Taiwanese liner Evergreen is piling on fresh tonnage with orders for 23 new container ships worth up to $1.47bn, continuing its multi-year fleet expansion drive. The latest newbuilding programme ...

2026 has begun with a series of bangs as Donald Trump has aggressively pushed forward with his ‘Donroe Doctrine’of US dominance over the western hemisphere. His actions against Venezuela including ...

Washington’s hardline campaign against Caracas escalated dramatically with the January 3 capture of president Nicolás Maduro by US forces. Since then, the Trump administration has made it clear it ...

December data for US containerised imports show a 2% increase from November to 2.23m teu, though year-on-year imports were down 0.4% as the frontloading of cargo in the first part of 2025 starts to ...

Early in the month there were several days when no capesize fixtures were reported at all on the less liquid routes. On a number of days in January, brokers reported very thin trading for several ship ...

For the third time in less than a year, Chinese shipbuilders have broken car carrier size records, with the latest delivery smashing through the 10,000 car equivalent unit (ceu) threshold for the ...

Golden Energy Offshore Services has pushed through another platform supply vessel sale, continuing a clear effort to strengthen its balance sheet. The Norwegian owner said its subsidiary has struck a ...

Singapore-based Nortrans Offshore has secured a contract extension for its maintenance and support unit Temis, keeping the flotel on hire with Equinor at the Bacalhau FPSO project offshore Brazil. The ...

As a US carrier strike group makes its way to the Gulf, a familiar foe to commercial shipping has reared its head for the first time in months. A video titled ‘Soon’ published overnight by the Houthis ...

Coastal states around the Baltic and North Sea, joined by Iceland, have issued an open letter to the “international maritime community” warning that growing GNSS interference and AIS spoofing – ...

Brokers say the steam-turbine LNG carrier Seapeak Mars has been sold for scrap, becoming the first LNG carrier demolished in 2026, with more sales expected as owners phase out older steam-powered ...

Josephine Le, founder of the social media platform The Hood, writes for Splash today about what shipping can learn from Australia’s decision to restrict social media access for children. Australia’s ...