Human Washing Machine Makes Commercial Debut in Japan

Hotels and Retailers Snap Up Japan’s New Human Washer. Sci-Fi Human Washing Pod Hits Market at 60 Million Yen. Limited-Edition Human Washer Draws...

Mediterranean Moves Closer to Designating Regional NOx Emission Control Area

Experts Review Feasibility Study for Proposed Med NOx ECA. Delegates Highlight Air Quality and Health Gains from NOx Cuts. Meeting Calls for Rapid...

Overcapacity Set to Define Carrier Strategies in 2026

US East Coast Sees 35% Capacity Surge as Spot Rates Collapse Over 50%. US West Coast Capacity Flat but Rates Slide Amid Falling...

VLCC Rates Surge as Russian Crude Flows Lose Momentum

The latest market update from Breakwave Advisors highlights a VLCC sector that remains unusually firm despite signs of cooling in Russian crude flows to...

Stena Line, ABP Launch £200 Million Immingham RoRo Terminal

Stena Line and the UK’s largest port operator, Associated British Ports (ABP), have begun work on a new £200 million ($264 million) freight ferry...

Unguarded Conveyor Drum and Communication Lapse Cause Injury

In a recent case study reported by the Shipowners’ Club, a routine rope-clearing task aboard a fishing vessel turned catastrophic when an unguarded conveyor...

Global Container Market Slips Amid Red Sea Transit Shift

This week’s Baltic Exchange Container Report shows a slide across major lanes. The Suez Canal Authority has this week announced that it has had talks...

Ukrainian Naval Drones Strike 2 Russian ‘Shadow Fleet’ Oil Tankers

Ukrainian naval drones hit two tankers operating under sanctions in the Black Sea as they headed to a Russian port to load up with...

Russia Fast-Tracks Sea Trials for Its Debut Domestically-Made LNG Carrier

Russia’s first domestically constructed LNG Carrier, Aleksey Kosygin, is undergoing its fourth round of sea trials in the Far East as Moscow races to...

Explosion and Fires Hit Sanctioned Tankers in the Black Sea Off...

According to Euronews, two sanctioned oil carriers caught fire in the Black Sea near Türkiye. The incidents happened only a few dozen nautical miles...