DOMETIC 2026 News

Major Colombian Container Terminal Orders 25 Konecranes RTGs and 10 Retrofits

Sep 18, 2025

A major global terminal in the Port of Cartagena, Colombia has ordered 25 Konecranes Rubber-Tired Gantry Cranes (RTGs), along with Konecranes retrofits for 10 existing RTGs to enable supervised operations. The deal was signed in Q3 2025 and…

UK’s First Electric Shipping Routes Set to Slash Irish Sea Emissions

Sep 17, 2025

NatPower Marine and Peel Ports Group are set to commence installation of shore power at Heysham in September 2025, with the first plug live in the initial phase and expansion to four across all berths, by 2026.This will enable all Heysham routes…

OPCSA Orders Eight Hybrid Konecranes RTG Cranes

Sep 11, 2025

Operaciones Portuarias Canarias S.A. (OPCSA) has ordered eight hybrid Konecranes Rubber-Tired Gantry (RTG) cranes for container handling at its terminal in the Port of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. The order was signed in September 2025, with delivery estimated for Q2 2026…

South Korea's HD Hyundai Heavy Eyes Acquisition of US Shipyard

Sep 18, 2025

South Korea's HD Hyundai Heavy Industries is in talks with multiple companies about buying a U.S. shipyard, a senior company executive said, seeking to tap into President Donald Trump's push to revive America's ailing shipbuilding industry.The…

ASEAN Looks to Deepen Trade Ties with China

Sep 17, 2025

Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, participated in the China–ASEAN Industry Ministerial Roundtable Meeting on the sidelines of the China–ASEAN Expo, on September 17 in China, highlighting ASEAN’s robust economic progress and changing trade patterns…

Dredging Will Allow More TMX Oil Exports

Sep 08, 2025

Canadian pipeline operator Trans Mountain expects dredging works at the port in Vancouver to be completed at the end of 2026 or early 2027, which will allow ships to load more oil than before, a senior executive said on Monday.'Right now, Aframaxes can only leave our dock 70% full…

“2 Days, 50 Ports”: New Wave Media Acquires Port of the Future Conference & Exhibition

Sep 03, 2025

New Wave Media, a leading B2B media company serving the global maritime, offshore energy, subsea and logistics sectors, acquired the Port of the Future Conference & Exhibition, a premier international symposium known for its focus on advancing port infrastructure…

Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm O&M Base Starts Taking Shape in Scotland

Sep 11, 2025

Construction has started on the operations and maintenance (O&M) base for the 1.1 GW Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm at Montrose Port in Angus, Scotland.The base will expand Inch Cape’s existing presence at Montrose, where its marine coordination center is already located…

ABS AIP for Electric Propulsion Container Ship

Sep 10, 2025

At Gastech 2025, HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE) and HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HD HHI) received approval in principle (AIP) from ABS for its concept design of a 16,000 TEU container ship with an electric propulsion system…

Second-hand Containership Prices Soar in the Face of Soft Shipping Rates

Sep 04, 2025

Despite significantly weaker freight rates, the average price for five-year-old container ships has increased 17% year-on-year and 6% since the beginning of 2025,” says Niels Rasmussen, Chief Shipping Analyst at BIMCO.The average per TEU price…

Tanker Vessel Market Bends Under Supply and Demand Strains

Aug 28, 2025

“We forecast a balanced development in the crude tanker market in 2025 and 2026 while we expect the product tanker market to remain weaker than in 2024. The product tanker suffers under the weight of increasing supply growth and weaker demand growth due to shorter sailing distances…

AD Ports Group Signs Dredging Agreement to Expand Karachi Terminals Throughput

Sep 02, 2025

AD Ports Group announced the signing of a major dredging agreement between its Karachi Gateway Terminal and Van Oord, a Netherlands-based leader in dredging and marine contracting, to expand the flow of trade through the Group’s port terminals in Pakistan…

Vattenfall Secures Dutch Base to Support Germany’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

Aug 29, 2025

Vattenfall has signed a deal with EMS Maritime Offshore (EMO) to establish an operations and maintenance (O&M) base in the Dutch port of Eemshaven to support construction and operation of its planned Nordlicht 1 and 2 wind farms, which will become Germany’s largest offshore wind project…

APM Terminals to Accelerate Port Development in Andhra Pradesh

Aug 24, 2025

The Government of Andhra Pradesh in India has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with APM Terminals, part of the A.P. Moller – Maersk Group, to accelerate port and terminal development in the state.Andhra Pradesh is positioning itself as a logistics hub on India’s east coast…

Cuba Maritime & Port Celebrates Three Years of Industry Innovation and Collaboration

Aug 22, 2025

Cubo Maritime & Port, an open innovation hub founded by Cubo Itaú in partnership with Wilson Sons, Port of Açu, and Hidrovias do Brasil, has completed three years of advancing digitalization, clean fuels, and business growth in the maritime-port sector…

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Russia Adds Four LNG Carriers to Fleet

Russia Adds Four LNG Carriers to Fleet

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Two New Post-Panamax Cranes Arrive at Port Tampa Bay

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U.S. Appeals Court Backs FMC in Evergreen Dispute

Strait of Hormuz Closure Curbs Dry Bulk Demand

Strait of Hormuz Closure Curbs Dry Bulk Demand

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