News 2026 August 21

Italian marine start-up EcoStone launches independent service for mixed-OEM ship systems

US Seattle-Tacoma gateway's imports drop 11.6% in July

Swedish tanker owner Furetank adds 18th VINGA tanker

Brazilian maritime operator Wilson Sons names third high-powered Damen tug in Rio

UK defence group Babcock and Danish consortium sign frigate pact

Lehmann Marine lands first commercial AQUBE order for German research vessel

Norwegian bunker firm Azane signs world-first ammonia supply deal with Equinor

Norway’s Equinor signs three-year crude deal to supply Polish refiner ORLEN with over 9m tonnes a year

Cavotec lands €5m deal for India’s first automated mooring system

German engine maker Everllence wins 16-genset order for four Guyana-bound tugs

ClassNK to verify real-world AI fuel savings with Evergreen and Samsung Heavy

Vitol Bunkers and Olam Agri complete Singapore’s first cashew-derived fuel bunkering

Bangladesh shuts ship recycler Ferdous Steel after 10 workers die

US Houston Ship Channel trade tonnage jumps 16% as exports surge 22%

US energy major Chevron plans LPG ship-to-ship transfers off Panama as canal fee hits record $4.6m

Drone-damaged Liberian bulker Great Ocean towed through Turkey’s Bosphorus after traffic halt

Indian state-owned Kamarajar Port launches $448m tender for 2m-TEU terminal

Five German coastal states demand 13-fold rise in federal port funding to €500m

Indian maritime authority pitches six new ports, three shipyards and mega cluster in Gujarat

Vietnam border guards rescue all 12 fishermen from sinking vessel off Gia Lai

Fincantieri signs Viking deal for two 2032 cruise ships

Overloaded passenger boat capsizes in Nigeria, killing at least 50 people, mostly children

DEME and Jan De Nul install final caisson for world’s first artificial energy island off Belgium

Panama Canal cuts daily transit slots to 32 as rainfall deficit deepens

Armed men hijack US-sanctioned tanker Sibu 1 with 16 Indian seafarers aboard in Gulf of Aden