Category: Maritime and Water Transport Engineering

Greek Icon Energy Fixes Panamax Charter at $18,000 per Day for H2 2026

Nasdaq-listed Greek dry bulk shipowner Icon Energy has converted an index-linked floating rate chart...

2026-06-04

Greek Safe Bulkers becomes first shipping company listed on Athens Euronext

Greek dry bulk shipowner Safe Bulkers Inc. officially listed on the Euronext Athens Regulated Market...

2026-06-04

Spain's Trasmed EBITDA Up 70%, Expected to Turn Profitable in 2026

Data released by Grimaldi Group subsidiary Trasmed during the Barcelona International Logistics Exhi...

2026-06-04

Diversified Marine Delivers Tugboat M/V Tarps to Eckstein Trade & Transport

Diversified Marine of Holland, Michigan, has delivered the tugboat M/V Tarps to Eckstein Trade & Tra...

2026-06-04

Egypt's Red Sea Ports Handle 7,000 Tons of Cargo in May 2026

The Red Sea Ports Authority (RSPA) announced on May 31, 2026, that its ports handled 7,000 tons of g...

2026-06-04

Port of Los Angeles Launches 350-Passenger Hybrid Vessel

The Port of Los Angeles has taken the lead in launching a 350-passenger hybrid vessel, the "El Escud...

2026-06-04

2026 Greece StormGeo and OceanScore Sign Agreement

During the 2026 Posidonia Maritime Exhibition, StormGeo and OceanScore signed a cooperation agreemen...

2026-06-04

Lloyd's Register, SK Shipping, and HD Hyundai Collaborate on Autonomous Ship Development

Lloyd's Register (LR) has partnered with SK Shipping and HD Hyundai Group to develop certifiable nex...

2026-06-04

Russia's Fesco adds 600 new refrigerated containers

As part of its fleet renewal program, Fesco Transport Group has purchased 600 new 40-foot refrigerat...

2026-06-04

New Jersey Department of Transportation Completes 38,000 Cubic Yard Dredging of Wells Hall Waterway

The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) Office of Maritime Resources has completed emerg...

2026-06-04

US Brennan Acquires 18,750 sqm Industrial Manufacturing Plant Near Tellico Port

Brennan Investment Group, a US private real estate investment firm, announced the acquisition of an ...

2026-06-04

Malaysia's First Eco-Friendly Electric Ferries Hold Keel Laying Ceremony in Guangzhou on May 29

On May 29, the keel laying ceremony for two fully electric passenger ferries, "Feri Elektrik Langkaw...

2026-06-04

Dutch Jumbo Orders Two L-Class Heavy Lift Vessels from Dajin Heavy Industry

Dutch heavy-lift shipping company Jumbo has signed a contract with China's Dajin Heavy Industry to b...

2026-06-04

Veth Propulsion Launches CRP Thruster on June 2, Saving 7% Fuel

Twin Disc's Dutch marine propulsion manufacturer Veth Propulsion has launched the Streamline-CRP, a ...

2026-06-04

Germany's Eight Major Ports Form Alliance, Modernization Needs Estimated at 15 Billion Euros

Germany's eight major seaports and inland ports have jointly formed an alliance named "German Seapor...

2026-06-04

Port of Vigo Seeks Inclusion in Trans-European Transport Network Nodes

A delegation from the Port Authority of Vigo visited Brussels this week for talks with European inst...

2026-06-04

Norway's Jinhui Shipping Orders Two Dry Bulk Carriers for Total $68.3 Million

Jinhui Shipping and Transportation, an Oslo-listed dry bulk carrier owner, announced that it has ord...

2026-06-04

Brazil Adjusts Auction Plan for Six Waterway Concession Contracts

The Brazilian government is adjusting the auction plan for waterway concession contracts, following ...

2026-06-04

Dutch Heesen Unveils 72-Meter Superyacht Project Ananda

Heesen Yachts has unveiled the 72-meter superyacht project YN 21872 "Project Ananda," developed in c...

2026-06-04

French Nantes Shipping Wins Five-Year Vega C Rocket Maritime Contract, Plans Dedicated Ro-Ro Vessel

Compagnie Maritime Nantaise (CMN) has secured a five-year maritime transport contract to ship Avio's...

2026-06-04

DNV Launches AI-Powered Steel Coil Stowage Planning Tool SLP 2.0

During the Posidonia exhibition, DNV launched version 2.0 of the Steel Load Planner (SLP), which int...

2026-06-04

Hanseatic Global Terminals and Imetame Develop New 1.2 Million TEU Terminal in Brazil

Hanseatic Global Terminals (HGT) has acquired a 50% stake in a greenfield container terminal project...

2026-06-04

Chile's Environmental Assessment Agency Reviews $150 Million Infrastructure Projects

The Environmental Assessment Service (SEA) is reviewing a batch of infrastructure projects submitted...

2026-06-04

Japan's Imabari Shipbuilding Delivers New Handymax Bulk Carrier

The Imabari Shipbuilding Group recently delivered a new Handymax bulk carrier, the "Fuji Maru," buil...

2026-06-04

Four Kalmar Hybrid Automated Container Carriers Commissioned at VICT, Australia

Victoria International Container Terminal (VICT), a fully automated terminal located at the Port of ...

2026-06-04

Canada's GIT Launches XGIT-Vortex Propeller Coating

Canadian marine coating company GIT Coatings launched the next-generation graphene propeller coating...

2026-06-04

St. Lawrence Seaway cargo volume down 3.3% in first five months of 2026

As of the end of May, total cargo volume on the St. Lawrence Seaway reached 8.06 million tonnes, dow...

2026-06-04

U.S. Crescent Towing Plans to Build Four Additional 6,000-Horsepower Tugs

Crescent Towing plans to build four additional 6,000-horsepower Z-drive tugs at Blakely BoatWorks in...

2026-06-04

Spanish-language cruise line Corazul cancels July Mediterranean itineraries

Corazul, a niche cruise company targeting the Spanish-speaking market, has canceled its summer itine...

2026-06-04

Al Mawarid Retrofits Ship Seawater Desalination System, Doubling Output to 450 m³/Day

Al Mawarid Pumps Assembly Water Solution has successfully designed and delivered a 450 m³/day marine...

2026-06-04