News 2026 July 8

GTT lands tank design work for four COSCO LNG carriers at Jiangnan

MOL extends Shell role for cargo transfer vessel in Brazil

Boskalis cable-layer Ndurance installs 31 cables at French wind farm

IMO urges ships to avoid Strait of Hormuz as attacks trap nearly 6,000 seafarers

India to sell up to 5.04% of Cochin Shipyard

PSA Mumbai passes 13m TEU at JNPA

Peninsula and ITOCHU launch ammonia bunkering venture in Europe

CMA CGM tops top-10 carrier growth with 235,500-TEU fleet gain

Kamarajar Port becomes India’s second major port with 18-metre draft

HD Hyundai shipbuilding arm and Schneider Electric target floating data centres

Seaspan and Maersk expand $75m retrofit drive across 18 chartered vessels

Super Typhoon Bavi puts China ports on alert as authorities prepare shutdown measures

Hormuz tanker attacks send Gulf freight rates sharply higher

NYK names eighth LPG-fuelled VLGC at Kawasaki yard

Construction starts on OMS Group’s first fibre-optic cable-laying vessel

ClarkSea Index rises 61% to $38,717 per day in first half of 2026

Hapag-Lloyd to roll out Inmarsat NexusWave across fleet