News 2026 May 14

U-Ming Marine wins 2026 Taiwan green procurement award for ESG measures

Switzerland approves accession to 1977 Panama Canal neutrality protocol

BW LNG linked to KRW 748.5bn order for two 177,000-cbm three-tank LNG carriers at HD Hyundai Samho

Adani Ports’ Astro Offshore adds 97-metre DP2 vessel for Europe subsea push with Oceaneering

China fines CMA CGM, MSC and Hapag-Lloyd among 16 companies over freight-rate filings

Davie Defense seals $3.5bn US Coast Guard order for five Arctic Security Cutters

ICTSI challenges $600m Puerto Caldera award to Maersk-Hapag-Lloyd consortium in Costa Rica

TMS Cardiff Gas linked to Samsung Heavy’s $504m order for two LNG carriers

NYK claims over 90% methane oxidation in LNG engine catalyst trial on KEYS Azalea

IAA PortNews: Rosatom completes manufacturing the first RITM-200 reactor for nuclear-powered icebreaker Leningrad

Deltamarin joins EU-backed H4PERION project to scale hydrogen technology for shipping

UKMTO says vessel seized 38 nautical miles off Fujairah is heading for Iranian waters

IAA PortNews: Severnaya Verf lays keel for Russian Navy’s frigate Admiral Gromov

China takes 84.9% of global newbuilding orders as Q1 contracts hit 59.53m dwt

Vancouver and Prince Rupert grow 2026-Q1 imports as NAWC volumes fall 3.9%

TORM to add six MR resale tankers as fleet expands to 103 ships

Foreship provides concept design input for first Four Seasons Yacht

Titan charters 8,000-cbm UNITED LNG I for LNG bunkering in ZARA region

Vietnam Maritime Corporation proposes VND300bn logistics project and 50,000-TEU e-commerce zone in Quang Ninh

Turkey readies law to codify Blue Homeland claims over EEZ, shelf and internal waters

IRGC Navy expands Strait of Hormuz operating zone to up to 300 miles

IMO completes GloNoise workshops in six countries with nearly 200 participants

14 crew rescued as Indian livestock vessel Haji Ali sinks off Oman with 4,000 animals on board

France eases Ambition disembarkation ban after norovirus confirmed in Bordeaux