Rising Fuel Costs in the Middle East: Maersk to Raise UK Logistics Surcharge to 20% from October 12
On October 8, Danish shipping and logistics company Maersk announced that, due to the ongoing confli...
Iran and Oman Reach Agreement on Registration Procedures for Safe Shipping Lanes in the Strait of Hormuz
On October 7, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Baghaei confirmed that Iran and Oman have reache...
MISC Names First Qatar-Chartered LNG Vessel
On October 6, Malaysia International Shipping Corporation (MISC) held a naming ceremony at Samsung H...
Monthly Salary of Tanker Captains in the Strait of Hormuz Rises to as High as $100,000
On October 7, security risks for commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf con...
ADNOC Orders 3 Large Gas Carriers for US$324 Million
On October 6, ADNOC Logistics & Services (ADNOC L&S) signed newbuilding contracts for 3 Very...
South Africa's Saldanha Ore Terminal Launches 16-Day Maintenance Shutdown
On October 6, South Africa's Transnet Port Terminals commenced the annual shutdown maintenance of th...
Record Spread Between Asia-US East Coast and Asia-North Europe Container Freight Rates
On October 6, Sea-Intelligence calculated, based on Drewry World Container Index weekly spot data fr...
HD Hyundai Delivers the World's First Container Ship Free of Manual Lashing
On October 6, HD Hyundai announced the delivery of the world's first container ship designed to be f...
Thailand's Precious Shipping Signs Bulk Carrier Charter of Up to 14 Months
On October 1, Rossarin Naree, a 63,564 DWT Ultramax bulk carrier under Thailand's dry bulk shipowner...
AD Ports Group Completes US$835 Million Acquisition of Brazil's CLI
On October 2, AD Ports Group completed the closing of its acquisition of Brazilian agricultural bulk...
Hungary Re-examines €200 Million Trieste Port Terminal Project
On October 3, the Hungarian government is reassessing its Adria Port maritime logistics terminal pro...
Egypt's First Dry Port in Alexandria, El Amreya, Opens on October 11
Alexandria's first dry port, El Amreya Dry Port, will open on October 11, with officials from Egypt'...
Poland-Egypt route to open in October, Qatar's Nakilat receives first ammonia vessel
Ocean Network Express (ONE) launched a weekly container service connecting Alexandria, Egypt with Po...
MMR: Global Cruise Market Expected to Reach USD 38.48 Billion by 2034
According to the latest analysis by Maximize Market Research (MMR), the global cruise market was val...
Gulf Crude STS Transfers Extend to India, VLCC Freight Rates Exceed $1 Million per Day
Ship-to-ship (STS) transfers of Gulf crude have extended to the Gulf of Kutch off India's west coast...
Shenzhen Yantian Port Breaks China's Port Record for Single-Vessel Cargo Handling Volume
On October 2, Shenzhen Yantian Port completed the loading and unloading of 28,684 TEUs on the vessel...
Van Oord's Two Subsea Rock Installation Vessels to Be Delivered from 2028
During WindEnergy Hamburg, Van Oord named two next-generation flexible fallpipe vessels: Vindnes and...
Santos Port in Brazil Handled 125.9 Million Tonnes of Cargo in the First Eight Months
The Santos Port Authority (APS) announced that from January to August 2026, the Port of Santos handl...
U.S. Container Imports Rose to 2.6 Million TEU in August, Port Transportation Still Congested
On September 29, Transport Topics cited monthly data from Descartes Systems Group in reporting that ...
MSC Group's Cruise Division Breaks Ground on Sandy Cay in the Bahamas, Plans to Open in 2028
On September 29, the cruise business division of MSC Group announced that the official groundbreakin...
COSCO Shipping Specialized Carriers Plans to Build 8 60,000-Tonne-Class Heavy Lift Vessels for RMB 2.624 Billion
On September 29, COSCO Shipping Specialized Carriers announced that the company plans to entrust, th...
Egypt's Sokhna Port Signs EGP 1 Billion Digital Truck Hub Project
On September 26, the Suez Canal Economic Zone Authority (SCZONE) signed a contract with Nafith Egypt...
Canpotex to Invest CAD 500 Million in Upgrading Vancouver Port Potash Export Terminal
On September 25, Canadian potash exporter Canpotex announced that it will invest CAD 500 million in ...
Panama Canal to Increase Daily Booking Slots to 33 Starting October 15
On September 28, the Panama Canal Authority announced adjustments to vessel transit arrangements. St...
Construction of Phase I of the Doraleh Oil Storage Terminal in Djibouti Advances, with 288,000 Cubic Meters Planned
The oil storage and logistics terminal of African Terminal & Logistics Services (ATLS) at the Do...
China Merchants Industry Weihai Shipyard Secures Order for 2 Hybrid Ro-Pax Vessels
On September 24, Stena RoRo announced that, on behalf of Stena Line, it has placed an order with Chi...
IFC Proposes $70 Million Shore Power Project Loan to India's JN Port
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has approved a loan of up to $70 million to India's Jawa...
Guangzhou's Xinsha Port in China Completes the First "Vehicle-to-Ship" LNG Bunkering Operation for a Foreign-Flag Car Carrier in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area
On September 25, the LNG dual-fuel car carrier "Tingjiangkou," operating on international routes, su...
First Ship Trial Berthing at the West Zone 1 of the Container Terminal in the North Working Area of Xiaoyangshan, China, Succeeds, with Official Operation Planned for the End of the Year
At 12:40 on September 26, as the last mooring line of the container transport ship "Ji Hai Zhi Xing"...
First Foreign Trade Route of China's Pinglu Canal: First Cargo Ship Arrives at Can Tho Port in Vietnam
The arrival ceremony for the cargo ship on the first foreign trade route of the Pinglu Canal, the "...