News 2026 July 21

Essberger orders two more chemical tankers in China

DP World secures €25m for Romania’s first port electrification project

Yang Ming and PSA link sea and land emissions in carbon inset pact

IFC and HSBC provide $40m for Colombo terminal upgrade

Turkey’s first and largest locally built LNG boxship starts India service

Vessel traffic management market forecast to reach $12.94bn by 2032

CIMC SOE launches first of Avenir LNG’s new 20,000-cbm bunker ship pair

Bahri confirms LNG dual-fuel RoCon pair with two-ship option in $202m China order

NYK takes sole ownership of 48-ship open-hatch specialist Saga Welco

CSSC Chengxi delivers world-first bidirectional self-unloader to Rio Tinto

Anemoi secures Bureau Veritas certificates for rotor sail range

Marinakis’ Capital, K Shipbuilding and LR launch wind-assisted MR tanker project

Red Sea war-risk cover surges 150% after Houthi Saudi blockade

Hamburg completes dedicated ammonia bunkering safety framework

All 17 crew rescued as propane-laden Gas Lisbon burns off Romania

Saudi-led coalition starts ship protection measures after Houthi Bab el-Mandeb threat

Qatar reopens seven-mile coastal zones to all vessel types

US military says it assisted 900 ships through Strait of Hormuz

IAA PortNews: Russia’s container market rises 7.1% Y/Y to 3.8 million TEU in 1H, 2026, DELO Group’s research shows

HHLA cuts 2026 EBIT guidance as terminal upgrades hit volumes

Wärtsilä sets a company-record EUR 2.849bn of orders in Q2 2026

Crew abandons KOTC tanker Kaifan after projectile strike near Strait of Hormuz