News 2025 October 20

CMB.TECH generates $68.4 million capital gains from vessel sales

Vantage Drilling terminates Platinum Explorer contract due to new sanctions

KKR-backed Galaxy Container Solutions enters global container leasing market

Evergreen Line equips dry containers with ORBCOMM’s IoT solutions

New Incat Crowther ferries enter service for Abu Dhabi’s Integrated Transport Centre

QatarEnergy starts 25-year LNG regasification agreement at Isle of Grain

ST Songfa subsidiary Hengli Shipbuilding plans RMB 2.65 bln green equipment project in Dalian

Stena RoRo signs Letter of Intent with China Merchant Industries Weihai for new C-Flexer RoRo ships

EU Council sets 2028 deadline to end Russian gas imports under REPowerEU

Elia and TM Edison complete 2025 offshore phase of Belgium’s Princess Elisabeth Island project

Container traffic at Valenciaport declines 4.5% in September but grows 3.6% year-to-date

Fincantieri signs strategic partnership with Defcomm for development of autonomous surface drones

Maersk launches Intermodal – Multi Carrier to navigate Europe’s disrupted trade corridors

Cavotec signs motorised reel contract with Civmec for Port Hedland project

ClassNK registers Japan’s first hydrogen-fueled tugboat built by TSUNEISHI

Port of Long Beach reports 3.9% drop in September

MSC Group achieves first back-to-back shore power connections in Valletta

Liberia Maritime Authority updates LRIT rules; ClassNK instructs surveyors to verify annual tests

IBIA reiterates support for IMO despite setback at MEPC meeting on GHG pricing

First container ship on China-Europe Arctic route arrives in Gdansk

MV FALCON blaze leaves LPG tanker adrift as EUNAVFOR ASPIDES leads SAR operation