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Taiwan's Yang Ming posts $548m profit in 2025

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Iranian plane leaves India with sailors, bodies from warship sunk in US attack

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Ports & Terminals

Panama hopes China's COSCO will resume operations at Balboa port

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Naval

France presses on with Hormuz ideas, no secret Iran talks

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Dredging

DEME signs 25-year concession to manage Brazilian port channel

Alan Bosworth

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Yang Ming acquires three methanol-fuelled containerships under construction in Japan

Container Shipping

Yang Ming to order six new LNG dual-fuel containerships

Alan Bosworth

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Drilling & Production

Cyprus aims for gas exports by 2028 as MidEast conflict heightens supply tensions

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A screenshot of a video showing fast attack craft from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy swarming the Panamanian-flagged oil tanker Niovi as it transits the Strait of Hormuz, May 3, 2023.

Tankers

FEATURE | Lured by profits, some shipowners brave mines and missiles to sneak oil past Iran

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Crime & Piracy

Cuba says FBI to help investigate speedboat incursion by Cuban exiles

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Naval Ships

Japan receives second radar shipset for Aegis warships

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Harbour Tugs and Operation

VESSEL REVIEW | RB-2256 – Russian Navy acquires harbour tug for ship assist duties

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Zhejiang Port Inland River 060 at the Port of Jiaxing in Zhejiang province

Container Shipping

VESSEL REVIEW | Zhejiang Port Inland River 060 – Electric container vessel for operation in China's Zhejiang province

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Ferry

VESSEL REVIEW | Waitemata 1 – Hybrid fast ferry to serve commuter routes in New Zealand's Auckland region

12 Mar 2026

Heavy Lift

VESSEL REVIEW | Sanhanggong 9 – Chinese heavy lift ship with secondary emergency response function

12 Mar 2026

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Aquaculture

VESSEL REVIEW | Raften – Compact hybrid workboat to support Nordlaks' fish farming operations

11 Mar 2026

Offshore Construction

VESSEL REVIEW | HEA Eco 1 – HEA Energy welcomes construction support vessel to fleet

11 Mar 2026

Ro-Pax

VESSEL REVIEW | Vargsund – Electric Ro-Pax ferry for operation on Norwegian Arctic routes

10 Mar 2026

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PCC/PCTC

VESSEL REVIEW | CM Hong Kong & CM Shen Zhen – China Merchants' newest dual-fuel car carriers for global trade

10 Mar 2026

Ro-Pax

VESSEL REVIEW | China Zorrilla – Uruguay's Buquebus to operate world's largest fully electric ferry

09 Mar 2026

Other Workboats

VESSEL REVIEW | Marc'h Bihan – Small landing craft workboat for port maintenance in France’s Finistere department

09 Mar 2026

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PSVs

VESSEL REVIEW | CL Spec Lisa – Versatile PSV for operation off West Africa

06 Mar 2026

Heavy Lift

VESSEL REVIEW | Gugang Fa Yao 0001 & Fujian-Xiamen Barge 0077 – Chinese deck cargo barges for vehicle and logistical transport duties

06 Mar 2026

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09 Mar 2026

Michael Grey

COLUMN | Remember the poor bloody infantry: seafarers in the crossfire of the latest US-Iran hostilities [Grey Power]

06 Mar 2026

Hieronymus Bosch

COLUMN | The irrationality of markets: Tidewater and Wilson Sons; Saipem, Deep Value Driller and Eldorado; Bourbon Evolution 805 and 807 [Offshore Accounts]

02 Mar 2026

Alan Loynd

COLUMN | When harbour tugs respond to emergencies, every second counts [Tug Times]

26 Feb 2026

Hieronymus Bosch

COLUMN | No big deal: the fate of officers of the dark tanker fleet (part two of two) [Offshore Accounts]

25 Feb 2026

Hieronymus Bosch

COLUMN | No big deal: Aurora and DOF; Golden Energy, Bourbon and ICBC; Astro purchase and Adani investigation; fate of dark fleet officers (part one of two) [Offshore Accounts]

23 Feb 2026

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Baird Maritime / Work Boat World

Iran lets two gas tankers sail to India through Hormuz

Taiwan's Yang Ming posts $548m profit in 2025

Iranian plane leaves India with sailors, bodies from warship sunk in US attack

Panama hopes China's COSCO will resume operations at Balboa port

France presses on with Hormuz ideas, no secret Iran talks

DEME signs 25-year concession to manage Brazilian port channel

Yang Ming to order six new LNG dual-fuel containerships

Cyprus aims for gas exports by 2028 as MidEast conflict heightens supply tensions

FEATURE | Lured by profits, some shipowners brave mines and missiles to sneak oil past Iran

Cuba says FBI to help investigate speedboat incursion by Cuban exiles

Japan receives second radar shipset for Aegis warships

Vessel Reviews

VESSEL REVIEW | RB-2256 – Russian Navy acquires harbour tug for ship assist duties

VESSEL REVIEW | Zhejiang Port Inland River 060 – Electric container vessel for operation in China's Zhejiang province

VESSEL REVIEW | Waitemata 1 – Hybrid fast ferry to serve commuter routes in New Zealand's Auckland region

VESSEL REVIEW | Sanhanggong 9 – Chinese heavy lift ship with secondary emergency response function

VESSEL REVIEW | Raften – Compact hybrid workboat to support Nordlaks' fish farming operations

VESSEL REVIEW | HEA Eco 1 – HEA Energy welcomes construction support vessel to fleet

VESSEL REVIEW | Vargsund – Electric Ro-Pax ferry for operation on Norwegian Arctic routes

VESSEL REVIEW | CM Hong Kong & CM Shen Zhen – China Merchants' newest dual-fuel car carriers for global trade

VESSEL REVIEW | China Zorrilla – Uruguay's Buquebus to operate world's largest fully electric ferry

VESSEL REVIEW | Marc'h Bihan – Small landing craft workboat for port maintenance in France’s Finistere department

VESSEL REVIEW | CL Spec Lisa – Versatile PSV for operation off West Africa

VESSEL REVIEW | Gugang Fa Yao 0001 & Fujian-Xiamen Barge 0077 – Chinese deck cargo barges for vehicle and logistical transport duties

The Latest From Our Columnists

COLUMN | There are weeks where decades happen: CBO and OceanPact in Brazil; Edda Wind Chopped; Ferguson Marine [Offshore Accounts]

COLUMN | Remember the poor bloody infantry: seafarers in the crossfire of the latest US-Iran hostilities [Grey Power]

COLUMN | The irrationality of markets: Tidewater and Wilson Sons; Saipem, Deep Value Driller and Eldorado; Bourbon Evolution 805 and 807 [Offshore Accounts]

COLUMN | When harbour tugs respond to emergencies, every second counts [Tug Times]

COLUMN | No big deal: the fate of officers of the dark tanker fleet (part two of two) [Offshore Accounts]

COLUMN | No big deal: Aurora and DOF; Golden Energy, Bourbon and ICBC; Astro purchase and Adani investigation; fate of dark fleet officers (part one of two) [Offshore Accounts]

Latest Features

FEATURE | Lured by profits, some shipowners brave mines and missiles to sneak oil past Iran

FEATURE | US allows temporary sale of sanctioned Russian oil to stabilise markets

OPINION | Ghost of Gallipoli: US warships cannot control the Strait of Hormuz

OPINION | Has the Iran crisis derailed Europe's recovery in gas demand?

FEATURE | Shipping lanes under fire with six vessels targeted near Hormuz