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Tankers

Venezuelan-linked tanker seizures threaten to sever Cuban energy link

Reuters

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Refining & Processing

Galp and Moeve discuss tie-up that could create European refining giant

Reuters

29 minutes ago

Offshore Support & Maintenance

Solstad Offshore secures $15.4m contract extension for AHTS in Brazil

Alan Bosworth

43 minutes ago

JS Toryu, the 12th and final Soryu-class submarine to be delivered to the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force

Naval

China says ban on exports of dual-use items to Japan to only hit military companies

Reuters

8 hours ago

Offshore Support & Maintenance

Equinor awards $10 billion in supplier maintenance contracts

Reuters

8 hours ago

Drilling & Production

Norway's oil and gas regulator says output will fall towards 2030

Reuters

9 hours ago

Accidents

39 now confirmed dead in Gambia illegal migrant boat sinking, officials say

Reuters

9 hours ago

Vasily Ilyin, a Russian-built passenger hovercraft (representative photo only)

Accidents

Three injured after hovercraft capsizes on Russia's Lake Onega

Jens Karsten

10 hours ago

The national security multi-mission vessel State of Maine, which will be operated by Maine Maritime Academy

Research, Environment & Training

Delivery of US Maritime Administration's new training ship moved to February

Gareth Havelock

10 hours ago

The search and rescue effort following the capsizing of the Ro-Pax ferry Muchlisa in Indonesia's East Kalimantan province, May 5, 2025. Two of the vessel's crew perished in the incident.

Accidents

EDITORIAL | Passenger vessel death toll falls 28 per cent in 2025; tour boats become an increasing problem

Dr Neil Baird

10 hours ago

Inland Tug Operations

VESSEL REVIEW | Inzener Zinger – Ice-capable pusher tugs for operation in northern and central Russia

10 hours ago

Ro-Ro

VESSEL REVIEW | Anhar – Deck cargo ship trio for oil and gas support in Arabian Gulf

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Other Workboats

VESSEL REVIEW | Almaz – Harbour workboat for operation on Russia's Volga-Caspian Shipping Canal

07 Jan 2026

Police

VESSEL REVIEW | TCJ-26 – Inland and offshore patrol boat for Turkey's Gendarmerie General Command

07 Jan 2026

Transport & Processing

VESSEL REVIEW | Xinxiangli 55 & Xinxiangli 56 – Refrigerated transporters to support China's South Pacific fishing fleet

06 Jan 2026

Cruise

VESSEL REVIEW | Viking Nerthus – Viking's new river cruise ship to serve French itineraries

06 Jan 2026

Harbour Tugs and Operation

VESSEL REVIEW | Engage Maverick – Australia's Engage Marine places multi-role harbour tug into service

05 Jan 2026

Harbour Tugs and Operation

VESSEL REVIEW | Mary Jane Moran – Moran Towing's new escort tug to serve Texas Gulf Coast ship traffic

05 Jan 2026

A Peschaud crewboat from the same series as Apolline and Fatimatou

Crewboats

VESSEL REVIEW | Apolline & Fatimatou – Bespoke crewboats to support West Africa oil and gas operations

02 Jan 2026

Summitt assisting the deck barge Volunteer

Inland Tug Operations

VESSEL REVIEW | Summitt – Pusher tug to assist ferry crossings along Tennessee River

02 Jan 2026

Ro-Ro

VESSEL REVIEW | Fajar Bahari VIII & Fajar Bahari IX – Ro-Ro pair to serve inter-island routes in Indonesia

01 Jan 2026

Container Shipping

VESSEL REVIEW | Mackenzie & Colorado – Norway's MPC Container Ships welcomes 5,500TEU newbuilds to fleet

01 Jan 2026

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Michael Grey

COLUMN | Slow down: avoiding haste and minimising accidents aboard ship [Grey Power]

07 Jan 2026

Hieronymus Bosch

COLUMN | 2026 predictions and 2025 lessons: the three best words in the English language are, “You were right!” (but not always) [Offshore Accounts]

05 Jan 2026

Michael Grey

COLUMN | Attracting the right talent and averting a manpower crisis in the maritime industry [Grey Power]

30 Dec 2025

Alan Loynd

God rest ye merry, gentlemen (and ladies): celebrating competent people in the maritime industry

