News 2026 August 27

Lloyd’s Register wins A$11m role on 18 Australian Army landing craft

Australia launches first national maritime emissions plan targeting ports and green shipping corridors

Denmark picks Norwegian Kongsberg and Swedish Saab for underwater drone systems on surveillance ship

Belgian shipowner CMB.TECH sells seven tankers with gains set to reach $359m

Italian liner Tarros to start €10.9m La Spezia terminal expansion

Japanese-owned liner ONE adds China-Red Sea service at Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah port

IAA PortNews: Admiralty Shipyards starts building the Lada-class fifth submarine

Turkish shipowner Bayraktar orders 2+2 feeder boxships in China after 15-year newbuilding gap

Italian maritime group Fratelli Neri to take control of ro-ro terminal operator in Livorno

IAEA launches nuclear shipping rules drive as ATLAS list reaches 26 states

Russian fishing vessel partially sinks at Montevideo port in Uruguay, 41 crew evacuated

South Korea launches plan to shift 889 ships to green technology by 2035

Canada’s west coast ports move C$409bn of cargo in record 200m-tonne year

Hormuz commodity-vessel traffic rises to 10 transits as Oman and Iran pursue joint corridor

DP World hits 221,200-TEU monthly record at Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah terminal

South Korean shipowner Hanwha Shipping names first vessel in its fleet

Typhoon Saudel shuts China’s Ningbo terminals as Hapag-Lloyd warns of 11-day Shanghai waits

Malta-flag tanker and Danish cargo ship rescue 147 as 214 saved off Greece

Danish tanker owner TORM signs for six MR2 newbuildings in China with two more on option

Saudi Aramco sends 4m barrels to China via STS transfers off Oman

At least 67 ships wait off Romania as Danube bottleneck cuts Ukraine port access

MSC halts bookings at Russia’s Novorossiysk after drone hits containership