuilding Race Accelerates

Cost to Ship a VLCC Through Hormuz Hits $20 Million, TotalEnergies CEO Says

Strait of Hormuz

Iran Blacklists 46 Ships On Hormuz ‘Non-Compliant’ List

U.S.-Iran Conflict

U.S. Threatens Iran’s Trading Partners in New Economic Pressure Campaign

Trump Administration Launches Sweeping New Iran Sanctions Campaign Targeting Shipping and Oil Trade

Green Shipping

U.S. Takes Next Step Toward Nuclear-Powered Commercial Ships

Hellenic News Articles

U.S. Collaborations

HD Hyundai Pursues U.S. Shipyard Acquisition

South Korean Shipbuilding

Skarpenord strengthens presence in South Korea with new sales office and local partner

HD Korea Shipbuilding ends Cochin JV talks, pursues technical collaboration

GTT receives an order from HD KSOE for the tank design of two new LNG Carriers

Global Shipbuilding

Conoship International launches battery-electric cargo vessel design

U.S. Ag Trade

Soybeans Trade Near Multi-Week High

Global Ports

Bintulu Port’s LNG throughput seen stable on Japan, South Korea demand

Port of Duqm handles 34,000 Ro-Ro units in 2026

Indian, US firms eye investment in Bangladesh, propose land port upgrades

DP World Advances Syria’s Economic Recovery Through Port Of Tartous Modernisation

Paradip Port gets Rs 427.80 crore boost; Rs 1,580 crore mechanisation projects signed

Bintulu Port expects positive cargo throughput growth in 2026

U.S. Port News

Port of Long Beach Has Second-Busiest July on Record

Global Trade

Platts Container Index rises to $7,565/FEU, hitting highest level in 2026

Maritime Technology

SEA.AI and Anschütz to Fuse Machine Vision into Autonomics

MacGregor advances direct ship-to-well LCO₂ transfer, built on 50 years of proven bow-loading technology

Marine battery maker AYK Energy to launch ‘Cosmos’ world’s swoppable containerised marine battery

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Panama Canal

CK Hutchison Seeks $1.5 Billion for Loss of Panama Assets

Soaring Panama Canal Fees Drive a Nascent LPG Shuttle Trade

Global Ports

Transpacific Container Rates Surge as Carriers Cut Capacity

Maritime Markets Bracing for Long-term Disruption in the Middle East

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Global Shipbuilding

Multi-role Damen Stan Patrol 5009 enters service with Romanian General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations

U.S. Ag Trade

US corn and soybean export sales rise in week ended Aug. 13

U.S. Port News

CORE POWER and Port of Corpus Christi to Study Maritime Nuclear Readiness

Maritime Insurance

What Defensible Marine Insurance Compliance Looks Like in 2026

Maritime Technology

ClassNK joins project to verify GHG emission reduction through AI-based voyage optimization technology using an actual vessel

Beyond AIS: Why Raw Tracking Data Isn’t Enough for Naval Procurement Anymore

Global Trade

Drewry: World Container Index

Green Fuels

Azane Lands Equinor Contract To Supply Ammonia Fuel For Ships

Maritime Health

Mental Health Support Solutions expands support for Filipino seafarers with digital communication hygiene programme for families