News 2026 June 18

Australian police charge three over 320-kg meth shipment hidden in charcoal containers

APSEZ rolls out Kaleris AI system across 15 container terminals

Venture Global signs five-year LNG deal with EnBW

US pays Invenergy $765m to walk away from four offshore wind leases

Ardmore doubles China tanker order as Wuhu options take fleet renewal drive to four ships

MOL lands JERA charter deal for two ammonia carriers

GTT wins design work for giant LNG tanks in China

MOL wins LR award for wind-assisted LNG carrier decarbonisation

Incat turns to Echandia for battery system on 78-metre hybrid ferry

Kuwait blocks foreign ships arriving from Iraqi ports

IAA PortNews: Zvezda Shipyard hosts a naming ceremony for the Arctic LNG carrier Konstantin Posyet

ABP secures £300m for UK port upgrades at Immingham and Ipswich

Valenciaport box volumes hold firm as bulk cargo drags tonnage lower

Fincantieri lines up Indonesian naval shipbuilding venture with Republikorp

MOL signs bio-LNG supply deal for car carriers in Europe

Sudan starts $57m oil berth to take 150,000-dwt tankers

Hanwha Ocean and Ontario Shipyards deepen Canada shipbuilding push after Geoje talks

UAE draws up plan to bypass Hormuz export risk

Dali chief engineer charged over Baltimore bridge collapse

ExxonMobil deal puts South Africa’s first LNG import terminal in play

Hanwha Ocean signs up to $15.7bn Canadian FLNG plan with Kanata

LR clears first hydrogen-only marine engine for ship use

NYK lines up gas carriers for JERA’s first US-to-Japan low-carbon ammonia shipment

US senators move to block China and Russia research ships from American Arctic waters

Hanwha Ocean faces $780m payment gap on six undelivered Arctic LNG 2 carriers