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Gas carrier BW Libra
Tankers

Higher shipping earnings lift BW LPG profit in Q2 2026

Alan Bosworth
Map showing the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz and Gulf of Oman
Shipping

Qatari mediators press Iran to restore Strait of Hormuz shipping

Reuters
Port of Fujairah
Ports & Terminals

FEATURE | With Strait of Hormuz blocked, Persian Gulf states pour billions into infrastructure

Reuters
Baltic Sea
Unmanned Security Systems

Baltic Sea nations join forces on drone defence as hybrid threats mount

Reuters
DS Carolina
Drilling & Production

Ventura Offshore posts $20.4m Q2 profit on fleet extensions

Alan Bosworth
Penghu Islands, Taiwan
Security

FEATURE | Taiwan fortifies frontline islands against potential Chinese assault

Reuters
Strait of Hormuz
Tankers

Daily Strait of Hormuz traffic falls under half of 10-day average

Reuters
US Navy, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and Republic of Korea Navy vessels in formation during Freedom Edge 24
Naval

US, South Korea and Japan set September drills against North Korea

Reuters
Salmon Scotland
Aquaculture

Funding awarded to nine salmon conservation projects in Scotland

Gareth Havelock
Kratt
Other Workboats

VESSEL REVIEW | Kratt – Estonia's new biomethane-powered workboat for maintenance, research and emergency response

Baird Maritime
South Sea Rescue 152
Search and Rescue

VESSEL REVIEW | South Sea Rescue 152 – Coastal and offshore response ship for China Rescue and Salvage Bureau

Baird Maritime
Workboat News Roundup | August 28 – US training ship delivery, Finnish and Canadian icebreaker orders and more
Work Boat World

Workboat News Roundup | August 28 – US training ship delivery, Finnish and Canadian icebreaker orders and more

Baird Maritime
Kristin, a pelagic trawler operated by German fishing company Kristin Fischereigesellschaft
Catching

European Commission approves state aid for German fishing and aquaculture companies

Jens Karsten
Philippine Coast Guard personnel aboard an inflatable boat patrol Mapanuepe Lake in Zambales province to search for the missing passengers of a small boat that had capsized in the area, August 27, 2026. The white structure on the left is the steeple of a church that had become submerged when the 600-hectare lake was formed in 1991 following a volcanic eruption in nearby Pampanga province.
Accidents

VIDEO | Six dead, three others missing after lake boat capsizes in Zambales, Philippines

Will Xavier
Screenshot of video footage alleged to be that of the final voyage of the ferry Mbuya Nehanda on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe on August 11, 2026. The ferry capsized later that same day, leaving at least 92 people dead as of August 17, 2026.
Crime & Piracy

Zimbabwe official charged with homicide over ferry tragedy that killed nearly 100

Gareth Havelock
Cocaine seized from a drug-smuggling boat interdicted by the crew of the US Coast Guard fast response cutter USCGC Richard Dixon 50 miles off Puerto Rico, August 21, 2026
Crime & Piracy

Boat carrying over $54m in cocaine seized off Puerto Rico

Will Xavier
Betsy
Yachts

Italian builder delivers fifth 54-metre high-speed yacht in series

Jens Karsten
Nuyina
Icebreaking

Australian icebreaker to evacuate Antarctic research station personnel amid potential bird flu outbreak

Gareth Havelock
MinRes Karri
Bulkers

Australia's Mineral Resources places new ore transshipment barge into service

Jens Karsten
Naming and delivery ceremony of Magdalena, Baggerbedrijf de Boer's newest trailing suction hopper dredger, in Haiphong, Vietnam, August 26, 2026
Dredging

Baggerbedrijf De Boer takes delivery of new hopper dredger

Gareth Havelock
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