News 2026 August 11

SITC takes delivery of SITC Brave from Huanghai Shipbuilding

CSSC yards win up to eight ships from South Korean owners

China’s Shanwei races to finish first deepwater public port for BYD exports

Shipfinex lines up 35-ship, $500m pipeline for ADI Chain tokenisation

Israeli ports lift first-half cargo volumes 4.6% to 29.52m tonnes

Technip Energies lands FEED contract on $489m-$733m Malaysian LNG terminal

Star Bulk walks away from $470.5m deal for 16 Genco bulkers

MOL targets 111-ship LNG carrier fleet by March 2027

Lloyd’s Register launches ‘industry-first’ framework for 3D model class approval

SITC to take 60% control of Singamas’ Tianjin container depot

Panama-flagged Vela Nova believed hit by missile off Pakistan

India’s Aegis commissions 36,000-tonne ammonia terminal at Pipavav

ABB lands power and propulsion contract for Allseas heavy transport vessel

US Virgin Islands port authority pushes ahead with $22.4m St Croix terminal overhaul

US extends Jones Act waiver for 90 days but shifts foreign ships to voyage-by-voyage approvals

US sells seized Russian-flagged shadow fleet tankers for India scrap

IAA PortNews: Steregushchy-class corvette conducts anti-submarine warfare drills in the Baltic Sea

India expands e-visa network to 88 gateways with 38 seaports open to foreign holders

EU approval brings Beijing ship-sale convention into force on 15 December

South Korea’s Hanwha offers up to $1.2bn for Austal’s US shipbuilding business

Hormuz traffic collapses to just six vessels on Monday

Vietnam starts work on largest, most advanced domestically built combat ship