Business Tanker Orders: Too Much, or Not Enough? Last week, in our annual forecasting opinion (“A Fool’s Game?”), we prognosticated that the tanker orderbook will decline in 2026.… 02/01/202602/05/2026
Business China and Russia Plan to Hold a Naval Exercise With Iran in February The commander of the regular Iranian navy (Nedaja) Rear Admiral Shahram Irani has announced that Iran will once again host… 02/01/202602/05/2026
Business Coast Guard Calls Off Search for Missing Crew of Fishing Vessel Lily Jean On Saturday, the U.S. Coast Guard suspended its search for the missing crew of the fishing vessel Lily Jean, which… 02/01/202602/05/2026
Business India’s First Chemical Tanker Order Advances Shipbuilding Ambitions Swan Defence and Heavy Industries Limited (SDHI), located in India, confirmed that it has received its first shipbuilding order as… 02/01/202602/05/2026
Business Fully-Compliant Fire Systems May Fall Short Against Modern Risks Inspection reports across much of the commercial fleet paint a reassuring picture. Fire detection systems are operational, fixed firefighting systems… 02/01/202602/05/2026
Business China Wants to Host the High Seas Secretariat [By Jiang Mengnan] China has joined Chile and Belgium in competing to host the secretariat of the High Seas Treaty. The… 02/01/202602/05/2026
Business Canada Approves Construction of an Arctic Mineral Port on Baffin Island At a time when Canada is prioritizing development of Arctic infrastructure, a new port and railway project in Baffin Island… 02/01/202602/05/2026
Business OceanScore Reaches $5M Annual Recurring Revenue Milestone OceanScore, a provider of commercial compliance solutions for maritime emissions regulations, has reached $5 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR). The… 02/01/202602/05/2026
Business Stonepeak Buys 25 Percent Stake in 10 of CMA CGM’s Container Terminals CMA CGM is launching a ports joint venture with one of the world’s largest infrastructure investors. With a 25 percent… 02/01/202602/05/2026
Business Launch of the Italian Navy’s Hydro-Oceanographic Ship The launch ceremony of the Italian Navy’s new Major Hydro-Oceanographic Ship (N.I.O.M.) named Quirinale, took place today at Fincantieri’s integrated… 01/31/202602/05/2026