CHNL estimates transit cargo at 3.7 million tonnes, with tankers carrying the largest share. Four voyages linked Asia and Europe without Russian endpoints, against one in the full 2025 season.
MPA reported no injuries among the 21 seafarers evacuated from GFS Pride. A separate incident damaged GFS Giselle’s hull, but the vessel reached a safe anchorage with all 22 crew members safe.
PanStar Acro completed a 50-day round trip, carrying empty containers and no import cargo home. Seoul targets regular Arctic services in 2030, while Lee pledged sanctions compliance.
HD Hyundai has delivered a 13,000-TEU Lashing-Free container ship to CMA CGM, using a hybrid system that raises on-deck cargo weight capacity by more than 10% and reduces conventional lashing work.
Haijie Shipping’s Dubai Tower reached Teesport on 9 September 2026, completing the first voyage of the carrier’s regular 2026 China-Europe Arctic container service.
Lloyd’s Register, Maersk, Felixstowe and Charleston will assess operational, security and safeguarding requirements for nuclear-powered containerships under the Pink Corridor project.
The Panama Canal Authority has delayed a planned Neopanamax draft reduction, keeping the 14.63 m limit as it monitors Gatun Lake levels and expected El Niño-related drought conditions.
Maersk has selected Anemoi to install a 35 m Rotor Sail on an 8,700 TEU Maersk Lima-class container vessel, with the system scheduled to be fitted in mid-2027.
PanStar Acro was scheduled to sail from Busan to Europe via the Northern Sea Route on South Korea’s first commercial Arctic voyage, carrying 837 TEU on a 40-45 day journey.
