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Zodiac expands tanker orderbook with quartet of suezmax newbuilds
London-based Zodiac Maritime is stepping up its investment in crude tanker tonnage, ordering four suezmax newbuildings i…
21 May 2026
Saipem eyes Brazil’s offshore decommissioning market with Petrobras tie-up
Italian offshore contractor Saipem is positioning itself for a larger role in Brazil’s emerging decommissioning market a…
21 May 2026
DeepOcean wins North Sea FPSO decommissioning contract
DeepOcean has secured a contract to support the decommissioning and removal of a floating production, storage and offloa…
21 May 2026
Wood secures new offshore engineering role in Qatar
UK engineering group Wood has been awarded a contract by China Offshore Oil Engineering Company (COOEC) to deliver a sco…
21 May 2026
Hanwha Ocean Holds Discussion About Future AI Warships With Microsoft & Google
Hanwha Ocean collaborated with Microsoft and Google regarding future naval tech, especially AI warships, in an event whi…
21 May 2026
Cargo carriers split on freighter strategy as Boeing delays extend
Cargo carriers are increasingly diverging on long-term fleet strategy as Boeing delays deepen, forcing ageing freighters…
21 May 2026
Piracy Off Somalia Rises Again As Iran-U.S War Forces Ships To Take Dangerous Detours Around Africa
The U.S-Iran war has led to a resurgence of maritime piracy in Somalia as commercial ships are forced to take lengthy de…
21 May 2026
Sunken Treasure Ship With 27 Cannons & 18 Silver Bars Discovered Off Spain
A 17th-century French treasure ship carrying 27 cannons and 18 silver bars has been discovered on the seabed of the Bay …
21 May 2026
Saudi $1 Trillion Wealth Fund Weighs Creating a Logistics Giant
Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund is considering consolidating transport and supply-chain assets to create a logistic…
21 May 2026
Two Dry Bulk Carriers Collide Near Singapore Anchorage Exit
Two dry bulk carriers collided near the eastern bunkering anchorage area of Singapore on May 20, 2026.
21 May 2026
No Full Hormuz Flows Until First Half of 2027, UAE’s Oil Giant Says
Full oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz will not return before the first or second quarter of 2027, even if the Midd…
21 May 2026
China Is Building A Great Wall Of Undersea Sensors To Track U.S Nuclear Submarines In Indo-Pacific
China is building a network of undersea sensors in the Pacific Ocean to detect the U.S. Navy’s nuclear submarines and se…
21 May 2026
Another UAE-Oman multimodal corridor to keep Gulf supply chains moving
Authorities across the Middle East continue to explore integrated trade corridors using multimodal solutions to keep car…
21 May 2026
Pakistan relaunches offshore oil hunt after 18-year hiatus
Pakistan has reopened its offshore energy frontier to oil and gas exploration after an almost 18‑year gap, signing agree…
21 May 2026
IMO condemns Iran’s Hormuz attacks, calls for safe-passage framework
International Maritime Organization member states May 19 passed another resolution to condemn Iran’s attacks on merchant…
21 May 2026
U.S. Marines board Iranian oil tanker in Gulf of Oman
U.S. Marines boarded an Iranian-flagged commercial oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman on Wednesday after the vessel was susp…
21 May 2026
Lloyd’s Register drives new push to standardise container stowage data with launch of LXF Consortium
Lloyd’s Register (LR) has helped establish a new industry consortium aimed at ending the fragmented way container stowag…
21 May 2026
Heidmar Maritime Holdings Corp. Grows Managed Fleet With Five Strategic Crude Tanker Additions Amid Record Market Conditions
Heidmar Maritime Holdings Corp. announces the addition of five vessels to its commercially managed fleet, further strength…
21 May 2026
Proposed Indian green fuel project will target bunker demand – CIST
Indian project developer CIST Technology plans to supply bio-methanol and green ammonia for bunkering in ports in India …
21 May 2026
IMO and WMU launch handbook on gender mainstreaming in the maritime sector
The World Maritime University (WMU) and the International Maritime Organization (IMO) have released a new Handbook on Ge…
21 May 2026
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