Daily Briefing 14 October 2025
Russia posts decline in seaborne grain exports for September
Venezuela to shut embassies in Norway, Australia amid drug vessel tensions
Eureka Naval Craft unveils its Aircat Bobcat high-speed catamaran landing craft
Houston-headquartered Eureka Naval Craft is using this week’s AUSA Week event in Washington, D.C., to unveil the Aircat Bobcat, a 57-foot, ultra high-speed catamaran landing craft designed to move personnel and materiel
Crew Rescued as Ukrainian Cargo Ship Sinks in Black Sea
IMO should adopt, then fix, the Net-Zero Framework
China Uses Water Cannons and Rams Philippine Vessel in New Confrontations
Jan De Nul orders a new large rock installer George W. Goethals
With a growing global demand for the protection of subsea cable infrastructure, Luxembourg-headquartered Jan De Nul has ordered a new dedicated rock installation vessel, the George W. Goethals. The vessel has a
Stage set for EU-U.S. confrontation on IMO NZF
This week, IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee is holding an extraordinary session of to consider adoption of the proposed carbon tax on shipping that IMO calls the “Net Zero Framework” (NZF). The
The week in charts: Flag hopping accelerates as shadow fleet matures | Ofac sanctions hit Iranian LPG shadow fleet | Carriers will need convincing before Red Sea return
USTR’s new port fee structure to cost vehicle carriers up to $1.6m per visit
- The week in newbuildings: Germany’s TT-Line returns to Chinese yard for big ro-pax ferries
- Gard sees hefty technical loss in first half
- Performance Shipping clinches $150m deal for TOP Ships suezmaxes
- Russia's Medvedev warns US Tomahawk supplies to Ukraine could "end badly"
- Russia says submarine off France surfaced intentionally, denies breakdown reports
- CIMC yard secures wins LNG bunkering ship orders as demand outlook strengthens
- Yacht catches fire in Tyrrhenian Sea off Italy
- VESSEL REVIEW | Rio Iro & Rio Guadalmedina – Spain's Guardia Civil police adds interceptor pair to Strait of Gibraltar patrol fleet
- ICTSI Scores Major Milestones in South Africa and Philippines
- EU stands firm on IMO Net‑Zero plan as US threatens retaliation