Compare the Top Ship Tracking Platforms: Real-Time Solutions for Every Fleet
When people say they “need ship tracking,” they usually mean very different things: a quick public map for situational awareness, a reliable satellite-AIS feed for open ocean coverage, an API your ops team can...
Suez Risk Eases: CMA CGM Makes a Visible Red Sea Return
Two CMA CGM container ships have now transited the Suez Canal, a visible sign that major liners are starting to re-test Red Sea routings after the long diversion period triggered by Houthi attacks that...
Ports Under Fire as Russia’s Drone and Missile Strikes Squeeze Ukraine’s Grain Exports
Ukraine’s farm exports have taken a visible hit in December after a surge in Russian drone and missile attacks on port and transport infrastructure in the Odesa region. Trade groups and officials say damage...
Arcship Review: Linking lifeboats, fire systems and repairs
ArcShip sits in the “one phone call for ship safety and upkeep” bucket. From its Dubai head office and a network across the UAE, Oman, India, Sri Lanka and beyond, it combines ship management...
S-100 ECDIS (Layered Charts) Made Simple: 2026 Update
S-100 ECDIS is the shift from “one electronic chart” to a layered navigation system. Instead of a single chart dataset trying to do everything, S-100 lets the ship run a base ENC and then...
Intermodal Asia 2026 Review: Big Things Happening in Shanghai
Shanghai’s container community sets the agenda every spring. Intermodal Asia 2026 puts equipment owners, lessors, tech providers, depots, ports, rail and road logistics in one hall so you can compare kit, cross-check capacity and...
Export Clog, Rising Stocks: PDVSA Parks Barrels on the Water
Venezuela’s state oil company has started using anchored tankers as floating storage, loading crude and fuel oil onto ships and keeping them in Venezuelan waters as export delays pile up and onshore tanks fill....
Biofuel Credits Hit the Mainstream as CMA CGM and DHL Scale Low-Carbon Ocean Freight
DHL Global Forwarding and CMA CGM have agreed to jointly use 8,990 metric tons of UCOME second-generation biofuel for container shipping, with the partners estimating about 25,000 metric tons of CO2e well-to-wake emissions reduction...
Underwater ROV & AUV Made Simple: 2026 Update
Underwater ROVs and AUVs are becoming the “underwater work crew” for ships: they inspect hulls and appendages, document damage, support in-water surveys, and increasingly help with hull cleaning and biofouling control without putting divers...
Venezuela’s export tempo breaks as U.S. interdictions trigger U-turns and stalled loadings
Oil cargo flow out of Venezuela slowed in late December 2025 after a new round of U.S. Coast Guard interdiction activity raised the risk of taking tankers from Venezuelan waters into international routes. Tracking...
Sea Japan 2026 Review: Where Japan’s Shipbuilding Plans Get Real
Tokyo turns into a working shop floor for shipbuilding and fleet upgrades. Sea Japan 2026 brings owners, yards, and tech teams into one campus so you can compare retrofit paths, see real hardware, and...
Mare Supply & Services Review: Consolidated ship supply across all Turkish calls
Mare Supply & Services is a Turkey-based ship supply and services firm built by ex-seafarers, covering all Turkish ports, shipyards and straits from its Izmir base and extended network. They combine provisions, bonded and...
Saipem with a Massive $4bn Offshore Build With 2029–2030 Heavy-Lift Install
Saipem (working in partnership with China’s Offshore Oil Engineering Co. Ltd., COOEC) has been awarded an offshore EPCI contract by QatarEnergy LNG for the COMP5 package of the North Field Production Sustainability (NFPS) Offshore...
Top 12 Maritime Protection and Indemnity (P&I) Clubs
In the high-stakes world of maritime shipping, where unpredictable seas and complex global regulations collide, having the right insurance coverage is essential for shipowners and operators. Protection and Indemnity (P&I) insurance stands as a...
