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Ørsted files second lawsuit against US over offshore wind project suspensions
10/01/2026

Ørsted files second lawsuit against US over offshore wind project suspensions

Danish renewable energy company Ørsted is piling the pressure on the Trump administration’s decision to suspend leases for offshore wind projects off the US east coast over “national security concerns” with another lawsuit. Revolution Wind, a 50/50 joint venture between Skyborn Renewables and...

Higaki family-backed Shoei Kisen invests in Norway’s Eitzen
10/01/2026

Higaki family-backed Shoei Kisen invests in Norway’s Eitzen

Norway’s Eitzen Group has strengthened its long-standing ties with Japanese shipping interests after Shoei Kisen took a minority stake in Eitzen Avanti. Eitzen Avanti, which oversees a group of shipping businesses including chemical and gas carrier operator Christiania Shipping, said Shoei Kisen h...

Atlantic tanker trades in focus after US grabs Venezuelan barrels
10/01/2026

Atlantic tanker trades in focus after US grabs Venezuelan barrels

The arrest and detention of Venezuela’s former leader Nicolás Maduro has triggered a fresh bout of volatility across tanker markets, with president Donald Trump claiming the US will take control of up to 50m barrels of sanctioned Venezuelan crude in a move that could redraw Atlantic Basin flows. ...

Hyundai Steel scores $450m deal for South Korean offshore wind project
10/01/2026

Hyundai Steel scores $450m deal for South Korean offshore wind project

Hyundai Steel Industry, a subsidiary of Hyundai Engineering & Construction, has won a contract to manufacture and install substructures for an offshore wind farm off South Korea. The company inked a contract with Hanwha Ocean covering fabrication and installation of substructures for the Shinan Ui o...

MSC’s buying spree rolls on
10/01/2026

MSC’s buying spree rolls on

Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) has wrapped up another busy spell in the secondhand market, underlining the carrier’s continued push to bulk up its fleet. The Geneva-based liner giant is understood to have bought at least eight container vessels in December alone, with market sources suggesting mo...

Seatrium reveals design for 500MW modular offshore substation
09/01/2026

Seatrium reveals design for 500MW modular offshore substation

Singapore shipyard group Seatrium has secured approval in principle (AiP) from the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) for a 500MW offshore substation design. The substation was engineered for scalability and is made using a modular framework. It has 500MW modules and can be modified for different wat...

Qingdao tightens the vacuum on boxship turnaround times
09/01/2026

Qingdao tightens the vacuum on boxship turnaround times

Qingdao has underlined its status as a global port technology bellwether after Shandong Port Group (SPG) rolled out China’s first vacuum-based automated mooring system, cutting the time needed to secure the world’s largest containerships alongside. The new system, now in operation at Qingdao por...

Petrobras halts drilling after fluid leak offshore Brazil
09/01/2026

Petrobras halts drilling after fluid leak offshore Brazil

Brazilian state-owned giant Petrobras has stopped oil drilling operations in the Foz do Amazonas Basin due to a fluid leak on a drilling rig. The incident occurred on Sunday, January 4, at the Morpho well, located approximately 175 km off the coast of Amapá. Petrobras stated that the fluid loss occ...

Imabari completes acquisition of Japan’s second-largest shipbuilder
09/01/2026

Imabari completes acquisition of Japan’s second-largest shipbuilder

Imabari Shipbuilding has completed the acquisition of a controlling stake in Japan Marine United (JMU), a deal that reshapes Japan’s shipbuilding landscape and aligns closely with Tokyo’s longer-term ambition to consolidate and revitalise the sector in the face of rising Chinese and South Korean...

Japan sets out to build world’s largest hydrogen carrier
09/01/2026

Japan sets out to build world’s largest hydrogen carrier

Japan is pushing deeper into the hydrogen economy with plans to build what will be the world’s largest liquefied hydrogen carrier as it seeks to put a commercial-scale import supply chain in place. Shipbuilder Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) has teamed up with Japan Suiso Energy (JSE) on a 40,000 ...

New Pole Star index scores ships on transparency and dark risk
09/01/2026

New Pole Star index scores ships on transparency and dark risk

Maritime intelligence leader Pole Star Global has launched its Maritime Transparency Index (MTI) — a machine learning-powered risk scoring system that assigns vessels, voyages, and associated parties transparent scores from 0 (Hard Dark) to 5 (Transparent), distilling complex vessel histories, own...

When sanctions enforcement creates new risks for shipping
09/01/2026

When sanctions enforcement creates new risks for shipping

Graeme Morkel, deputy international registrar of shipping and seamen at the St Kitts and Nevis International Ship Registry, writes for Splash today. The shipping industry is under increasing pressure to play its part in tackling illicit and illegal trade. Sanctions evasion, flag hopping and complex....

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