Seafarer abandonment hit record levels in 2025, according to new data compiled by the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), with 6,223 seafarers abandoned across 410 ships, the sixth year ...

Singaporean business magnate Michael Kum has bought a stake in offshore vessel player and shipyard Marco Polo Marine via its vehicle Halom Investments. Kum bought 150m Marco Polo Marine shares from ...

UK engineering group Wood has landed a two-year contract extension worth up to $65m (AUD 100m) with Woodside to continue delivering brownfield engineering, procurement, and construction management ...

The speaker lineup for the inaugural Splash Singapore, scheduled for September 24, is making good on earlier promises to make the event Asia’s leading shipping conference. Among recent speaker signups ...

Emanuele Grimaldi, chairman of the International Chamber of Shipping, writes exclusively for Splash today, detailing the evolving geopolitical and regulatory pressures facing our industry. Our sector ...

Greek owner Panos Laskaridis is taking a step up into suezmax crude tankers, with his shipping interests tied to a pair of newbuildings at a South Korean yard. Shipbuilding sources in Greece say the ...

Vietnamese authorities have assigned sea areas to Vietnam Electricity (EVN) and Petrovietnam for offshore wind survey. EVN has been granted 240 sq km of sea area offshore the Long Chau archipelago and ...

Houston-based Fleetzero has successfully raised $43min Series A funding, led by Obvious Ventures with participation from a powerhouse coalition of investors, including Maersk Growth, Breakthrough ...

Piracy leaves scars you cannot see and the maritime industry still treats it as a footnote, argues Alexander Dimitrevich, a clinical psychiatrist at Mental Health Support Solutions, in this exclusive ...

Carlos Slim-owned Mexican conglomerate Grupo Carso has decided to buy Lukoil’s stake in the Ichalkil and Pokoch offshore oil fields. Grupo Carso will buy Lukoil subsidiary, Fieldwood Mexico, for $270m ...

George Procopiou is pressing ahead with large crude carrier expansion, booking four VLCC newbuildings at China’s Hengli Shipyard in a deal valued at up to $600m. The latest order has been placed by ...

Containerised energy modules could be a common sight onboard the global merchant fleet of the future, says a leading name in retrofitting in this week’s big Maritime CEO interview. According to Hannes ...