VLCC Rates Are Turning Into the Cleanest Signal in the Crude Tanker Market
VLCC Market Rundown Frontline Locks VLCCs at Up to $120,000 Per Day, But the Bigger Story Is the Rate Ladder Behind It Frontline locking VLCCs at rates up to $120,000 per day is not...
Sempra Starts Permitting 26-Mtpa Port Arthur LNG North Expansion That Could Double Gulf Coast Export Hub
Sempra Infrastructure has opened the federal permitting process for Port Arthur LNG North, a proposed four-train expansion in Southeast Texas that would add approximately 26 million tonnes per annum of nameplate LNG capacity, with...
Kongsberg Lands Full-Ship Systems Package for Solstad/SBM’s 4,000m Deepwater Newbuild
Kongsberg Maritime has secured a broad integrated-systems contract for the new multi-purpose deepwater installation and construction vessel being built for the 50.1% Solstad Offshore / 49.9% SBM Offshore joint venture at CIMC Raffles’ Haiyang...
FuelEU Methane Slip Measurement ROI – When Actual Engine Data Beats Default Factors
FuelEU methane slip ROI Methane slip measurement is becoming a financial decision, not only an emissions report Perhaps we should judge methane-slip reporting by avoided compliance cost, not only by environmental accuracy. FuelEU gives...
Gulf Bypass Buildout Accelerates as Hormuz Risk Rewrites Energy Logistics
Gulf states are moving faster to build around the Strait of Hormuz as shipping risk, insurance pressure and uneven traffic recovery turn the region’s main chokepoint into a long-term infrastructure problem. The UAE is...
Can Waste Heat Extend a Destroyer’s Range? 8 Numbers Behind the Navy’s New DDG-51 Energy-Recovery Push
DDG-51 energy recovery and range analysis Can waste heat extend a destroyer’s range? Perhaps the most useful way to look at the Navy’s new DDG-51 waste-heat requirement is not as a green technology story....
Drewry WCI Slips as Container Rates Enter a More Uneven Phase
Drewry’s latest World Container Index update shows the container market cooling slightly after three straight weekly gains, but this is not a clean reset lower. The composite index fell 1% to $4,473 per 40ft...
Cruise Ships May Be Throwing Away More Heat Than Fuel
Cruise Waste Heat Investment Map The best fuel-saving project may already be hot and leaving the ship Cruise waste heat is perhaps one of the most underpriced retrofit markets onboard a large passenger ship....
Sempra Seeks Permits for 27 Mtpa Port Arthur LNG Expansion That Could Double Texas Export Capacity
Sempra Infrastructure has started the federal permitting process for Port Arthur LNG North, a proposed four-train expansion of its LNG complex on the Sabine-Neches Waterway in Southeast Texas. The new project is designed for...
Should Your Next Ship Still Be LNG Dual-Fuel? 10 Numbers to Run Before Signing a Newbuild Contract
2027 Newbuild Decision Should Your Next Ship Still Be LNG Dual-Fuel? 10 Numbers to Run Before Signing a Newbuild Contract Höegh Autoliners ordering six more LNG dual-fuel Aurora-class car carriers is a reminder that...
IAEA Launches ATLAS to Bring Nuclear Power Back to Civilian Shipping as IMO Targets New Rules by 2030
Nuclear-powered merchant shipping moved a significant step closer to becoming an organized international industry on August 26 when the International Atomic Energy Agency launched ATLAS, Atomic Technologies Licensed for Applications at Sea, in Washington....
Turbo Blower vs Screw Compressor for Air Lubrication Net Fuel Savings
ALS net fuel savings The blower choice can turn a great air lubrication claim into an average retrofit Perhaps we should judge an air lubrication system by net fuel savings, not headline drag reduction....
Prize Courts Return to the Maritime Risk Map as U.S. Targets Seized Tankers
The U.S. administration’s move to revive prize courts could become one of the most unusual legal developments in modern shipping. Prize law is not a normal sanctions tool, port-state-control action or civil forfeiture case....
Should Every ASW Frigate Carry Its Own Unmanned Sonar Boat?
Future ASW frigate and offboard sonar report Should every ASW frigate carry its own unmanned sonar boat? I think the Netherlands has asked the right question first. Not whether uncrewed sonar boats are exciting,...
Black Sea Grain Pressure Builds as Sulina Queue Hits 70 Ships
The Black Sea grain corridor is under renewed pressure as vessels stack up near the Sulina Canal and Russian strikes continue to hit Ukraine’s port and grain export network. Reuters reported about 70 vessels...
