Shipping leaders at Posidonia said geopolitics is reshaping trade flows, vessel deployment and asset values, pushing owners toward flexibility and stronger balance sheets.
Freedom Cruise Line International has revived its £12 billion Freedom Ship plan, a nuclear-powered floating city designed to accommodate 80,000 people at sea.
BCT has strengthened its Gdynia terminal with new ZPMC-built STS cranes designed to increase capacity, improve transshipment efficiency, reduce cargo handling time and support larger container vessels operating in the Baltic Sea region.
NYK has started a one-year B100 biofuel trial on a car carrier to assess equipment impact, fuel stability and operational safety under real vessel conditions.
The global fleet of large commercial ships using wind propulsion has passed 100 vessels, with more than 230 systems installed and annual CO2 savings estimated above 100,000 tonnes.
MSC Sariska V was damaged in an apparent attack off Iraq, with UKMTO reporting two impacts, a fire, and no crew injuries as security concerns rise in the northern Arabian Gulf.
China’s $10 billion Pinglu Canal is set to begin trial operations as early as September, linking Guangxi’s inland regions to the Gulf of Tonkin.
A COSCO-operated Chinese tanker carried asphalt from Louisiana to Connecticut under a Jones Act waiver, drawing criticism over national security exemptions and foreign participation in U.S. domestic shipping.
Samsung Electronics America has filed an FMC complaint against Wan Hai Lines over more than $1.2 million in detention and demurrage charges tied to pandemic-era container shipments.
