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 Global Attention. A fascinating human washing machine that wowed crowds at...

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 MARPOL Annexe VI Ratification. The Mediterranean States are currently exploring the...

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 Demand. Geopolitics Drive Bigger Capacity Push Into the East Coast...

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 India. Benchmark VLCC routes such as Middle East to China and...

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 terminal at the Port of Immingham. Located in Lincolnshire, Immingham is...

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 drum pulled in a crew member’s arm. The lapse in...

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 between themselves, Maersk, and CMA CGM, and that both carriers...

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 oil destined for foreign markets, as Kyiv tries to pile...

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 ready the vessel for the upcoming winter navigation season along...

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

According to Euronews, two sanctioned oil carriers caught fire in the Black Sea near Türkiye. The incidents happened only a few dozen nautical miles off the coast. All crew members were rescued, while investigators...