A fire aboard the 2024-built Min Jiang Kou renews concerns over safety aboard pure car and truck carriers, which have been involved in several serious fires in recent years

Local sources said the vessel was carrying weapons bound for government-aligned forces in Yemen, although Lloyd’s List has been unable to independently verify those claims

Marine insurers face a mounting bill from the Middle East Gulf conflict, with estimated claims already reaching $2bn and concerns growing that a prolonged disruption could trigger far larger total loss payouts if vessels remain trapped for another six months

Hanwha’s tentative offer signals deepening South Korea-US ties aimed at revitalising American shipbuilding

MSC Shipmanagement has been fined $6m after admitting it failed to report hazardous engine-control defects aboard MSC Michigan VII and obstructed the investigation into a 2024 runaway ship incident that triggered bridge evacuations and injured two people

Shipping companies are operating in a world where clear rules may never return

Oman has revealed the scale of an oil spill from sanctioned shadow fleet tanker Caroline Bezengi, with a slick covering about 390 sq km after the vessel grounded off the Hallaniyat Islands following an incident that left it disabled while carrying Russian crude

The dispute highlights the increasingly sensitive, complex nature of shipping around the Taiwan Strait

An estimated 2m teu may have been lost to disruption in the Middle East Gulf, but strong demand across Europe, Africa and Latin America kept global container trade firmly on a growth trajectory in the first half of 2026

Following a Swedish court ruling that a vessel could be transferred to Ukraine after it was suspected of transporting ‘stolen’ grain, one lawyer says shadow fleet operators may think twice about which flag registries they use