News 2026 May 8

Abidjan adds two 70-tonne bollard pull Damen ASD tugs

Spanish ports set common LNG bunkering rules

LR grants AiP to Wison New Energies for internal turret FPSO design

HD KSOE wins $1.46bn order for six boxships and two VLGCs

OOCL names first 24,168-TEU methanol dual-fuel boxship in seven-vessel series

Fast Lines Belgium names first two Damen CF 3850 newbuilds as third vessel remains under construction

Höegh Autoliners posts $103m Q1 net profit and flags $20m Q2 fuel cost hit

Contship rolls out first battery-electric port tractor at La Spezia Container Terminal

South Africa’s TNPA tenders 25-year Cape Town liquid bulk terminal concession

Iran navy seizes tanker Ocean Koi in Oman Sea

TKMS, General Dynamics Mission Systems–Canada launch Arctic Sentinel for CPSP bid

Port of Blyth launches $135.5m Battleship Wharf expansion

APM Terminals Japan signs 20-year renewable power deal for Yokohama

Cavotec renews two-year Port of Salalah deal for 32 MoorMaster units

ABS, HD Hyundai and Anduril sign MOU on autonomous surface vessels

Sea-Intelligence says Hormuz disruption lifted global reliability by 3.9 points

US struck Qeshm port and Bandar Abbas after attacks on 3 destroyers in Hormuz