China Wants Inside the Club That Insures 87% of World Shipping
China Shipowners Mutual Assurance Association, better known as China P&I Club, has formally applied for full membership in the International Group of…
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Two Cargo Ships Sink Near Hormuz as Attacks Spread Beyond Tankers
The Singapore-flagged 2,824-TEU containership GFS Pride has sunk after being struck by an unknown projectile in the Strait of Hormuz and catching…
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Singapore Is Building the Blueprint for the LNG Bunker Boom
ShipUniverse LNG Infrastructure Report The $50 Million Bunker Ship: Who Wins the Coming LNG Refueling Infrastructure Buildout? LNG-fuelled ships are entering the…
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World’s First Ammonia-Fueled Newcastlemax Starts Commercial Service With 1,000-Tonne Green-Ammonia Bunker
CMB.TECH’s 210,000-dwt Mineral Europa has moved beyond sea trials into commercial operation, marking the first deployment of an ammonia dual-fuel system on…
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Singapore Moves LNG Storage Offshore as Bunker Demand Jumps 24%
Singapore is preparing to add dedicated LNG floating storage units inside its anchorages as marine LNG demand continues to rise. The Maritime…
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The Robot Shipyard: How Much Labor Can a $1 Billion Yard Actually Automate?
Shipyard Automation Stress Test What Happens When Physical AI Enters the Shipyard? Fincantieri is moving robotics, Physical AI and smart manufacturing from…
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U.S. Navy Opens $15 Billion Competition for Pacific’s First Ford-Class Carrier Drydock
The U.S. Navy has formally opened competition for the massive Multi-Mission Dry Dock redevelopment at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington,…
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The Design Is Ready. Is Australia’s Workforce Ready for SSN-AUKUS?
ShipUniverse Naval Decision Report The Design Arrives First: Where Australia’s SSN-AUKUS Schedule Actually Breaks Australia can receive the SSN-AUKUS design, a British-built…
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Shipping Russian Oil to India Now Costs Up to $30 Million Per Voyage as Tanker Rates Break Records
The cost of moving Russian Urals crude from the Black Sea to India has surged to $27 million to $30 million for…
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Big Containerships Flood Back Into Suez: Q3 Transits Jump From 16 to 166
Large containership traffic through the Suez Canal accelerated sharply during the third quarter of 2026 as major carriers continued restoring services that…
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Hong Kong Is Reopening a Shore Power Decision It Rejected in 2015
ShipUniverse Cruise Shore-Power Economics Report How Many Cruise Calls Does Shore Power Need to Pay for Itself? The cruise industry’s shore-power problem…
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26 Ships, 3.5M m³ of Storage and $1.4B Revenue: Inside Aegis’s $1.5B Tristar Deal
Aegis Logistics has signed a definitive agreement to acquire 89.8% of Dubai-based Tristar Holdings through its Singapore subsidiary for $809 million, transforming…
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Iran Says Container Ship Sank After Hitting Naval Mine in Strait of Hormuz
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Navy said Wednesday that a containership carrying more than 2,500 containers struck a naval mine, caught fire and sank…
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Juneau Sets New Cruise Record at 1.73M Passengers Despite First-Year Daily Caps
Juneau closed its 2026 cruise season with 1,733,016 passengers, the highest annual total in the Alaska capital’s history, even as the city…
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South Korea Launches $1 Billion AI Shipyard Offensive as China Takes 76% of Global Orders
South Korea has launched a shipbuilding automation program worth more than KRW1.4 trillion, approximately $1.05 billion at October 13 exchange rates, with…
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The 2.5× Newbuild: Can a Nuclear-Powered Merchant Ship Ever Be Cheaper Than Diesel?
ShipUniverse Maritime Nuclear Economics Nuclear Shipping Has a Capital Problem Not a Fuel Problem A new commercial study puts a nuclear LNG…
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OPEC Warns Shipping and Insurance Now Consume More Than One-Third of Energy Cargo Value
OPEC and non-OPEC ministers meeting in Riyadh on October 12 warned that disruption to maritime energy flows has pushed combined shipping and…
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Your Ship Has Five Networks. What Should Still Work When the Cloud Disappears?
Maritime Infrastructure Decision Report When Starlink Is No Longer Enough for a Connected Ship Starlink, OneWeb, VSAT, Iridium and 5G are turning…
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China’s Largest Private Steelmaker Quietly Sets Up a Shipbuilding Company in Tianjin
Shagang Holding Group, China’s largest privately owned steelmaker, has established Jinsha Heavy Industry (Tianjin) Co. Ltd. [津沙重工（天津）有限公司], a wholly owned subsidiary registered…
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The $345 Million Price of Winning a Megaship
ShipUniverse Cruise Infrastructure Report Major ports increasingly need nine-figure terminal, berth, parking, baggage, biometric, shore-power and road infrastructure The next generation of…
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