News 2026 March 18

TotalEnergies starts up Quiluma offshore gas field in Angola to supply LNG markets

Damaged Arctic Metagaz drifts into Libyan SAR zone as leak risk persists

Gemini loses ground as rivals expand capacity on key east-west trades

Shipping Corporation of India orders first methanol dual-fuel PSV from Mazagon Dock

Flex LNG locks in charter extensions for two carriers as backlog stretches beyond 50 years

Gasum extends FuelEU pooling with Viking Line and Wallenius SOL into 2026

COSCO Shipping Ports throughput up by 6.2% year on year to 152.99 million TEU in 2025

AtoB@C Shipping takes delivery of tenth hybrid Green Coaster Astramar

International Maritime Pilots’ Association warns deregulation in pilotage raises costs and safety risks

Vostochnaya Verf Shipyard rolls out the Project 03141 Itelmen fishing vessel 

Japan, US line up AI shipbuilding push but $100m funding still unconfirmed

CMA CGM adds direct Indian Subcontinent calls to Los Angeles on PEARL service

Hengli Group and the Dalian city government launch Dalian Shipping

Pilbara Ports logs third straight record month as Port Hedland throughput hits 40.6Mt

Iraq restarts Kirkuk-Ceyhan crude flows after Baghdad-Erbil deal to ease export disruption

Jiangnan delivers methanol dual-fuel CMA CGM boxship as China State Shipbuilding marks triple vessel milestones

Euroseas orders two 2,800 TEU high-reefer containerships at Huanghai Shipbuilding