A Quarter of Britain’s Seaborne Trade Is Set to Change Hands in a $13.4 Billion ABP Deal
IFM Investors has agreed to acquire the 63.88% controlling stake in Associated British Ports held by CPP Investments and OMERS, giving the…
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Almost Half the Existing Container Fleet Is Now on Order — Is Shipping Building Its Next Crash?
The global containership orderbook has reached 16.2 million TEU, equivalent to 46.5% of the existing fleet, the highest orderbook-to-fleet ratio since 2009,…
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Iraq Reopens a 50-Year-Old Shipping Chapter as Hormuz Forces Cargo onto New Routes
ShipUniverse / Maritime Intelligence / Iraq Container Trade Iraq’s 902-TEU Comeback: Can One Container Shuttle Rebuild a Broken Gulf Supply Chain? A…
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Can a $49 Million Radar Contract Save More Than It Costs?
Coast Guard Radar Lifecycle Stress Test $49 Million to Put One Radar Architecture Across 140+ Cutters and 400+ Shore Installations: How Much…
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South Korea Wants to Turn Part of the Sea Into a Standing Robot-Ship Test Range
South Gyeongsang Province has applied to South Korea’s Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries to designate coastal waters connecting Hansan, Gajo and Chilcheon…
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EU Maritime Agency Opens €1M Nuclear Ship Design Study as IMO Targets 2030 Rule Overhaul
The European Maritime Safety Agency has opened a €1 million research framework focused specifically on ship design and safety assessment of nuclear-fission…
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Iran Is Attacking Ships, Yet More Gulf Oil Is Moving Than Before the War
Middle East oil exports have now recovered to at least their prewar level despite continuing attacks around the Strait of Hormuz. Kpler…
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45 Yards From Collision: What Yesterday’s Sabina Shoal Encounter Says About U.S.-China Naval Risk
ShipUniverse Naval Decision Report China Sends Naval Forces to Track a U.S. Warship Near Sabina Shoal: How Close Can Two Navies Operate…
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NATO Moves to Protect Merchant Ships: Aircraft and Drones Head to the Black Sea
NATO agreed on October 20 to reinforce the Black Sea with additional maritime patrol aircraft, radar systems and drones following a series…
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Top 10 Cruise Ships Getting the Biggest Midlife Upgrades Right Now
ShipUniverse Cruise Fleet Modernization Report Why Cruise Lines Are Spending Millions on 20-Year-Old Ships Some of the most important cruise ships entering…
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The 10 Shipping Trades Where Vessel Choice Has Changed Because Freight Got Too Expensive
ShipUniverse / Freight & Fleet Intelligence Why $80 Million VLCC Voyages Are Driving Buyers Toward Smaller Ships When a 600,000-barrel Aframax competes…
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The VLCC Is Suddenly Too Expensive as Asian Refiners Start Breaking Oil Cargoes Into Smaller Ships
Asian refiners are changing the physical way they buy crude as tanker freight approaches levels that can overwhelm normal oil-price differentials. About…
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Foreign Tankers Have Been Moving U.S. Cargo — Now Congress Wants to Know Who Was Watching
Congressional scrutiny of the emergency Jones Act waiver has shifted from whether foreign tankers should be allowed into U.S. domestic trades to…
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Russia Sends Record 20M Barrels Through Arctic as Freight Crisis Rewrites Asia Oil Routes
Russia has already shipped approximately 20 million barrels of oil to Asia through the Northern Sea Route during the 2026 navigation season,…
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South Korea’s $1 Billion Bet on the AI Shipyard
Korean Shipbuilding AI Capital Stress Test $1 Billion for AI in Korean Shipbuilding: How Much Productivity Can Artificial Intelligence Actually Buy? South…
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America Is About to Auction an Area of Seabed Bigger Than Many Countries
The U.S. Marine Minerals Administration has issued the final notice for an unprecedented November 19 auction of two mineral leases covering 31,503,235…
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Can PortMiami Survive 81 Mega Cruise Days
ShipUniverse Cruise Port Capacity Report Seven to Ten Cruise Ships Arriving at Once PortMiami expects 81 days during its 2026-27 high season…
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Washington Has a New Plan for the Shadow Fleet: Sell the Ships and Make Them “Clean” Again
The U.S. government is moving beyond temporary waivers and is now working on a pathway that could allow investors to buy sanctioned…
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$99 Million Just to Finish and Sea-Trial One Destroyer: What Did the Zumwalt Experiment Really Cost?
ShipUniverse Naval Decision Report Two Guns Removed, 12 Hypersonics Added: Can CPS Finally Justify the Zumwalt Class? The Navy has just added…
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Germany Plans Up to 20 Modular Naval Support Vessels by 2028, Explicitly Citing Russia’s Hybrid War
Germany’s military procurement office has opened a seven-year framework for a new Navy-Tug flex class that goes substantially beyond replacing six ageing…
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