News 2026 July 30

India moves towards net iron ore importer status as steel demand rises

HPC Hamburg Port Consulting to assess bulk, liquid bulk and ro-ro growth at Colombian Pacific terminal

Pilbara Ports crosses 800m tonnes in record year

Tsuneishi hydrogen co-firing tug lands Ship of the Year technical award

Borr and CME close $287m deal for five Mexico jack-ups

PRGT awards Allseas 50-km subsea pipeline contract in Canada

US Navy awards $76.6bn submarine contracts to Electric Boat and Newport News

Northern Lights completes dedicated CO2 fleet with fourth carrier

Colombo Dockyard wins 100-metre cable ship contract from Global Marine

China moves green shipping fuel projects faster than Europe

COSCO Shipping Development approves $1.17bn plan for 15 Newcastlemaxes

Viking evacuates all 186 passengers after cruise ship grounds outside Danube fairway

Unprecedented Danube low hits shipping and sets up full Romanian nuclear shutdown

GTT raises 10-year LNG carrier order forecast to about 550 ships

US redirects 20 commercial ships under renewed Iran port blockade

PanStar opens bookings for South Korea’s first Arctic container trial

US sanctions two Hormuz insurance entities and eight tanker companies

Saudi Arabia considers Red Sea shipping coalition after tanker strike

HD Hyundai launches first end-to-end US shipyard project with Fraser

Seaspan Energy reaches 150 LNG bunker operations in under two years and ranks seventh worldwide

Fincantieri triples first-half profit as backlog reaches €73.9bn

IMO completes first-ever mandatory audit sweep of 168 member states

Fincantieri moves to absorb employee-free Palermo dry dock arm

Fire on two LNG ships forces partial shutdown at Egypt’s Damietta terminal