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21 FEB 2026 Ship traffic in the Arctic reached a new milestone in 2025, with 1,812 unique vessels operating inside the Polar Code area, according to new data released by the Arctic Council Working Group on the Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment (PAME). The figures mark a 40% increase …

20 FEB 2026 Container shipping group Hapag-Lloyd HLAG.DE said on Monday it would buy Israeli rival ZIM Integrated Shipping Services ZIM.Nfor $4.2 billion in a deal that would consolidate its position as one of the world’s biggest ocean shipping companies. “The merger would secure Hapag-Lloyd’s market position as the fifth-largest shipping line in the world with a modern fleet of over 400 vessels,” Hapag-Lloyd said, a …

19 FEB 2026  The maritime industry’s energy transition is no longer a distant ambition – it is a present-day reality. What was all-too-recently framed as a future challenge to tackle with a “silver bullet” solution, is now an immediate operational fact, calling for continuing action across the maritime industry. With …

18 FEB 2026 A court in Singapore sentenced the captain of a gas tanker to 14 months in jail after he admitted to lying about a fatal incident aboard the vessel in 2024. He is the second officer from the ship sentenced to jail for the incident that took the …

17 FEB 2026 The government of the Central African nation of Cameroon announced that it was suspending its international ship registry, citing “several cases of fraudulent registrations.” The action comes after pressure from the European Union, the International Maritime Organization, and others on one of the flags with the lowest …

16 FEB 2026 The slow-moving prosecution of the master of the Hong Kong-registered container ship New New Polar Bear took its next step on Wednesday, February 11. Captain Wan Wenguo officially entered a plea of not guilty in a Hong Kong court to the charges that his vessel, in October …