News 2026 June 25

Chimbusco signs China’s largest green methanol bunker fuel deal

MPC Container Ships buys four 7,000-TEU vessels for $340m

BIMCO publishes biofuel clause for time charters

Volkswagen to sell 51% of Everllence to Bain Capital in €7.4bn deal

Shipping faces officer shortfall of 113,735 by 2030

HMM earmarks $1.08bn for eight bulkers and two gas carriers

Captain dead and two Indonesian crew missing after fishing boat sinks off Busan

Sanctioned VLCC Era lines up recycling move after Comoros reflag

Iran’s Navy tells ships to use only Iran-approved Hormuz routes

South Korea launches $150bn shipbuilding finance alliance with top yards

Kyrgyz parliamentary committee backs tax changes and Merchant Shipping Code

Detained tanker SMYRTOS remains anchored off Weymouth

Port of Oakland’s container traffic up for a second consecutive month in May

France boards Cameroon-flagged tanker Deliver near Sicily

IAA PortNews: Creation of new Int’l Arctic organization will encourage development of investment partnerships in the region, official says

Germany axes F126 frigate programme after cost warning tops €18bn

HD Korea Shipbuilding says no decision made on Cochin Shipyard joint venture

Jiangnan starts the world’s largest liquid ammonia carrier

PIL names two 13,000-TEU LNG dual-fuel boxships in Shanghai

Schedule padding masks true scale of vessel delays

Port of Long Beach May volumes jump 31.7%

Singapore wins Best Global Seaport title for fifth time

US sanctions office removes two Russian cargo ships from SDN list

Sata Shipbuilding starts work on US Coast Guard icebreaker in Finland