Global trade is set to top $35 trillion in 2025, fueled by seaborne goods and services growth, even as geopolitical fragmentation, shifting shipping patterns, and mounting cost pressures signal a tougher outlook for maritime trade in 2026.
Shoreline cleanup teams are working across West Sussex after the Baltic Klipper lost 16 containers in the Solent, sending fruit and polystyrene onto beaches and into nearby neighborhoods as authorities race to recover remaining boxes.
Nine crewmembers have been kidnapped and one injured from the LPG carrier CGAS Saturn off Equatorial Guinea, underscoring the persistent kidnap-for-ransom piracy threat facing seafarers in the Gulf of Guinea.
As lithium batteries, alternative fuels and automated systems reshape maritime fire risk, experts warn that training and response plans are falling behind—putting the spotlight on the 2026 National Harbor Safety Conference in Seattle.
Bulk carrier Bobic has fended off two attempted pirate attacks in the Bab-el-Mandeb, underscoring persistent security risks as container lines cautiously resume Red Sea and Suez Canal transits with crew safety still under close scrutiny.
Longtime Chief Operating Officer Dr. Noel Hacegaba has been selected as the next CEO of the Port of Long Beach, tasked with steering the nation’s second-busiest container gateway through a decade of green investment and digital transformation
Nine seafarers have been kidnapped from the Portugal-flagged LPG carrier CGas Saturn off Equatorial Guinea, in the latest Gulf of Guinea piracy attack despite stepped-up naval patrols and regional security cooperation.
Norsepower and Idemitsu Tanker are fitting two next-generation VLCCs with explosion-proof rotor sails, bringing large-scale wind-assisted propulsion to crude oil shipping and advancing Japan’s role in low-carbon tanker innovation.
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Pub. L. 117-58, November 15, 2021, IIJA) authorized and appropriated $1.5 billion to be awarded by the Department of Transportation (“DOT”) for FY 2026 for Local and Regional Project Assistance Program Grants under National Infrastructure Investments.
A days-long fire aboard the containership ONE Henry Hudson has been contained off the Port of Los Angeles, with all crew safe, air quality within normal limits, and salvage teams working under Unified Command to stabilize the vessel and its cargo.
