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Container Lines Manage Excess Supply with Increased Blank Sailings

8% of scheduled sailings between weeks 37–41 are cancelled, with most on the Transpacific eastbound. Over half of the blank sailings are concentrated in weeks 40–41, aligning with China’s Golden Week slowdown. Carriers...

Hostages Rescued After Armed Attack on Cargo Ship off Algarve Coast

Portuguese Navy freed two crew members briefly held hostage after an armed attack on a vessel off the Algarve. The ship had sailed from northern Spain and was en route to southern Spain...

Construction Starts for World’s First Ammonia-Powered Container Ship

Yara Clean Ammonia, together with Yara International, CMB.TECH and North Sea Container Line, has marked the official start of construction on Yara Eyde, the world’s first container ship powered by renewable ammonia. Steel cut for...

NCFI Falls Steeply, Mediterranean and Middle East Routes Hit Hard

The Ningbo Containerised Freight Index (NCFI), a composite benchmark tracking freight rates for 20ft, 40ft, and Hi Cube containers, posted steep declines across major trade lanes in the week ending 5 September 2025. Compiled...

Cape Shipping Takes Delivery of First SWS-Built Aframax Tanker

Second Sister Vessel Cape Antibes Expected for Delivery. Cape Shipping Expands Tanker Orders Across Chinese Shipyards. Company Adds MR2 Tankers Acquired from Evalend Shipping. Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding (SWS), part of the China State Shipbuilding...

South Korea Second in August Shipbuilding Orders as Global Demand Falls 65 Percent

South Korea Ranks Second After China in New Orders. Korea Focuses on High-Value LNG and Container Carriers. Global Order Backlog Drops to 164 Million CGT. In August, global shipbuilding orders took a significant hit,...

Maritime Cyber Defence and Risk Intelligence in Focus at LISW 2025

Maritime cyber threats are intensifying as geopolitical tensions, environmental obligations, and data regulations expand the sector’s risk landscape. A high-level seminar at London International Shipping Week 2025 will explore how to safeguard vessels,...

VesselBot: Shipping Faces Emissions Hurdles Amid Trade Shifts

VesselBot’s Q2 2025 report shows global shipping remains the backbone of world trade, but emissions and efficiency trends reflect mixed progress. Trade disruptions, ship size, age, and regional route differences significantly influence emissions...

Marine AI Trials Natural Language Communication Between Crewed and Uncrewed Ships

Marine AI, with support from the UK’s Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA), has launched world-first trials enabling uncrewed vessels to communicate naturally with other ships using a large language model. The project addresses...

Who am “I” ? The Persona vs. the Person

👤 Persona (Mask, Projection) When we say “I am me” or “you are you,” we are not really referring to the physical body or the raw biological entity, but to the recognizable persona — the...