Evergreen lines up 23 newbuilds worth up to $1.5bn

28 Jan, 2026

Taiwanese liner Evergreen is piling on fresh tonnage with orders for 23 new container ships worth up to $1.47bn, continuing its multi-year fleet expansion drive. The latest newbuilding programme covers a mix of feeder and mid-size vessels a...

Apontes propel Switzerland higher up the shipowning ranks

28 Jan, 2026

Veson Nautical has published its annual rankings of the top 10 shipowning nations with landlocked Switzerland noticeably climbing the ranks. Switzerland entered the top 10 list last year, in ninth spot, largely down to the Aponte family’s ...

US shipping regulator digs into liners’ chassis practices

27 Jan, 2026

The US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has launched a new investigation into whether ocean common carriers are restricting truckers and shippers from choosing their own chassis providers — a move that could shake up how container boxes mo...

Container line schedule reliability drops to 62.8% in December | Container news

27 Jan, 2026

Denmark-based research and analysis specialist Sea‑Intelligence reported that global industry schedule reliability dropped in December by -1.2 percentage points M/M to 62.8%, the second-lowest monthly figure since May. Sea-Intelligence rele...

‘Is back again’: Atlantica Shipping re-enters dry bulk sector | Dry bulk shipping news

27 Jan, 2026

The Norwegian shipping company Atlantica Shipping AS signalled its re-entrance into the dry bulk sector after the delivery of a kamsarmax in January. The shipowner announced via social media that the 2011-built kamsarmax Atlantica Star was ...

Houthis tease new strikes amid US carrier build‑up in the Gulf

26 Jan, 2026

As a US carrier strike group makes its way to the Gulf, a familiar foe to commercial shipping has reared its head for the first time in months. A video titled ‘Soon’ published overnight by the Houthis, carried below, suggests the Iranian-b...

Fire-struck ONE Henry Hudson heads to Asia for repairs

23 Jan, 2026

LAFD Two months on from a severe fire aboard the 8,212 teu ONE Henry Hudson while docked at Yusen Container Terminal in the Port of Los Angeles, the vessel is now making its way cautiously across the Pacific for repairs at an unspecified ya...

Wan Hai Lines delivers ship for recycling after fire incident | Shipping news

23 Jan, 2026

Months after the container ship Wan Hai 503 caught fire during its voyage in the Indian ocean 54 nautical miles off the west coast of India on June 9, 2025, its operator Wan Hai Lines, has reported that the vessel has been sent for recyclin...