Chile's Biobío Region Ports See 9.6% Increase in Throughput and 23.1% Rise in Containers in June
Ports in the Biobío Region handled 2,346,060 tons of cargo in June 2026, a 9.6% year-on-year increas...
Golden Carrier launches coastal shipping in Trinidad and Tobago
"Golden Carrier" has commenced coastal shipping operations in the islands of Trinidad and Tobago, ei...
Apollo Reaches Agreement to Acquire easyJet for £5.7 Billion
On August 6, Eagle Bidco, an affiliate of U.S. asset manager Apollo Global Management, reached an ag...
Strong Newbuilding Orders, Container Ships and Bulk Carriers Active
Shipbroker Banchero Costa said in its latest weekly report that newbuilding contracting remained act...
South Korea's Panstar Line Buys 2,700 TEU Container Ship for Maiden Arctic Voyage
South Korean ferry operator Panstar Line has purchased a container ship from HMM, planning to use it...
Klaipėda Container Terminal Launches Portchain Quay Platform
Klaipėda Container Terminal has announced the launch of the berth operations planning platform Portc...
CCS Awards China's First Type Approval Certificate for Full-Scene High-Pressure Direct-Injection Methanol Single-Fuel Medium-Speed Engine to CSSC Shanghai Marine Diesel Engine Research Institute
Recently, China Classification Society (CCS) Shanghai Branch awarded China Shipbuilding Group's Shan...
Damen Receives Order for 60-Tonne Bollard Pull Tug from Greece
On August 4, Damen Shipyards Group of the Netherlands disclosed that it has signed a supply contract...
Washington State Launches Construction of 3 Hybrid Ferries, Contract Valued at $714.5 Million
On August 5, Eastern Shipbuilding Group cut the first steel plate for Washington State's new hybrid ...
Yang Ming of China's Taiwan adds new South America East Coast RPX feeder in September, connecting Argentina
Yang Ming will launch a new feeder service named "RPX" on the South America East Coast (ECSA) in Sep...
Maersk Launches West Coast Shuttle Service on September 11, Connecting Mexico, Panama, and Ecuador
Maersk will launch the "West Coast Shuttle" service, connecting Mexico's west coast with Panama and ...
New Cruise Terminal Breaks Ground at Port Tampa Bay, Set for 2029 Completion, Targeting 2 Million Passengers
The new cruise terminal project at Port Tampa Bay is currently in the site preparation phase. Upon c...
Chile's ASENAV to Build 38-Meter Hybrid Research Vessel, Delivering to U.S. Academic Fleet in 2028
Chilean shipyard ASENAV has signed a construction contract with the University of California San Die...
India's Accurate Industrial Controls Unveils 13-Meter Autonomous Patrol Boat
Accurate Industrial Controls, a marine autonomy technology company headquartered in Pune, India, has...
Philippines' ICTSI Cargo Throughput Up 16% YoY in H1 2026
Performance data released by Philippine port operator International Container Terminal Services, Inc...
China's Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry Heavy Industry 80,000 DWT General Dry Cargo Carrier Officially Commences Construction
On the morning of August 4, 2026, the commencement ceremony for the 80,000 DWT general dry cargo car...
South Korea's CK Line Signs Contract for Up to Four 6,400 TEU Container Ships
South Korea's CK Line Returns to Huangpu Wenchong with Order for 6,400 TEU Container ShipsCK Line, a...
Iran Threat Escalates, Oil Tanker Traffic Through Strait of Hormuz Falls to Two-Month Low
Ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remains at its lowest level in more than two months, as a ...
BHP workers at Port Hedland in Australia to strike for two days from August 8
A union spokesperson said that despite progress made in negotiations between BHP and the union on Tu...
Greek Minerva Orders 3,100 TEU Container Ships from Hengli Heavy Industries Again in July
Greek shipowner Minerva Dry has once again placed an order with Hengli Heavy Industries for a new ba...
CMA CGM Names New 15,000 TEU Methanol-Powered Vessel
French shipping group CMA CGM held a naming ceremony for its newly built 15,000 TEU methanol-powered...
U.S. Expected to Extend Jones Act Waiver by Aug. 16 to Lower Gas Prices
The White House is expected to extend the waiver of the century-old Jones Act in the coming days, on...
Brazil completes first ocean-going vessel ethanol bunkering, export potential reaches R$75-150 billion
In July, CMA CGM, Copersucar, AGEO Terminais, Santos Brasil, and Bunker One collaborated in Brazil t...
Port of Santos throughput reaches 92.8 million tons in H1 2026
The Port of Santos (Puerto de Santos) handled 92.8 million tons of cargo in the first half of 2026, ...
Russia's 13,800-ton Nuclear Submarine "Ulyanovsk" to Be Launched in 2026
Russia's nuclear-powered cruise missile submarine "Ulyanovsk" has entered its final construction pha...
HMM Expands Terminal at Port of Tacoma, Raising Annual Throughput Capacity to 880,000 TEUs
HMM is advancing a modernization project at Washington United Terminals in the Port of Tacoma, U.S.,...
Hapag-Lloyd to Raise Freight Rates by $1,000 per Container from India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh to Europe and the Mediterranean Starting September 1
Hapag-Lloyd has announced a freight rate increase on routes from India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh to ...
UK's Navigator Gas Secures $121.8 Million Financing for Two Ammonia-Fueled Vessels
Navigator Gas has secured $121.8 million in financing for two new ammonia-fueled gas carrier project...
Autonomous Port of Conakry Receives ISO9001:2015 Certification
On Saturday, August 1, 2026, the Autonomous Port of Conakry (Port Autonome de Conakry, PAC) obtained...
Finland's Aspo Group Approves Spin-Off of ESL Shipping as Independent Listed Company
Finnish industrial group Aspo has approved a partial spin-off plan to separate its shipping subsidia...