30 Dec 2025

Hieronymus Bosch

COLUMN | The Twelve Days of Christmas 2025: Twelve Bourbon vessels a-selling; eleven per cent profit rise at Subsea 7; ten years of waiting for a Scottish ferry … and a partridge in a pear tree [Offshore Accounts]

29 Dec 2025

Hieronymus Bosch

COLUMN | The Twelve Days of Christmas 2025: Seven investigators and the Dark Fleet, eight months and no US shipbuilding strategy, nine million for an 80-tonner in the Bourbon auction (part two of two) [Offshore Accounts]

24 Dec 2025

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Drone attack forces Russia-bound tanker to divert in Black Sea

Venezuelan-linked tanker seizures threaten to sever Cuban energy link

Galp and Moeve discuss tie-up that could create European refining giant

Solstad Offshore secures $15.4m contract extension for AHTS in Brazil

China says ban on exports of dual-use items to Japan to only hit military companies

Equinor awards $10 billion in supplier maintenance contracts

Norway's oil and gas regulator says output will fall towards 2030

39 now confirmed dead in Gambia illegal migrant boat sinking, officials say

Three injured after hovercraft capsizes on Russia's Lake Onega

Delivery of US Maritime Administration's new training ship moved to February

EDITORIAL | Passenger vessel death toll falls 28 per cent in 2025; tour boats become an increasing problem

Vessel Reviews

VESSEL REVIEW | Inzener Zinger – Ice-capable pusher tugs for operation in northern and central Russia

VESSEL REVIEW | Anhar – Deck cargo ship trio for oil and gas support in Arabian Gulf

VESSEL REVIEW | Almaz – Harbour workboat for operation on Russia's Volga-Caspian Shipping Canal

VESSEL REVIEW | TCJ-26 – Inland and offshore patrol boat for Turkey's Gendarmerie General Command

VESSEL REVIEW | Xinxiangli 55 & Xinxiangli 56 – Refrigerated transporters to support China's South Pacific fishing fleet

VESSEL REVIEW | Viking Nerthus – Viking's new river cruise ship to serve French itineraries

VESSEL REVIEW | Engage Maverick – Australia's Engage Marine places multi-role harbour tug into service

VESSEL REVIEW | Mary Jane Moran – Moran Towing's new escort tug to serve Texas Gulf Coast ship traffic

VESSEL REVIEW | Apolline & Fatimatou – Bespoke crewboats to support West Africa oil and gas operations

VESSEL REVIEW | Summitt – Pusher tug to assist ferry crossings along Tennessee River

VESSEL REVIEW | Fajar Bahari VIII & Fajar Bahari IX – Ro-Ro pair to serve inter-island routes in Indonesia

VESSEL REVIEW | Mackenzie & Colorado – Norway's MPC Container Ships welcomes 5,500TEU newbuilds to fleet

The Latest From Our Columnists

COLUMN | Slow down: avoiding haste and minimising accidents aboard ship [Grey Power]

COLUMN | 2026 predictions and 2025 lessons: the three best words in the English language are, “You were right!” (but not always) [Offshore Accounts]

COLUMN | Attracting the right talent and averting a manpower crisis in the maritime industry [Grey Power]

God rest ye merry, gentlemen (and ladies): celebrating competent people in the maritime industry

COLUMN | The Twelve Days of Christmas 2025: Twelve Bourbon vessels a-selling; eleven per cent profit rise at Subsea 7; ten years of waiting for a Scottish ferry … and a partridge in a pear tree [Offshore Accounts]

COLUMN | The Twelve Days of Christmas 2025: Seven investigators and the Dark Fleet, eight months and no US shipbuilding strategy, nine million for an 80-tonner in the Bourbon auction (part two of two) [Offshore Accounts]

Latest Features

EDITORIAL | Passenger vessel death toll falls 28 per cent in 2025; tour boats become an increasing problem

FEATURE | Are European leaders using Greenland to distract from domestic issues?

FEATURE | US seizes Russian tanker tied to Venezuelan oil exports after two-week Atlantic chase

COLUMN | Slow down: avoiding haste and minimising accidents aboard ship [Grey Power]

FEATURE | Caracas, Washington reach deal to export Venezuelan oil to US