NOAA forecasters say the strengthening El Niño could become one of the strongest on record, with an 81% chance of reaching “very strong” status—raising fresh concerns for Panama Canal transits and global shipping.
Maersk and Seaspan are rolling out a major fleet upgrade program, committing at least $75 million to retrofit 18 chartered vessels. The flagship project targets four 13,000 TEU ships with efficiency-boosting technology expected to lower slot costs by up to 13 percent.
A newly built Vietnamese cargo ship capsized a coastal fishing boat off Vietnam, killing one fisherman and leaving 16 rescued from the water.
A surge in freight rates has flipped Maersk’s 2026 outlook from a projected loss to billions in profit.
Named Rasa, the world’s first waste-collection ship has launched at Lithuania’s Port of Klaipeda, running on locally produced green hydrogen and electricity to clean ships’ bilge water and sludge with zero harmful emissions.
New industry data shows a containership catches fire roughly every 17 days, with misdeclared lithium-ion batteries and chemicals driving the danger.
HD Hyundai is training autonomous, Nvidia-powered “Physical AI” robots to handle welding, painting and plate bending on their own as the shipbuilder pushes toward a fully digitalised “Future Advanced Shipyard” by 2030.
Solomon Islands authorities intercepted the Belize-flagged MV Wealth and detained 19 crew over suspected drug trafficking and smuggling across the Pacific.
Three crew were killed after a supply boat and a landing craft collided and one vessel sank near Singapore’s Pasir Panjang Terminal.
NOAA declares El Niño has arrived with a 63% chance of becoming one of the strongest on record — and the Panama Canal is already trimming vessel drafts.
