News 2026 August 28

Seatrium prepares two Petrobras FPSOs to sail for Brazil

Turkey turns to US and India for record diesel imports as Russian flows slump

TotalEnergies exits Russia’s Arctic LNG 2 with 10% stake transfer to Novatek unit

Black Sea port and vessel attacks drive Chicago wheat to three-year high

Singapore and Brazil sign green shipping corridor pact to build alternative marine fuel chains

Swedish, Norwegian and Canadian owners order four China-built tankers, taking Furetank series to 26 ships

CMA CGM and Chinese infrastructure group CCCC sign global ports and logistics pact

US port authority opens permanent Philadelphia cruise terminal

Hanwha Engine wins $94m order from shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean

NYK shipbuilder and Japanese partners plan unmanned vessel hub in Japan

China’s bunker tax rebate gives Chinese ports $15-$30 fuel edge over Singapore

Japan launches shipping tax review as it targets 450 Japanese-flagged ships

Norwegian class society DNV urges efficiency first as IMO delay clouds low-GHG fuel switch

HHLA unit shifts 20,000 TEU of empty containers to rail in Germany’s Port of Hamburg

Sweden’s Gothenburg port holds container volumes near record as vehicle traffic jumps 17%

Flood wrecks Nepal-China border logistics hub and sweeps away more than 300 vehicles

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries sets September strikes

Product tanker owner Ardmore orders final two Handysize ships at China’s Wuhu Shipyard to lift series to six

Chinese shipyard Beihai signs 2+4 deal for giant ethanol-fuelled ore carriers

K Line orders three Malaccamax VLCCs for Middle East-Asia crude trades

OOCL parent OOIL profit falls 24% despite record first-half volumes

MacGregor sells 1m automatic twistlocks as lashing system reaches 110 ships

IAA PortNews: Russian live crab exports to China rose 17% year-on-year in January-July

DEME H1 profit hits record €215m

ONE-owned Yusen secures 30-year Los Angeles terminal extension

Dominica-flagged cargo ship Progress IV sinks after fire in Romania’s Black Sea EEZ

Engine-room fire kills two South Korean seafarers on products tanker off South Korea

Container carriers lift Q2 EBIT 58% to $2.69bn as global volumes grow 4.7%

Fincantieri launches first of five planned Sonata-class ships for Oceania Cruises