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Singapore holds onto its position as the world’s leading maritime city in the just-released 2026 Leading Maritime Cities (LMC) report from DNV and Menon Economics. Asia now accounts for three of the world’s top five maritime cities. Singapore is followed by Shanghai, London, Rotterdam and Tokyo. Singapore has held the top position since the report […]

Between January and October 2026, dry bulk ship recycling fell 36% y/y to 3m DWT, its lowest level in 18 years. Only 70 ships were recycled, primarily smaller ships in the handysize and supramax segments, as strong freight rates have extended the operational lives of older ships, reports Filipe Gouveia, Shipping Analysis Manager at BIMCO.

The Port of Los Angeles handled 1,026,872 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) in October, setting a record for the month and ranking as the second-highest monthly total ever at the nation’s busiest container port, a press release stated today. Following September’s all-time monthly record, October marked the first time the Port has surpassed 1 million TEUs

For the third year in a row, cruise ships called at the Port of Québec more than 100 times between April and November 2026, bringing with them no fewer than 126,000 passengers from around the world. Nearly 50% of these passengers began or ended their journeys in the Capitale-Nationale, confirming Québec City’s role as a major port of

Calm seas and warm weather greeted a heavy-lift vessel and its load of six rail-mounted gantry (RMG) cranes as it made its way into the Norfolk Harbor and ultimately the North Berth of Norfolk International Terminals (NIT). This load of cranes — and their counterparts that arrived in 2025 — are the centerpieces of a

In one of the biggest tragedies in Great Lakes maritime history 51 years ago today, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald disappeared beneath the waters of Lake Superior during a powerful November storm with waves reaching 20 feet and all 29 crew members perished. The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society is marking the anniversary at Whitefish Point,

In its latest update, the Canadian Coast Guard reported that Resolve Marine is preparing for pulling operations for the two portions of the stern of the MSC Baltic lll containership that remain in the water in Cedar Cove off the coast of Newfoundland. “The bow section of the MSC Baltic III wreck is fully ashore and

The Council of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has reaffirmed its commitment to protecting the safety, security, health and well-being of seafarers amid continuing threats to international shipping in the Red Sea, the Black Sea and the Strait of Hormuz.  Meeting for its 138th session at IMO Headquarters in London (2–6 November 2026), the Council

Import volume at the major U.S. container ports is expected to taper off for the remainder of the year following an extended peak season that has kept docks busy since the spring, according to the Global Port Tracker report released today by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.“U.S. ports have seen high volume levels