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2026 A Turning Point For Shippers As Freight Market Shifts In Their Favor

After enduring a turbulent 2024 and 2025 marked by trade wars and geopolitical conflicts, global shippers are finally seeing positive signs for 2026. According to Xeneta’s 2026 Ocean Outlook, the coming year could bring...

CMA CGM Strengthens French Maritime Power With Ten New Eco-Efficient Mega Vessels

CMA CGM Group’s Chairman and CEO, Rodolphe Saadé, has announced a major step forward in France’s maritime industry with the addition of ten new 24,000 TEU container ships. These vessels, among the largest and...

China–Iran Oil-for-Weapons Trade Loop: Rising Risks For Global Maritime Security

Dryad Global’s new report, “The China–Iran Oil-for-Weapons Trade Loop: Entities, Sanctions, and Implications for Proxy Warfare,” uncovers how China and Iran’s growing cooperation is reshaping global maritime and geopolitical risks. Rooted in their 2021 Comprehensive...

CMMI Launches Nautonomy Ltd Pioneering Autonomous Maritime Innovation In Cyprus

The Cyprus Marine and Maritime Institute (CMMI) has achieved a major milestone with the launch of its first spinout company, Nautonomy Ltd. This new venture represents a bold step towards advancing autonomous and intelligent...

HTM Launches First ‘Ultra-Spec’ Tanker To Drive Cleaner Marine Fuel Solutions

Hercules Tanker Management (HTM) has marked a major milestone in sustainable shipping with the launch of HTM Harriet, the first vessel in its revolutionary ‘Ultra-Spec Series’. This initiative represents HTM’s commitment to greener marine...

ONE Downgrades Profit Forecast Amid Global Uncertainty And Market Pressure

Ocean Network Express (ONE) has once again reduced its full-year profit forecast, signaling growing concerns over market instability and the challenges facing the global shipping industry. The company warned that despite temporary rate recoveries,...

China Sets Sail Toward Net-Zero Seas with New Green Methanol Project

China has begun building its first full-chain green methanol facility aimed at powering the maritime sector, marking a major step toward cleaner shipping fuels, reports Marine Insight. The project is a joint venture between Jilin...

Vietnam’s New Islands Defy Beijing’s Maritime Dominance

In the turquoise waters of the South China Sea, one country is challenging Beijing’s grip on one of the world’s most important maritime thoroughfares, reports Dredgewire. Over four years, Vietnam has built out a series...

[Watch] India’s Maritime Vision Cemented During Maritime Week

The India Maritime Week 2025 (27-31 October) set a bold vision to position India as a global maritime leader by 2047 through innovation and strategic investment. The DD India news channel explained in a video...

Low-Sulfur Bunker Fuel Sales Have Decreased Since 2020

When the International Maritime Organization’s lower marine sulfur limit, known as IMO 2020, took effect in January 2020, commercial shippers pivoted sharply to fueling their vessels with low-sulfur fuel oil (LSFO), reads an EIA...