News 2026 August 17

Carnival orders Silverstream air lubrication for three record-size cruise ships in Italy

Danish cable maker NKT’s new cable layer reaches Norway three days early after Romania tow

Danish forwarder Hecksher buys 100% of Fairplay Shipping in Denmark

Analysts forecast five-to-six-voyage tanker payback as Abu Dhabi energy group ADNOC's shipping arm buys 11 ships

Dubai port operator DP World delivers three cranes in $800m Syria port overhaul

Abu Dhabi sovereign investor plans 23%-premium bid for remaining 24.58% of UAE port operator AD Ports Group

IAA PortNews: Rosatom’s fuel company delivers FNF to Akademik Lomonosov FNPP

Bangladesh puts 1,800 lighter vessels on digital cargo platform at Chattogram

French shipowner Sogestran orders 6,000-cbm LNG bunker ship from Chinese yard

Chinese shipbuilder Rainbow Offshore delivers fourth battery-equipped PSV of 2026

Shanghai port bunkers two boxships simultaneously with LNG and biomethanol in China first

South Africa’s top court blocks Shell from restarting Wild Coast seismic survey

Middle East oil exporters move more than 4m bpd through Strait of Hormuz in dark tanker shuttle trade

Hungary sinks two 80-metre barges in Danube to keep nuclear plant running

Singapore launches near-miss and port command systems, teams with Ocean Infinity on autonomous vessel trials

Port delays sideline 1.7m teu of global container fleet

Swedish research ship Ocean Surveyor refloated after Baltic Sea grounding

Strait of Hormuz shipping nearly stops after attacks on three vessels of ADNOC

Greek bulker owner Diana drops takeover of US rival Genco

UAE terminal operator Gulftainer targets 10m TEU capacity at Khorfakkan port

Missile and drone strikes shut Yemen’s Red Sea port of Mocha as losses hit $79m