News 2026 May 5

IAA PortNews: St. Petersburg hosts flag raising ceremony on the first serial crab factory Kildin 

IMO clears Atlantic ECA as net-zero talks drag on

HII backlog hits record $54bn as margins tighten

Austal wins A$150.3m Border Force patrol boat extension

Salvors lift Sola Gratia wreck from Scheldt

CMA CGM boxship crosses Suez after Bab el-Mandeb passage

Reach Subsea taps Solstad CSV for Black Sea campaign

DOF books Skandi Inventor for up to $50m APAC job

AYK battery system to power CSL’s Yampu bulker

Fratelli Cosulich launches second methanol-ready bunker tanker

IAA PortNews: Russian fish exports rose 19% in Q1, 2026

Wärtsilä targets shipboard wastewater failures with new grease trap line

HMM ship disabled after Hormuz fire

Maersk ro-ro clears Hormuz under US escort

Egypt puts Suez Canal revenue hit at $10bn after attacks on ships in the Bab al-Mandab Strait

India’s Knowledge Marine buys Maharashtra waterfront for shipyard push

Baku Shipyard wins KTZ order for two Caspian cargo ships