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GNV Azzurra
Ro-Pax

GNV sells 45-year-old ferry for scrapping in Turkey

Gareth Havelock
Rendering of a Type 212CD submarine
Naval Ships

Norway awards ship maintenance contracts worth up to $101.7m

Alan Bosworth
Port Esbjerg
Shipping

Danish maritime groups urge inclusion in planned youth education programme

Alan Bosworth
Diagram of a nuclear-powered vessel beside a long pier, with a smaller craft near the shore.
Other Workboats

ABS, US Department of Energy sign MoU on commercial maritime nuclear applications

Alan Bosworth
A Walrus-class submarine
Naval Submersibles

Former Dutch Navy submarine Walrus towed to Amsterdam for recycling

Alan Bosworth
A vessel being built at Hoang Long Shipbuilding
Shipbuilding

Vietnam’s Hoang Long plans $9.62m shipbuilding facility in Thanh Hoa

Alan Bosworth
Rugen – LNG-fuelled patrol boat joins German customs enforcement fleet
Non-Naval Security

Contract awarded to maintain four new German LNG customs ships

Alan Bosworth
Black Sea
Shipping

As Russia-Ukraine conflict escalates, marine insurers widen Black Sea risk area

Reuters
The Project MANS02 catamaran USV being deployed into Amur Bay for sea trials
Ports & Terminals

Russia seeks unified Amur Basin shipping program as traffic grows

Alan Bosworth
The fast ferry SH-Galata 2 underway in the Bosphorus Strait just outside Istanbul
Ferry

COLUMN | Science versus subversion: dispelling claims of "magic hulls" that promise improved efficiency [Aft Lines]

John Kecsmar
Cochin Shipyard India
Shipbuilding

Cochin Shipyard approves 50:50 Drydocks World venture for Kochi repair yard

Alan Bosworth
Persian Gulf / Strait of Hormuz
Tankers

Iran war sends Strait of Hormuz oil transit costs soaring

Reuters
Marco Polo Marine's Singapore facilities
Shipbuilding

Marco Polo Marine agrees $110m reverse takeover deal

Alan Bosworth
Safeen Drydock 2
Other Workboats

Safeen Drydocks adds floating dock at Zayed Port in Abu Dhabi

Alan Bosworth
An unidentified shipbreaking yard in Bangladesh
Shipping

FEATURE | Deadly risks linger in Bangladesh's ship recycling industry

Reuters
Representatives of seafarer health and wellbeing services provider the OneCare Group at the Nautical Institute Conference in Singapore, August 20, 2026
Conferences & Exhibitions

GEAR | Seafarer wellbeing, career pathways highlighted at Nautical Institute Conference 2026 in Singapore

Baird Maritime Gear Editor
Hainan Province in China will host the 2026 Asia Commercial Diving Equipment, Deep-Sea Exploration and Development Expo.
Conferences & Exhibitions

GEAR | 2026 Asia Commercial Diving Equipment, Deep-Sea Exploration and Development Expo set for December in Hainan, China

Baird Maritime Gear Editor
The LNG carrier Rasi (then known as HL Ras Laffan) in 2025
Accidents

Toxic leak leaves nine dead at Bangladesh shipbreaking yard

Gareth Havelock
Screenshot of video showing US forces approaching Venezuela-linked tanker Veronica
Tankers

US officially clears GMS to dismantle two seized "shadow fleet" tankers

Reuters
Era, formely known as Bella 1 and Marinera
Tankers

US Government quietly cashes in on two seized sanctioned oil tankers

Reuters
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