News 2026 September 1

WinGD puts LNG retrofit payback at six years for 16,000-TEU containership

Dutch port strike to halt Rotterdam ship handling for nearly eight hours before 24-hour rail walkout

Japanese shipowner NYK buys back Fujitsu’s 51% stake in Tokyo maritime IT firm

Chinese offshore contractor Wison signs Shell deal to bring liquefaction technology to wider FLNG market

Norwegian car carrier Höegh signs five-year anti-jamming deal for 38-ship fleet

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Norwegian shipbuilder VARD launches 121-metre subsea newbuild for Taiwan’s Dong Fang Offshore in Romania

NYK buys 50% of Avenir LNG to form bunkering venture with Stolt-Nielsen

MOL merges six ship managers into Singapore hub overseeing 200-plus vessels

US cuts federal ship and shipyard finance application fee by 80%

Brazilian pulp producer Suzano agrees 10% buy-in to 1.2m-TEU port project in Brazil

US offshore vessel owner Tidewater buys 22 PSVs in $500m Brazil deal

Mexican terminal Contecon cleared for 15.5-metre draft ships at Manzanillo

Turkish liner Akkon halts all Russian port calls

Turkey approves $193.5m, 45-year concession for Çeşmeli port

Panama-flagged bulker S Line crashes into Romanian Danube port after steering failure, sinking two boats

Queue for Ukraine’s Danube ports hits 77 ships at Romania’s Sulina Canal

IRGC says supertanker disabled after hitting two mines in Strait of Hormuz, US Central Command rejected the mine claim

EU forces board tanker Sun in Mediterranean over suspected false flag and Russian shadow fleet links

Attack-damaged Hong Kong tanker and Russian cargo ship run aground in Turkey