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U.S, Philippines & Partner Nations Sink 2 Decommissioned Ships In Balikatan Exercise
Forces of the U.S, the Philippines, Japan and Canada combined their air-land and sea systems to sink two decommissioned …
13 May 2026
U.S Navy To Procure 15 Battleships By 2055 & 80 Robot Boats In Next 5 Years
The U.S Navy plans to procure 15 battleships by 2055 and 80-plus robot boats in the next 5 years under the new shipbuild…
13 May 2026
U.S Navy Urges Congress To Allow Construction Of Auxiliary Ships Overseas
The U.S Navy has urged Congress to approve construction of auxiliary ships & parts of combatant vessels in other countri…
13 May 2026
Sunken Russian Freighter May Have Been Transporting Nuclear Reactor Parts To North Korea: Report
The blasts reportedly killed two crew members identified as Second Mechanic Nikitin and Mechanic Yakovlev. Their bodies …
13 May 2026
U.S Plans Fleet Expansion To 450 Ships Under New 30-Year Shipbuilding Plan To Counter China
The U.S Navy is gearing up for the largest fleet expansion since the Cold War, as outlined in its May 2026 Shipbuilding …
13 May 2026
China Installs World’s Largest Single-Unit Floating Offshore Wind Power Platform
Power generated by the turbine is transmitted ashore through a domestically produced 66 kV dynamic submarine cable.
13 May 2026
Vietnam Appeals To U.S. Navy For Tanker Passage Amidst Blockade As Fuel Shortages Peak
Vietnam’s State Oil Company has asked the U.S Navy to allow an oil tanker to sail through the U.S Naval Blockade.
13 May 2026
US, China Agree No Country Should Be Allowed To Impose Shipping Tolls In Strait Of Hormuz
The department had not earlier released details of the Wang-Rubio call, which is unusual as such conversations are summa…
13 May 2026
Torm adds six MR resales in latest fleet expansion move
Danish product tanker owner Torm is expanding its fleet again after lining up eight additional vessels through a mix of …
13 May 2026
BW LNG linked to fresh LNG carrier duo at HD Hyundai Samho
BW LNG is surfacing as the buyer behind a fresh order for two large LNG carriers at HD Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries in…
13 May 2026
Thenamaris tied to MR newbuild play in South Korea
Greek shipowner Thenamaris has reportedly returned to the South Korean newbuilding market with four MR2 product tankers …
13 May 2026
MSC dominating north-south European regional box trade
MSC has tightened its grip on the North Europe-Mediterranean trade, controlling almost half the deployed container capac…
13 May 2026
Cape Shipping swings back to bulkers with newcastlemax order
Greek owner Cape Shipping is returning to the dry bulk newbuilding market for the first time in more than 15 years after…
13 May 2026
Libyan Coast Guard Opens Fire On German Humanitarian Rescue Ship In Mediterranean
The organisation said it has documented more than 75 cases of extreme violence involving Libyan militias in the Mediterr…
13 May 2026
Hapag-Lloyd loses market share in an ‘unsatisfactory’ first quarter
German carrier Hapag-Lloyd lost market share in the first quarter of 2026, and today reported flat year-on-year volume g…
13 May 2026
Shippers await OOCL appeal after FMC’s ‘unconstitutional’ record fine
Shippers will be watching with bated breath following OOCL’s decision to challenge the record $45m fine it was handed by…
13 May 2026
Second Qatari LNG Carrier Crosses Hormuz Under A Special Iran-Pakistan Arrangement
Two more tankers carrying Qatari LNG are expected to head to Pakistan in the coming days, according to sources familiar …
13 May 2026
UK And France To Host 40-Nation Meeting On Reopening And Securing Strait Of Hormuz
The UK government said HMS Dragon, one of the Royal Navy’s most capable warships, is being positioned in the region.
13 May 2026
DP World eyes second Chittagong box terminal in Bangladesh push
DP World has expanded its ambitions in Bangladesh’s port sector, seeking to operate Chittagong Container Terminal (CCT) …
13 May 2026
U.S. and China Agree: No Shipping Tolls in Strait of Hormuz
Senior U.S. and Chinese officials agree that no country can be allowed to exact shipping tolls in the Strait of Hormuz, …
13 May 2026
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