The largest battery-electric ship ever constructed was powered up yesterday and successfully completed its first e-motor trial in Hobart, Tasmania. The powering of Hull 096 – the largest electric ...

US forces seized the VLCC Skipper off Venezuela as the battle between Washington and Caracas intensified with the Trump administration suggesting other vessels could be hijacked, too. China’s ...

Manila-based port operator International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) is pressing ahead with a major expansion at Brazil’s Rio Brasil Terminal, committing R$948m ($175m) to lift capacity ...

Norwegian offshore vessel owner Havila Shipping has secured a one-year contract extension for one of its platform suppliers (PSV) from compatriot energy major Equinor. Havila revealed that Equinor ...

A sanctioned LNG carrier linked to Russia’s Arctic LNG 2 project has been forced to abandon attempts to reach the Utrenny terminal after encountering unusually thick sea ice in the Gulf of Ob. The 293 ...

Norwegian chemical tanker owner Odfjell has joined forces with Japanese shipping major Nissen Kaiun to launch a new Bergen-based joint venture for operating stainless-steel chemical tankers. The new ...

Hapag-Lloyd has firmed up its fleet renewal plans with an order for eight dual-fuel methanol container ships at China’s CIMC Raffles, alongside agreements to charter a further 14 vessels on long-term ...

Newbuild deliveries in 2025, in cgt terms, are set to be the highest since the end of the last boom in 2012. How long the shipbuilding boom will last forms the lead in the November edition of Splash ...

China’s state-run shipping COSCO, the world’s largest shipowner, has placed a massive order for 87 newbuildings with yards under China State Shipbuilding Corp (CSSC), sealing the largest single ...

Insurance rates for ships trading in the Black Sea have jumped sharply following a fresh wave of attacks on vessels linked to Russia. Citing data from Marsh, the world’s largest insurance broker, ...

South Korea’s Hanwha Group has secured approval to lift its stake in Austal to 19.9%, becoming the Australian defence shipbuilder’s largest shareholder in a move expected to reshape naval-industry ...

Belgian marine contractor DEME has secured a major role in Poland’s offshore wind expansion after winning three contracts covering foundation and cable installation work for the BC-Wind project in the ...