Cruise Casino Technology ROI: The Square-Foot Case for Progressive Jackpots at Sea
Cruise Ship Casino Technology ROI The next casino floor upgrade may not be another slot bank I see MSC Cruises’ progressive blackjack deployment as a useful signal because it reframes the casino floor question....
Oil Slides on Hormuz Talks, but Tanker Risk Still Owns the Market
Oil prices moved lower as Iran-Oman talks gave traders a new reason to price in a possible partial reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. The selloff makes sense at the headline level: if a...
Amazon Leo Is Coming to Ships: Should Owners Add another Satellite Network or Wait?
Maritime LEO connectivity Amazon Leo gives shipowners a new option, but the smartest first move may be a pilot, not a fleetwide swap I would treat Amazon Leo as a strategic third-network candidate rather...
Maritime AI Moves Beyond Pilots as Fleetwide Rollouts, Autonomous Ships and Smart Ports Accelerate
Artificial intelligence is moving deeper into day-to-day maritime operations, with several significant deployments announced during August rather than another wave of small technology demonstrations. On August 26, Eastern Pacific Shipping said it would expand...
Your Ballast Water System (BWMS) is Getting Old: 10 Repairs That Signal It May Be Time for a Major Upgrade
Ballast Water System Upgrade Test Your Ballast Water System Is 10 Years Old: 10 Repairs That Signal It May Be Time for a Major Upgrade A 10-year-old ballast water management system can look compliant...
Record $5.3M Panama Canal Bid Shows LPG Shipping’s New Queue Math
SK Gas has pushed Panama Canal priority pricing to a new record after agreeing to pay $5.3 million at auction so its LPG carrier G. Spirit can move northbound through the waterway on September...
Höegh Autoliners Orders Six More Aurora-Class Car Carriers as China Export Boom Tightens RoRo Capacity
Höegh Autoliners has placed firm orders for six additional 9,100-CEU Aurora-class PCTCs at China Merchants Heavy Industry Jiangsu, extending its Aurora program from 12 to 18 vessels, with the new ships scheduled for delivery...
2026 Cruise Safety Review and the Incidents That May Change Shipboard Risk Planning
2026 Cruise Safety Incident Review 2026 has not shown one cruise safety problem, it has shown several different risk systems under stress We see the 2026 cruise safety picture as a reminder that modern...
CEAFAR Radar vs Next-Generation Naval Radar: 9 Questions Navies Should Ask Before Switching AESA Suppliers
Naval radar switching and AESA supplier report CEAFAR vs the next generation of naval radar CEAFAR is suddenly one of the most interesting radar questions in the allied naval market. I thnk the real...
AI Voyage Optimization ROI Fuel Savings Needed Before the Software Pays for Itself
AI voyage optimization ROI Fuel savings only matter when the claim survives the invoice I would personally evaluate AI voyage optimization like a bunker-saving investment, not like an AI feature. Evergreen’s planned vessel trial...
Maersk Sends Two Mega-Containerships Through Suez as Red Sea Comeback Gains Scale
Two of Maersk’s largest containerships passed through the Suez Canal in the same northbound convoy on August 22, providing the clearest sign yet that the carrier is moving larger East-West capacity back toward the...
Hormuz Transit Collapse Turns Gulf Shipping Risk Into a Live Market Signal
The Strait of Hormuz crisis moved into a sharper phase over the last 24 hours as vessel counts, sanctions pressure and live security incidents all worsened at the same time. Only two tankers were...
Is Bunker Fuel Quality Getting Worse? 7 Checks Shipowners Should Add Before Accepting a Stem in 2026
Marine Fuel Quality 2026 Bunker Fuel Quality Is Getting Worse: 7 Checks Shipowners Should Add Before Accepting a Stem A cheap stem can become the most expensive fuel on board if the owner only...
Canada Awards C$11.3B Contract for Six New Coast Guard Icebreakers as Arctic Fleet Buildout Accelerates
Canada has committed C$11.3 billion before tax to design and build six new Canadian Coast Guard Program Icebreakers at Chantier Davie in Lévis, Québec, in the largest shipbuilding contract ever awarded in the province....
Cruise Environmental Systems Are Becoming the Next Big Marine Aftermarket
Marine Environmental System Aftermarket Environmental systems are becoming lifetime assets, not installation projects I see EcoStone Solutions’ launch as a useful signal because it points to a bigger cruise-market shift: environmental systems are moving...