Philippine News

December 16 ------ The container ship ONE Continuity has pulled into port in the Canary Islands for assistance after losing about 50 boxes over the side in heavy weather, according to the local port authority. According to local TV station RTVC, the ONE Continuity was hit by heavy waves while transiting off the coast of Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, south of the island chain. The vessel lost about 50 containers off her stern in a stack collapse - all empties, according to the out

December 16 ------ Two players, MISC and China Offshore Engineering & Technology Company (China Offshore), have secured an approval in principle (AiP) from the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) for their concept of an ammonia floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit. The AiP for the ammonia FPSO design was received from the American Bureau of Shipping on December 2, 2025, in Shanghai, China. This floater solution is said to adapt proven onshore production techno

December 15 ------ She sails, CMA CGM’s internal program designed to accelerate the presence of women in maritime careers, is celebrating its first anniversary. One year after its launch in December 2024, the program, which seeks to significantly increase the number of women on board CMA CGM vessels, has successfully doubled the number of female seafarers. Building on this momentum, the Group has now set a target of 1,000 women at sea by 2030, while promoting the wide range o

December 15 ------ The 2025-2026 cruise season started with a bang for PortMiami, with the port, which likes to call itself the cruise capital of the world, setting its third record this year for the number of passengers handled in a single day. It is the start of what promises to be a very busy season as the cruise industry continues its dramatic growth. The port highlights that on November 30, it set a new daily passenger record with 75,201 passengers (embarking and disemba

December 15 ------ The Canadian Coast Guard released a series of pictures showing the damage to the hull of the MSC Baltic III, which has been grounded in a remote part of Newfoundland since February 2025. The hull shows significant additional damage after having been pounded by the high surf during a storm in early November and again in early December. It was the same high surf and winter weather which had driven the ship ashore in February after it lost power while bound fo

December 15 ------ Galveston LNG Bunker Port (GLBP), a Texas-based developer of what is said to be the first U.S. Gulf Coast dedicated LNG bunkering facility, has signed a commercial commitment with an international shipping company for the provision of LNG bunker fuel in Galveston Bay. The Heads of Agreement with the undisclosed client covers the use of LNG as a marine fuel to be delivered via a Jones Act–compliant LNG bunker vessel, commencing in 2029. GLBP’s new terminal,

December 14 ------ The National Retail Federation issued its forecast for imports through the first quarter of 2026, saying that it expects volumes will continue the year-over-year declines seen in five of the past 11 months. The retail trade association, while expecting record sales during the holiday season, projects that import volumes will continue the overall declines well into 2026 due to uncertainty over tariffs and trade policies. “Stores are stocked up and ready for

December 14 ------ Two of Japan’s leading shipping companies and operators of car carriers have agreed to settle a long-running case in the UK that alleged the major shipping companies worked as a cartel to fix prices and collude in vehicle shipment contracts. The UK case is similar to other complaints brought in jurisdictions around the globe, which all found the car carriers had colluded to set global pricing. Most of the cases had been brought by regulators, including the

December 13 ------ The oceans have to play a role in helping humanity remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to curb dangerous climate warming. But are we ready to scale up the technologies that will do the job? The answer, according to an expert group reporting to the European Union, is no. At least, not yet – not until there are measures in place to ensure these technologies, called marine carbon dioxide removal technologies, are doing what they are supposed to do and wo

December 13 ------ The Maritime Union of New Zealand and the International Transport Workers’ Federation are celebrating the decision of New Zealand’s Associate Minister of Transport to uphold the country’s cabotage rules. It comes at a time when many flags are under pressure due to rising costs and the option to switch to less costly foreign flag operations. The debate was triggered after Holcim New Zealand, a supplier of cement, aggregates, and ready-mix concrete, announced

December 12 ------ The Renewable Hydrogen Coalition (RHC), as the voice of the value chain, encompassing renewable energy suppliers, start-ups, investors, and industrial offtakers dedicated to making Europe the global leader in renewable hydrogen solutions, has called on the European decision-making realms and leaders to scale up incentives, funding opportunities, and market fundamentals for clean technology, especially the landscape surrounding hydrogen made from renewable s

December 12 ------ After one of its vessels was hit and damaged in a suspected Ukrainian attack, Turkish tanker owner Besiktas Shipping has decided to quit all trade with Russia. The business decision suggests that Ukraine's covert and overt strikes have created a strong perception of ongoing risk to Russia-linked energy shipping, and not just in the Black Sea. On the night of November 27-28, the Besiktas-owned tanker Mersin was at anchor off the coast of Senegal when floodin

December 12 ------ Japan is set to launch service aboard its first autonomous navigation ferry. The vessel Olympia Dream Seto recently completed the licensing process and will start sailing with the autonomous system as part of an ongoing government-sponsored project to advance autonomous navigation technology. The Nippon Foundation hosted a demonstration of the autonomous system on Wednesday, highlighting it as a major milestone in the development of the technology. Reporter

December 12 ------ The Northern Lights joint venture (JV), encompassing oil majors Shell, Equinor, and TotalEnergies, has issued the first storage certificates for CO2 permanently stored in the Aurora reservoir in the North Sea, documenting the quantities of CO2 transported and stored. The first CO2 volumes were transported in August through the 100-kilometer pipeline and injected into the Aurora offshore reservoir 2,600 meters below the North Sea seabed offshore Norway. Foll

December 11 ------ Xeneta, an ocean and air freight rate benchmarking and market analytics platform transforming the shipping and logistics industry, is convinced that the return of container ships to the Red Sea is edging closer, as France’s shipping giant CMA CGM, as a major carrier, reveals a new full-loop service via Suez Canal. After CMA CGM announced its INDAMEX service would transit Suez Canal on fronthaul and backhaul voyages between India/Pakistan and U.S. East Coast

December 11 ------ Lawmakers in France were successful in adding a new tax on cruise passengers to the proposed 2026 French state budget. They contend the tax is to counter the environmental impact of cruises on coastal France. The senators presenting the measure assert it is a “polluter pays” tax, singling out the emissions of cruise ships while in ports. They argue that it would not harm the attractiveness of the sector but would provide additional finances to protect and e

December 11 ------ Despite a year of turbulent trade policies and interruptions, China’s container volumes are continuing to surge. Two of the country’s largest port complexes have set new records after just 11 months, combined handling over 90 million TEU so far in 2025. The Port of Shanghai, which highlights that it has maintained the top global ranking for 16 years, has once again surpassed the 50 million TEU threshold. It is the second consecutive year the port complex re

December 11 ------ A bulker southbound in the Red Sea reported to authorities that it had been approached and exchanged gunshots with the unknown boats. The ship is safe and continuing on its way while analysts speculate over the events. The Barbados-flagged vessel Bobik (31,896 dwt) reported the incident to UK Maritime Trade Operations. The vessel is Turkish-owned and reports coming from Georgia after having made a port call in Ukraine. The ship was built in 2006 and is 175.

December 10 ------ Largely unremarked upon in the Western press, southern and eastern areas of Yemen which are not occupied by the Houthis are undergoing a political realignment which is likely to impact the threats posed to shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden areas. Simply put, the threat to shipping will persist while those posing the threat have a secure base from which to operate. While the Houthis are preoccupied by internal divisions and concerned that their senior

December 10 ------ A new study seeks to quantify the beneficial impact of adding wind-assisted propulsion to vessels while also establishing a framework for assessing the technology’s benefits in reducing fuel consumption and emissions. The study, which took place on the Eastern Pacific Shipping product tanker Pacific Sentinel (50,322 dwt), was conducted in association with the Global Center for Maritime Decarbonization in Singapore. The authors of the study highlight that