News 2026 June 17

IAA PortNews: Sevmash hosts keel-laying ceremony for nuclear-powered submarine Murmansk

BOC secures 10,000-square-metre customs area at Mindanao Container Terminal

ECOnnect signs EPC deal for Puerto Bahía LNG import terminal in Colombia

ClassNK launches free closed marketplace for 3D ship design data

DP World enters exclusive talks for first US Gulf Coast box terminal at Corpus Christi

Port of Melbourne hits 3.5m TEU record as 2026 volumes rise almost 7% in April

LH2 Shipping wins NOK 344m Enova grant for two hydrogen bulkers

Uzbekistan and Albania look at Durrës port for export route to Southern Europe

Iran clears land allocation for Kazakhstan terminal at Shahid Rajaee port

Somec wins €60m glazing contracts for three cruise ships at Finnish yard

Transocean wins $185m in rig contracts in Norway and Australia

Eastern Pacific Shipping exits chemical tankers in 14-vessel Ace and Womar transaction

Balaena rebrands Cammell Laird as Balaena Birkenhead after the acquisition of APCL Group

Global Maritime Forum task force targets shadow fleet gaps ahead of October 21-22 Shanghai summit

Bach Dang lays keel for Mercury Lines’ second 14,000-cbm chemical tanker

US-monitored Gulf of Oman STS network moves at least 90m barrels outside Hormuz

Maersk shifts fuel surcharge reviews to weekly cycle in 4 European markets after Middle East-linked fuel cost rise

Port of Los Angeles May volume rises 17% to 840,165 TEUs

UK sanctions 27 ships including LNG carriers Orion, Kosmos, Merkuriy and Luch

ABS, Polaris Shipping, HHI and AVIKUS plan unmanned bridge system for 325K ore carrier

DEME wins contract worth up to €50m for dredging at India’s Ramayapatnam Port

APM Terminals Los Angeles orders 40 Orange EV tractors to lift Pier 400 fleet to 60 units