News 2026 September 2

US LNG exports jump 23% as new terminals drive fastest growth since 2016

Wah Kwong NatPower signs pact with Jiangsu Port Group for China’s largest inland waterway network

Lloyd’s Register says full-scale shipboard carbon capture reaches 40% as port bottleneck blocks rollout

Lloyd’s Register launches ESG roadmap linking ship finance, charter demand and asset value

Alfa Laval launches compact downward-circulation boiler for cruise ships and ferries

New Zealand port operator Port Otago orders 10 hybrid straddle carriers from Konecranes

German port operator HHLA cuts 2026 EBIT outlook

RINA approves Marine Results for yacht rigging inspections with no vessel-size limits

Jan De Nul installs first of 53 monopiles at Dutch OranjeWind wind farm

Fincantieri and German naval group TKMS sign submarine deal to set up joint framework by year-end

Alphaliner ranks Taiwan’s Wan Hai top for container carrier margins for fifth straight quarter

Wallenius orders two wing sails for first commercial wind-assist deployment on car carrier

MacGregor wins RoRo package for two TT-Line hybrid LNG ferries in China

US Navy certifies Rolls-Royce mtu engines for 30-day unmanned ship deployments

Ten Turkish crew missing as cargo ship feared sunk after tanker collision off Istanbul

Maersk to install world-first rotor sail on 8,700-TEU containership

LNG bunker supplier Titan and shipowner Sogestran sign long-term vessel deal for western Mediterranean

NYK replaces company-by-company conduct codes with single global standard

Two oil tankers hit mines and burn in Strait of Hormuz, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards say

Tankers top ship distress calls for eighth year as Inmarsat tally reaches 203

US offshore groups Hornbeck and Helix complete merger to create 100-vessel fleet

Sweden orders four air-defence frigates from French shipbuilder Naval Group for $4.9bn

Maersk cuts long-term fuel fees from 1 October

Eight dead and 20 missing after Turkish ferry sinks off Cyprus as operator’s sailings are halted