News 2026 May 18

Maersk and SLPA target Colombo berth planning and vessel turnaround

Drewry WCI rises 12% to $2,553 as Shanghai-Genoa rates jump 20%

Norway becomes ninth member of EU Baltic Sea strategy

Hormuz Safe offers Bitcoin-settled cover for Strait of Hormuz cargoes in $10bn insurance plan

Saronic taps Lloyd’s Register for autonomous vessel classification in UK, Europe and Australia

Panama bunker sales rise 6% to 486,461 mt as Fujairah drops 81.1%

Rotterdam B30 discount to VLSFO reaches $127.74 per tonne on intra-EU voyages

Sweden opens second Sea Owl I document probe after crew member detained

ZESTAs launches Global Liquid Hydrogen Alliance with Kawasaki, EDF and Samskip among founders

J-ENG ammonia engine to power NYK’s 40,000-cbm gas carrier in November 2026

ADES extends Shelf Drilling Winner contract to three years in $222m Tenaz North Sea deal

CMA CGM and Hapag-Lloyd halt Cuba bookings after US sanctions order

Turkey opens Karasu port EIA review for 150,000-TEU and 200,000-unit Ro-Ro expansion

Ulstein delivers 13,950-tonne DP3 cable-layer Nexans Electra to Nexans

Boskalis orders 24,000-ton cable-lay vessel for 2029 delivery

AD Ports awards $200m in contracts for Congo’s Pointe-Noire terminal

UK ratifies IMO Cape Town Agreement as 29 parties cover 3,859 fishing vessels

Marco Polo Marine lines up S$139m Fuji Offset reverse takeover for Batam shipyard spin-off

China’s second domestically built large cruise ship starts 12-day sea trials at Shanghai Waigaoqiao

US Coast Guard polar icebreaker returns to Seattle after 36-day, 4,800-mile Bering Sea deployment

DP World, RSGT and MGH fight for CCT rights at Chattogram port

China’s CCCC commissions Asia’s largest trailing suction hopper dredger Junguang

EOLOS wins first Caspian offshore wind LiDAR role for AGEC site survey

World’s first modular battery-swap cargo vessel starts commercial service in China

Samsung Heavy lands $744m order for three 174,000-cbm LNG carriers from Seapeak

PanStar picked for South Korea’s first 3,000-TEU NSR container trial in 2026

IIMS says 2,569 ships were detained in 2025 as PSC deficiencies hit 177,741

DP World handles 200,000 TEU through Jebel Ali truck and rail corridors in two months