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Rendering of Compagnie Maritime Nantaise's hybrid Ro-Ro with rigid sails in the upright position
Ro-Ro

Danish firm selected to provide basic design of new hybrid Ro-Ro fitted with rigid sails

Gareth Havelock
The launch of the Vietnam People's Navy's new 80-metre submarine rescue vessel, September 15, 2026
Search and Rescue

Vietnamese builder launches 80-metre submarine rescue ship

Will Xavier
Reefcat
Unmanned Survey & Research

VESSEL REVIEW | Reefcat – Electric autonomous catamaran for Great Barrier Reef monitoring missions

Baird Maritime
Rawabi 73
AHTS

VESSEL REVIEW | Rawabi 73 – AHTS with 120-tonne bollard pull optimised for Persian Gulf operations

Baird Maritime
HMS Queen Elizabeth at Babcock's Rosyth shipyard
Naval

Babcock retains annual forecast as defence spending backs momentum

Reuters
Hornbeck Offshore Services' well intervention vessel Seawell
Offshore Decommissioning

Hornbeck Offshore bags multi-year decommissioning contract in North Sea

Jens Karsten
CCGS Judy LaMarsh, a rebuilt icebreaker acquired by the Canadian Coast Guard from a private operator
Icebreaking

Rebuilt icebreaker enters service with Canadian Coast Guard

Will Xavier
School of tuna Indian Ocean Tuna Commission
Fishing Regulation & Enforcement

French tuna association condemns new EU tariff concessions

Gareth Havelock
A Robert Allan Ltd-designed 32-metre escort tug
Harbour Tugs and Operation

Chilean yard starts building new tug in anticipation of growing global demand

Jens Karsten
The US Navy LCU-1700-class landing craft LCU-1710 during sea trials
Naval Auxiliary/Support

US Navy awards three prototype agreements to accelerate landing craft production

Will Xavier
Construction of an 8,700-ton nuclear-powered submarine, North Korea
Weaponry

North Korea: US-driven nuclear submarine push justifies own weapons buildup

Reuters
US Central Command (Centcom) commenced Operation Epic Fury, February 28
Security

CBO: Iran war cost hits $38b, forecast to rise $3b a month

Reuters
The sail-powered autonomous vessel PC13
Unmanned Survey & Research

Sail-powered autonomous vessel completes solo trans-Atlantic crossing from Canary Islands to Barbados

Gareth Havelock
Laying of the keel of Janot, a new ferry ordered by French operator SPM Ferries
Ro-Pax

Spanish yard lays keel of new ferry for France's SPM

Jens Karsten
Charred remains of the Philippine ferry June Aster
Accidents

Authorities complete search through interior spaces of burnt Philippine ferry

Gareth Havelock
China Zorrilla being loaded onto the heavy lift vessel Black Marlin
Ro-Pax

World's largest fully electric ferry arrives in Uruguay following delivery voyage

Jens Karsten
Maritime Tactical Systems' Devil Ray
Unmanned Security Systems

Martac adds capacity for 100 Devil Ray USVs through Solace partnership

Alan Bosworth
Yanbu terminal, Saudi Arabia
Tankers

Oil jumps nearly $3 as Saudi export halt, Libya outages stoke supply fears

Reuters
Port of Klaipėda, Lithuania
Ports & Terminals

EIB lends €100 million for Klaipėda port expansion and NATO access

Alan Bosworth
Sulina Canal, entry point to Ukraine's ports along the Danube
Bulkers

Danube delays triple Ukraine-to-Egypt grain transit times, shippers say

Reuters
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