Shanghai Port Drives Surge In China’s Auto Exports In H1 2025

Shanghai Port has emerged as a major hub for China’s automobile exports, recording over 1.27 million units shipped in the first half of 2025—a 13% year-on-year increase, according to Shanghai Customs. Rapid Growth in Export...

Ocean Network Express (ONE) Launches First Maritime Service To Libya Via Misrata Port

Ocean Network Express (ONE), one of Japan’s largest and most prominent shipping companies, has initiated its first maritime operations in Libya through the Misrata Free Zone Port. This move marks a significant milestone in...

NATO CCDCOE Flags Rising State-Linked Cyber Threats To Maritime Ports

The NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE) has released a critical policy brief highlighting the growing cyber threats to maritime port infrastructure. Titled “Addressing State-Linked Cyber Threats to Critical Maritime Port Infrastructure,”...

Longship Expands Green Fleet With Delivery Of Longeden And PMAX ECO Orders

In a major step towards greener maritime operations, Dutch shipping company Longship has successfully completed the delivery of Longeden—the final vessel in a series of four ultra-low-emission general cargo ships. These vessels are part...

India Bans Use Of Fraudulent Foreign CoCs By Seafarers Amid Growing Certification Scam

India’s Directorate General of Shipping (DGS) has issued a sweeping ban on the deployment of Indian seafarers holding certificates of competency (CoCs) and certificates of proficiency (CoPs) from a list of unverified foreign maritime...

Tsuneishi Shipbuilding Announces Group Reorganisation

Tsuneishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., a shipbuilder headquartered in Fukuyama, Japan, will implement a group reorganisation on 1 September 2025 by merging its wholly owned subsidiaries TSUNEISHI MIHO SHIPYARD Co., Ltd. and NIIGATA SHIPBUILDING & REPAIR, Inc.,...

World’s Largest Fully Electric Container Ship Sets Sail

Greenwater 01 becomes the world’s largest fully electric container ship, launched by China Ocean Shipping Group (COSCO). Capable of carrying 700 TEU with a range of 1,000 km, it runs entirely on modular battery...

Hanwha Philly Eyes Entry into U.S. Navy Shipbuilding

Hanwha Philly Shipyard, a U.S.-based subsidiary of South Korea’s Hanwha Group, is considering a bid for the U.S. Navy’s upcoming combat support ship construction project, reports the Korea Times. CEO David Kim revealed in a...

CMA CGM ZEPHYR Transits Suez Canal

The container vessel CMA CGM ZEPHYR recently transited the Suez Canal’s southern convoy on its journey from Singapore to Alexandria. This voyage marks the tenth container ship to benefit from a new incentive scheme...

Gibson Sets Sail into Maritime Finance with RMK Acquisition

UK-based shipbroking and advisory services company E.A. Gibson Shipbrokers has joined forces with compatriot maritime finance, advisory, and capital raising company RMK Maritime (Europe) to expand its service offering. Effective from August 1, 2025,...