News 2026 August 14

Typhoon Dolphin leaves Shanghai and Ningbo with multi-day vessel queues

Abu Dhabi port operator AD Ports profit jumps 88%

K Shipbuilding first-half operating profit rises 172% on tanker sales

Marine insurer Gard says sulphur bunker claims more than triple as China tightens fuel checks

Polish shipyard christens first of three frigates in $4bn naval programme

Western Australian port authority Pilbara Ports’ July cargo falls 1% as Port Hedland drops 4%

DP World plans $1.3bn Peru terminal expansion after $1bn Callao investment

Norwegian boxship owner MPC Container Ships christens methanol feeder for seven-year DP World charter in China

Italian bunker supplier Fratelli Cosulich launches third methanol-ready tanker in China

CK Hutchison port earnings rise despite Panama loss

Norwegian TGS and US seismic firm GTI sign four-year shoreline-to-deepwater alliance

Singapore LNG bunker sales rise 41% in July as eight new suppliers enter market

Panama Canal cuts Neopanamax draught as US forecaster puts record El Niño odds at 69%

Arctic shipping pollution spikes above 200,000 particles at Greenland port

Malaysian refiner PRefChem sends 540,000-barrel fuel oil cargo to US in first since 2023

South Korean shipbuilding group HD Hyundai targets 2-3 Natrium reactor vessels a year

Iran seeks compensation as foreign bulker suspected in Persian Gulf oil spill

ADNOC offers to shuttle Iraqi crude through Hormuz

Thirteen states formally join Saudi-led maritime coalition

Trump opens US Navy shipbuilding to foreign yards

Thai liner RCL’s boxship hits riverbank in India

Ambrey mobilises 100 tonnes of equipment for Caroline Bezengi salvage off Oman

Two ADNOC vessels attacked in Hormuz, no crew hurt

Hamburg port throughput falls 3.1% in first half

IAA PortNews: United Shipbuilding Corp plans distributed shipbuilding in cooperation with foreign partners