The Port Journal

The amount of liner shipping using dual-fuel vessels able to take advantage of the emerging alternative lower emissions fuels nearly doubled in 2025, according to new data from the World Shipping Council. In its year-end update on the Dual-Fuel Fleet Dashboard, WSC highlights continuing strong investments as shipowners push forward with their efforts, not waiting […]

Oil exports from Venezuela have surged upwards since the end of the U.S. embargo and the capture of former dictator Nicolas Maduro. Under American management, oil cargoes rose to 800,000 bpd in January, up from about 500,000 bpd under U.S. Navy blockade in December. Vitol and Trafigura reportedly reached an arrangement to buy the initial […]

The Maritime Enforcement Agency of Malaysia proudly celebrated its crackdown last week on an illegal ship-to-ship oil transfer but then quietly over the weekend released the two vessels without explanation. One of the vessels appears to have been operating in the shadows for nearly a decade while the other is Chinese-owned, and they were caught […]

Severe North Atlantic weather has caused additional damage to the wreck of the container ship MSC Baltic III, which grounded on the rocks near Lark Harbor, Newfoundland in February 2025. After a series of storms in late January, salvage crews carried out a site assessment of the wreck, particularly the cracking and buckling of the […]

Disney Cruise Line’s ultra-large cruise ship Disney Adventure today, February 2, set a record as the largest cruise ship to transit the Panama Canal as she resumed her repositioning cruise to Asia. She became the largest cruise ship by gross tonnage and capacity, as well as the first 200,000-plus gross ton cruise ship to make […]

Japanese shipowner K Line has confirmed that the search for the missing crew of the bulker Devon Bay has been called off, ending an 10-day hunt for survivors. Devon Bay was under way on a voyage from the Philippine port of Zamboanga to China on January 23. At a position about 140 nm to the […]

An arrest warrant was issued late on January 30 in Taiwan for the captain of a Yang Ming containership on suspicion of drug smuggling. The captain, who was only identified by the surname of Yu, had been detained earlier in the week after an inspection of his vessel at the Port of Kaohsiung. The Taiwan-based […]

[By Resolve Marine] Resolve Marine is pleased to announce the opening of its new office in Tokyo, Japan, marking a significant step in expanding its presence across Asia and reinforcing its commitment to the global maritime community. Originally launched in late 2025, the office in Japan has established firm roots where it continues to strengthen […]

A historic schooner grounded off the port of Cuxhaven, Germany over the weekend, forcing an urgent evacuation of the vessel. At about 1215 hours on Saturday afternoon, the German Maritime Search and Rescue Service (DGzRS) rescue center received notice of a large sailing vessel grounded on the outer stretches of the Elbe River, just north […]

A U.S. District Court Judge issued a preliminary injunction on Monday, February 2, for Sunrise Wind against the Trump administration’s December stop-work order. With today’s ruling, all five of the under-construction offshore wind farms have received permission to resume work despite the administration’s claims of new information about potential radar interference from the wind turbine […]