News 2026 August 26

Singapore shipowner Eastern Pacific Shipping expands Orca AI navigation system after five-vessel trial

Qatar LNG exports collapse 96% to just 18 cargoes as Hormuz disruption bites

Maersk warns of $4,646 surcharge if low water blocks ships from Brazil’s Manaus

China’s Jiangnan orders GTT tank designs for four ADNOC L&S LNG carriers

Typhoon shuts China’s Zhoushan bunker anchorages

Japanese shipowner MOL takes wind propulsion and AI efficiency tech to COP31 in Türkiye

€20m EU-backed ship power projects join forces to take DC systems commercial

Turkish floating power group Karpowership named buyer of 20-year-old LNG carrier Arctic Voyager

China exports 656 ships worth $7.3bn in July as tanker shipments nearly triple

Indian state-owned shipyard delivers 27-knot patrol vessel with 65%-plus local content

India targets 100 new merchant ships to cut reliance on foreign carriers

MSC restores five Suez sailings on four services in phased Red Sea return

Abu Dhabi shipowner ADNOC L&S exercises $444m options for two more LNG carriers in China

Faroese operator Smyril Line takes its first purpose-built ro-ro from Chinese shipyard

Maersk adds €150 low-water surcharge as drought restricts Dutch barge routes

Chinese owner Shandong Shipping’s ore carrier gets world-first solar class certificate

DNV and Global Ethanol Association launch three-year global fuel database for shipping

Kongsberg wins Solstad-SBM vessel deal with world's-largest anchor-handling winch

UK shipyard Harland & Wolff wins biggest Belfast cruise refit since Navantia takeover

Pakistan receives $6bn-$9bn maritime investment offers for ports and LNG terminals

Chinese shipowner Ningbo Marine approves $184m plan for five China-built bulkers

South Korean LPG trader SK Gas agrees to pay record $5.3m for Panama Canal slot

Latvia’s three biggest ports complete €3.24m shared digital platform

Greek shipowners back Panama-Liberia proposal as Travlos warns IMO on fuel availability

US Navy clears all mines from international waters in Strait of Hormuz

China’s Ningbo-Zhoushan overtakes Singapore for first time to become world’s No 2 box port

Global port congestion strands record 4.31m TEU as East Asia storms snarl schedules

At least three Indian refiners and global energy major shun 45 ships blacklisted by Iran

Iran and Oman propose 7-mile Hormuz shipping corridor and joint mine-clearing

Canadian shipowner Fednav’s bulker catches fire with 20,000 tonnes of scrap at UK port

HHLA launches remote-controlled rail cranes at Hamburg terminal