U.S. Pursues Another “Dark Fleet” Tanker Near Venezuela
U.S. officials say the Coast Guard is actively pursuing an oil tanker in international waters near Venezuela, as Washington steps up enforcement tied to President Trump’s recently announced “blockade” of sanctioned tankers moving in...
Ukraine Expands Pressure on Russia-linked Tankers into the Mediterranean
Ukraine’s maritime campaign widened beyond the Black Sea in mid December 2025 after a drone strike hit the crude oil tanker Qendil in the Mediterranean, off Libya. Ukrainian security service sources said the tanker...
Cetasol Review: Making Ships Smarter
Cetasol sits firmly in the “make the ships you already own smarter” camp. Their iHelm platform bolts onto existing vessels, pulls data from engines, navigation and weather, then feeds captains and shore teams real-time...
Baltic Seabed Security Tightens: Cables, Patrols, and a Harder Operating Environment
The Baltic Sea’s “routine traffic” story changed in 2025. A run of undersea cable incidents and sabotage concerns pushed NATO and regional navies into a more persistent, more visible posture. The result is a...
Zero-Emission Tugboats Made Simple: 2026 Update
Zero emission tugboats have moved from concept to real workhorses in a few key ports. Fully electric tug fleets are already operating in Vancouver and on Canada’s west coast, powered by hydro grids and...
Deadweight Economics: What It Really Costs to Scrap a Ship in 2026
Scrap value is the part of shipping nobody budgets for in public, but everyone cares about in private. Heading into 2026, “what you get paid” to recycle a ship is being pulled in two...
Hot Cargo, Hard Fires in 2025: What kept Ship Fire risk in the Spotlight?
Ship fires in 2025 were not one single story, they showed up across multiple vessel types. Container operators dealt with cargo related ignition risk and misdeclared goods, while vehicle carriers faced the reality that...
Maersk Tests the Red Sea Again with the First Bab el-Mandeb Transit Since 2023
Maersk confirmed that one of its containerships successfully transited the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and entered the Red Sea on December 19, 2025, marking its first such passage in nearly two years. The move is...
Ship Crew Safety Tech Made Simple: 2026 Update
Ship crew safety tech is getting popular for the same reason dashcams did in trucking: when something goes wrong, it goes wrong fast, and the cost of “we did not know” is huge. The...
Tilla Technologies GmbH Review: Crew changes, minus the chaos
Tilla’s pitch is simple: crew changes are one of the most email-heavy, error-prone parts of ship operations, and those small misses turn into real costs fast. Their platform is built to centralize the moving...
Shadow Fleet Squeeze as EU Adds 41 More Ships, Sanctions List Nears 600
The EU Council added 41 more vessels to its Russia “shadow fleet” sanctions list on December 18, 2025, pushing the total number of designated ships to almost 600. The newly listed vessels are subject...
Northern Sea Route 2025: More Voyages, Same Hard Limits
Arctic shipping activity along Russia’s Northern Sea Route (NSR) edged higher in 2025, with more transits, more cargo, and a noticeable rise in container voyages tied largely to Russia–China trade and a small number...
Singapore Maritime Week (SMW) 2026 Review
For one week Singapore turns the maritime agenda into a live workshop. Singapore Maritime Week 2026 puts policy, ports, owners, and tech teams in the same corridors so you can translate ambition into projects:...
Tariff Whiplash Hits LA: Strong 2025 Finish, Softer 2026 Forecast
Trade at the Port of Los Angeles is still on pace for one of its biggest years, but the month-to-month pattern has turned choppy. Importers pulled cargo forward to get ahead of shifting tariff...
Panama Canal Turns the Corner: FY2025 Transits and Revenue Rebound After Drought
After the 2023 to 2024 drought disrupted schedules and forced operating limits, the Panama Canal closed fiscal year 2025 with a clear rebound in both vessel traffic and financial results. The Canal Authority reported...
Mythos AI Review: Bridge Intelligence for Real-World Navigation
Mythos AI is betting that the bridge can be made safer and less workload-heavy without ripping out existing systems. Their focus is autonomy-augmented navigation: software that fuses sensors, highlights what matters in the channel,...