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Normand Valiant
Offshore Construction

Solstad Maritime secures two-year Petrobras contract for CSV

Alan Bosworth
STS operations on a Suezmax oil tanker
Tankers

Oil buyers to avoid using vessels on Iran's blacklist, but crude may still flow

Reuters
Persian Gulf (Arabian Gulf) map. Saudi Arabia, united arab emirates, oman, bahrain, qatar, iran, iraq, kuwait
Tankers

QatarEnergy joins Persian Gulf producers selling crude outside Hormuz

Reuters
US forces strike a drug boat in the Caribbean
Crime & Piracy

VIDEO | Another US attack on drug boat in Caribbean kills four

Reuters
Dry Cargo Vessel News Roundup | August 26 – Dutch electric shortsea ship design, Norwegian multi-purpose carrier delivery and more
Dry Cargo

Dry Cargo Vessel News Roundup | August 26 – Dutch electric shortsea ship design, Norwegian multi-purpose carrier delivery and more

Baird Maritime
An unidentified shipbreaking yard in Bangladesh
Shipping

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

Reuters
Strait of Hormuz
Shipping

US pressure pushes Iran to negotiate Hormuz corridor with Oman

Reuters
Panama Canal
Shipping

Ships pay over $1m at auction for Panama Canal transit slots

Reuters
Representatives of Goa Shipyard and the Indian Coast Guard during the delivery ceremony of the Adamya-class fast patrol vessel ICGS Ajit, August 25, 2026
Coast Guard

Indian Coast Guard takes delivery of seventh Adamya-class patrol vessel

Will Xavier
Aristoklis
Tankers

VESSEL REVIEW | Aristoklis – Dual-fuel Suezmax crude tanker joins Capital Maritime fleet

Baird Maritime
Vigor OL Brave
Bulkers

VESSEL REVIEW | Vigor OL Brave – Handysize bulker optimised for coal, grain and steel transport

Baird Maritime
Sabang Port, Indonesia
Ports & Terminals

OPINION | India and Indonesia are developing Sabang as a port, not a base

Premesha Saha
Aerial view of smoke billowing from the hold of the bulk carrier Federal Welland at the Port of Cardiff, UK, August 25, 2026
Incidents

Fire ignites on bulk carrier in Cardiff, UK

Gareth Havelock
Aerial view of Henderson Defence Precinct
Naval

Site selected for future defence precinct in Henderson, Western Australia

Will Xavier
MPC Container Ships
Container Shipping

MPC Container Ships gross operating profit drops slightly in Q2 2026

Jens Karsten
An Indian Coast Guard boarding team inspects an empty lifeboat that was aboard the Panamanian-flagged bulk carrier Ocean Winner when it sank in the Bay of Bengal on August 22, 2026. Only two survivors have been reported among the ship's 24-strong crew as of August 26, 2026.
Search and Rescue

Chinese vessels join search for missing cargo ship crew in Bay of Bengal

Gareth Havelock
Keel-laying ceremony for the Royal Australian Navy's lead Hunter-class frigate at Osborne Naval Shipyard in South Australia
Naval Ships

Keel laid for Royal Australian Navy's first Type 26 frigate

Will Xavier
The US Navy littoral combat ship USS Santa Barbara sails in formation with the Philippine Navy frigate BRP Diego Silang while Philippine Air Force FA-50PH fighter jets fly overhead during a multilateral maritime cooperative activity in the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone, August 24, 2026.
Naval

Australia, Philippines, US conduct multilateral maritime cooperative activity

Will Xavier
Neoliner Origin
Ro-Ro

CMA CGM to deploy sail-equipped Ro-Ro on trans-Atlantic service

Jens Karsten
An eelpout (Pachycara caribbaeum) lies on a bed of chemosynthetic mussels (Gigantidas childressi) off the coast of Trinidad and Tobago as photographed by Schmidt Ocean Institute's ROV SuBastian. Ninety-three per cent of Trinidad and Tobago lies below recreational scuba depths, placing its largest ecosystems in the mesophotic zone (between 30 and 199 metres) and the deep ocean.
Research, Environment & Training

New species and ecosystems discovered during deep-sea expedition off Trinidad and Tobago

Gareth Havelock
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