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The UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency has warned in Marine Guidance Note MGN 719 that satellite navigation can no longer be taken for granted in some of the world’s busiest shipping regions, urging crews to practise navigating without GPS as jamming and spoofing become increasingly widespread.
Read summary →Two EU rules are set to require ports to provide shore power and ships to use it from 2030, but grid upgrades can take up to a decade and the needed infrastructure is struggling to keep pace.
Read summary →According to Aevean, South Korea shipped 57,000 tonnes of beauty and personal care products by air in 2026 so far, up 47% year-on-year, with Europe overtaking Asia as the largest air market for these goods.
Read summary →DP World is investing $90m in Angola's port of Luanda, while other terminal operators have added or announced capacity in Africa amid rising volumes, with the west coast described as particularly hot.
Read summary →Asia–Europe container services are continuing to return to routing via the Red Sea and Suez Canal even as the security situation is described as deteriorating.
Read summary →Samsung SDS is expanding its airfreight operations through a reported takeover of South Korean consolidator Woojung Air, gaining airline capacity procurement expertise and a wholesale customer base of more than 1,200 freight forwarders.
Read summary →Adviser to the head of Rosgranstroy Mikhail Semenov inspected the ongoing reconstruction of the Adler road checkpoint on the border with Abkhazia; after modernization, capacity is expected to rise to 14,000 vehicles and over 80,500 people per day.
Read summary →Chinese shipowners and carmakers are expanding car-carrier capacity to serve growing exports, with a reported joint plan for 21 large vessels.
Read summary →Suardiaz Group has taken delivery of the RS Atlantico, a car carrier with capacity for 5,500 cars, as part of an ongoing investment plan and its move to add dual-fuel LNG vessels.
Read summary →Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have called on EU leaders to impose an EU-wide ban on Russian grain transit through European transport networks.
Read summary →Greek owner Danaos is considering a carve-out of its dry bulk business and the sale of a minority stake through a potential listing in Norway, with investment banks mandated to advise on a possible equity placement and listing.
Read summary →Clarksons Research’s cross-sector ClarkSea Index rose 12% in a week to a record $84,951 a day, its fifth consecutive all-time high.
Read summary →Star Bulk Carriers has agreed to sell a 35% ownership interest in two recently built kamsarmax bulkers to Hermes World Maritime while retaining commercial and technical management of both ships.
Read summary →Clarksons Research estimates that only 273 ships of 5.5m gt, equal to about 8m dwt, were sold for demolition in the first nine months of 2026, while the global merchant fleet accumulates an unprecedented amount of ageing tonnage.
Read summary →Ningbo Ocean Shipping is looking to add two 7,000 ceu LNG dual-fuel car carriers under a long-term leasing programme, with potential rental payments of up to $480m.
Read summary →Liu Jichun's Ocean Vivo has made a voluntary conditional cash offer of HK$2.21 per share for the Xin Yuan Enterprises stock it does not already own, in a takeover worth up to HK$771m ($99m).
Read summary →Commercial shipping has been attacked deeper in the Gulf beyond the Strait of Hormuz, with a fully laden VLCC hit off the UAE and another tanker struck in the strait over the weekend, according to the source.
Read summary →The Eurasian Economic Commission has officially announced that on 15 October 2026 the first pilot international shipment using electronic consignment notes (e-CMR) instead of a paper document will take place on the Kazakhstan–Russia route.
Read summary →The Eurasian Economic Commission said the first pilot international shipment using electronic consignment notes (e-CMR) on the Kazakhstan–Russia route is scheduled for 15 October 2026, replacing paper CMR with a digital document.
Read summary →A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Panama on Friday, but the Panama Canal emerged largely unscathed and vessel transits continued normally.
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