News 2026 August 13

US Gulf lease sale rebounds to $82.7m

Maersk sees Latin America ports stable

Golar orders $2.45bn fourth FLNG from CIMC Raffles

HGK seeks €12.5bn fleet renewal drive for 1,000 low-water ships across Europe by 2035

Evergreen profit jumps 93% as margins rebound

Yang Ming H1 profit falls 18% despite 482% Q2 surge

Hapag-Lloyd Q2 profit falls to $83m as Hormuz costs hit $600m

Nine P&I clubs tighten Red Sea war-risk cover after reinsurer cancellations

Xiamen sets Fujian’s first methanol bunkering rules

One dead in blast during pipeline work at Gunvor Rotterdam

Samsung Heavy and KAIST launch permanent future-ship R&D hub

US Internal Revenue Service shuts key tax exemptions for foreign ships on Jones Act waiver

Maersk lifts 2026 outlook as Ocean EBIT quadruples

Genco sends newly delivered Capesize straight into spot market

SK Shipping to double LNG carrier fleet in swap with sister company

DP World revenue jumps 13.1% to $12.7bn in H1 2026

Long Beach posts second-busiest July with 928,508 TEU

Drone strikes threaten operations at Libya’s Zawiya oil hub

India's JSW signs 30-year deal for 0.93m-TEU Kolkata terminal

Iran’s Kamal & Adel targets first boxship with $31.5m China project

Denmark tests military escorts for ships in Baltic

Hormuz transits fall as Gulf oil exports drop 2.1m bpd

Wan Hai commits up to $980m to eight dual-fuel-ready boxships

Oil from sanctioned Caroline Bezengi reaches Oman mainland