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Headlines
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Fraud. Feds unmask $12m cargo theft ring using hijacked trucking firms
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Rail innovation. $16.2M grant fuels first autonomous railcars on US short line
Conflicts
Drug trafficking. Indonesia seizes $192m ketamine haul from tanker in Andaman Sea raid
Authorities intercept Mongolian-flagged tanker carrying 1.16 tonnes of ketamine after suspected ship-to-ship transfer.
Maritime War. Black Sea overtakes Hormuz as deadliest shipping lane with 570 ships hit
Sanctions. Sanctioned Russian Tanker Slips Through UK Waters En Route to US
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Svitzer’s new design saves up to 14 minutes per vessel arrival, easing record congestion at global ports.
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Shipyards
Shipbuilding. US Defence Investor Pours $350m Into Fraser Shipyards Amid Austal Bid
Wildcat Defense agrees to buy Wisconsin-based Fraser Industries.
Shipyards. US-Denmark pact slashes shipbuilding costs with Danish tech
Economy & Markets
Stock MarketsMotus glitches drag on: FMCSA still silent on full fix date
FMCSA Deputy Administrator Jesse Elison admits the agency’s new registration system continues to block legitimate.
Offshore. Chouest Buys Horizon Maritime in Arctic Expansion Play
Louisiana-based Chouest Group acquires Canadian operator Horizon Maritime to strengthen its Arctic and East Coast.
Leadership. RINA names maritime veteran Moretti as new CEO amid expansion drive
Italian classification group taps internal candidate to steer growth after revenues more than double in five years.
World Economy
Energy. First Russian diesel tanker sails for US under Trump-Putin deal
A Malta-flagged tanker carrying 40,000 metric tons of ultra-low-sulfur diesel heads for New York.
FreightTech. AI and autonomous trucks steal the show at FreightWaves’ F3 Festival
FreightWaves’ F3: Future of Freight Festival returns to Chattanooga with AI.
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Joint venture plans powerships, floating data centres and hydrogen-ready vessels to meet surging demand in Southeast.
Canada Eyes 50-MW Undersea Cable to Power Stressed European Grids
Ottawa explores transatlantic link to export tidal, wind and nuclear power to UK and Western Europe by 2030.
Renewables
Marine Conservation. 96% of coral reefs face collapse by 2075: MSC Foundation sounds alarm
IUCN’s first global assessment reveals 96% of shallow-water coral reefs are Critically Endangered.
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Shipping & Offshore
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The 316-metre Type 003 carrier marks China’s first use of electromagnetic launch technology, bridging the gap.
Defence. Sweden’s Baltic Sea surveillance gets unmanned boost
Four Saildrone Voyager USVs will patrol Sweden’s territorial waters for a full year under NORDEFCO framework.
Logistics. Spartan’s dispatchers build AI agents after CEO’s ‘insane’ AI push
Texas-based carrier’s VP of operations automates hourly reports, cutting dispatcher workload by 17%
Defence. Sweden’s Baltic Sea Patrol: 4 USVs for 24/7 Maritime Surveillance
Sweden launches a 12-month mission with four Saildrone Voyager USVs to monitor its Baltic Sea waters in real time.
Containers
Orderbook. HMM’s $1.4bn Bet on 13,000-TEU Ships Fuels Record Orderbook Fears
South Korea’s HMM orders eight dual-fuel vessels for Far East–Mediterranean route.
Floating container. 3,000 TEU on a deck the size of two football pitches: meet the ship
The 2024-built Fan Zhou 8 carried 3,116 TEU on an open deck measuring 256m by 51m.
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Aquaculture. Farmed Fish Feed Devours Wild Stocks: The $313bn Industry’s Dark Secret
Over a fifth of all marine life caught globally is ground into feed for farmed fish, a five-year investigation reveals.
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