News 2026 July 23

DOF sells four PSVs, buys two CSVs and triggers $115m Skandi Amazonas payout

GAZ-SYSTEM names first Polish FSRU Solidarity for 2028 Gdansk start-up

CMA CGM names 24,212-TEU LNG boxship Pantheon under French flag

Patrick Terminals orders 22 hybrid Kalmar straddle carriers for Melbourne and Sydney

Dalian launches $17.7m ocean shipping company with 1.5m-tonne petcoke cargo base

ABL wins marine warranty survey contract for Papua New Guinea’s first offshore FSO

Maersk and MSC seek Cade review of conditional BTP split before Santos terminal auction

Greece issues Black Sea security alert after attacks on three Greek-operated ships

QatarEnergy prepares to extend Europe-Asia LNG force majeure to mid-October

Chinese COSCO VLCC Xin Long Yang secures Houthi clearance for Bab el-Mandeb transit

European alliance targets TRL 7-8 for AI-backed ship retrofit platform in 2029

EU envoys agree 21st sanctions package after Greek LNG shipping carve-out

Port of Rotterdam throughput rises 0.4% to 212m tonnes in first half of 2026

Fully digital shipyards to lead $4.3bn market surge by 2030

IRGC says tanker caught fire as two others turn back near Hormuz

Saudi tanker Encelia burns after Red Sea strike as Houthis claim second vessel hit

Vard lands €220m-plus Trinity House deal for two methanol-ready maintenance vessels

Panama Canal profit rises 19% as severe El Niño risk jumps to 81%

DP World lines up 50-year Fujairah concession for two new terminals

Long Beach becomes first US seaport to formalise maritime nuclear pact with MARAD

Jiangnan delivers world’s largest 93,000-cbm ammonia carrier