Cyprus.
Where Cyprus fits in the India–Europe Maritime Corridor
On 6 October, the Cyprus Ports Authority joined shipping, logistics and government representatives in New Delhi to work on the India–Middle East–Europe Economic Corridor. Convened by Marseille Fos…
United Cyprus Republican Party slams Christodoulides’ boat ban: “A law enforcement trap that will kill Cyprus’ yachting industry”
The United Cyprus Republican Party (UCRP) strongly opposes the Christodoulides Cabinet’s newly drafted legislation aimed at banning small boats from leaving harbours during adverse weather conditions…
Predicting the Future or Preparing for It? Cyprus Marine Club Explores the Power of Adaptability with Natasa Pilides
In a world where uncertainty has become the new normal, is predicting the future really the best strategy, or is the ability to adapt the greater competitive advantage? This thought-provoking…
Greece and Egypt in talks to extend EEZ Eastwards towards Cyprus following Libya’s move on Turkish Maritime Pact
Athens and Cairo have agreed to advance bilateral consultations aimed at extending the geographical scope of their 2020 Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) agreement further east towards Cyprus. The…
Greece.
Neptune Group Welcomes “NIKOS TRAVLOS”
The new vessel proudly bears the name of Neptune's founder, who laid the foundation for the creation and enduring evolution of the Group. Her addition to the fleet marks the beginning of celebrations…
The human cost of sending merchant mariners into war zones extends far beyond the immediate danger of missiles and drones. It raises a harder question: who is really protecting the seafarer?
Who protects the seafarer? I have spent much of my professional life at sea. I am a Master Mariner. I have stood on the bridge, made decisions in the middle of the night, dealt with emergencies,…
ATPI Greece marks 50 years at the heart of global crew changes
Five decades supporting the Greek and global shipping community 35% of ATPI’s marine business now managed from Greece More than 130 professionals supporting clients across every major maritime time…
Euroseas announces a new time charter contract for its 2001-built 2,556 teu Feeder Containership, M/V EM Corfu, and the sale of its sister vessel, M/V Evridiki G
Euroseas an owner and operator of container carrier vessels and provider of seaborne transportation for containerized cargoes, announced a new time charter contract for its 2,556 teu feeder…
World.
Boluda Shipping signs agreement to acquire Samskip joining forces to build europe’s leading short-sea network
Boluda Shipping and Samskip have signed an agreement under which Boluda Shipping will acquire Samskip, including all its assets and operations. The acquisition will pave the way for Europe’s most…
Valenciaport awards the contract for the elevated seafront promenade at the Port of Valencia’s Marina
The aim of this project is to improve the elevated walkway on the northern breakwater at La Marina. The project, with a budget of €2,257,841.15 (VAT…
MOL holds FY2026 Safe Operation Liaison Meeting for Shipowners and Ship Management Companies
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, announced that on October 27, it held the FY2026 Safe Operations Liaison Meeting in Osaka for Japanese and overseas shipowners…
DORIC WEEKLY INSIGHT 30 OCTOBER 2026
Please find below the DORIC Market Insight for the week ending 30 October 2026. Weekly Report 30.10.2026
ABP acquires leading Humber port logistics player Global Shipping Services
Associated British Ports , the UK’s largest port operator, is delighted to announce it has acquired Global Shipping Services , a leading provider of…
Ballast Water: BIMCO seeks clearer guidance for ships facing challenging water quality
BIMCO has co-sponsored a submission to MEPC 85 making the case for revising the IMO…
Port of Long Beach Terminals add extended gate hours
Shippers will have even more ways to move cargo and access container terminals at the Port of Long…
MACN Nigeria building on a decade of Port reform
MACN’s latest engagement with public institutions and the private sector focused on embedding…
Ramble on who pays the freight?
In September we borrowed aLed Zeppelin title to describe China's crude stockpile, a levee holding…
ECB keeps rates on hold as Christine Lagarde announced her resignation
With still very little knock-on effects from higher energy prices and headline inflation on the…
ASA SC highlights geopolitical risks to seafarers while tackling workforce and regulatory challenges
The 33rd Interim Meeting of the Asian Shipowners’ Association (ASA) Seafarers Committee (SC)…
Boluda Shipping signs agreement to acquire Samskip joining forces to build europe’s leading short-sea network
Boluda Shipping and Samskip have signed an agreement under which Boluda Shipping will acquire Samskip, including all its assets and operations. The acquisition will pave the way for Europe’s most…
Valenciaport awards the contract for the elevated seafront promenade at the Port of Valencia’s Marina
The aim of this project is to improve the elevated walkway on the northern breakwater at La…
MOL holds FY2026 Safe Operation Liaison Meeting for Shipowners and Ship Management Companies
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, announced that on October 27, it held the FY2026 Safe Operations Liaison…
DORIC WEEKLY INSIGHT 30 OCTOBER 2026
Please find below the DORIC Market Insight for the week ending 30 October 2026. Weekly Report…
ABP acquires leading Humber port logistics player Global Shipping Services
Associated British Ports , the UK’s largest port operator, is delighted to announce it has acquired…
Ballast Water: BIMCO seeks clearer guidance for ships facing challenging water quality
BIMCO has co-sponsored a submission to MEPC 85 making the case for revising the IMO…
Port of Long Beach Terminals add extended gate hours
Shippers will have even more ways to move cargo and access container terminals at the Port of Long…
MACN Nigeria building on a decade of Port reform
MACN’s latest engagement with public institutions and the private sector focused on embedding…
Ramble on who pays the freight?
In September we borrowed aLed Zeppelin title to describe China's crude stockpile, a levee holding…
ECB keeps rates on hold as Christine Lagarde announced her resignation
With still very little knock-on effects from higher energy prices and headline inflation on the…
ASA SC highlights geopolitical risks to seafarers while tackling workforce and regulatory challenges
The 33rd Interim Meeting of the Asian Shipowners’ Association (ASA) Seafarers Committee (SC)…
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Technical.
South Korea targets Autonomous Ship Dominance
South Korea’s seas are set to become smarter with artificial intelligence. The government plans to secure fully unmanned autonomous navigation vessel technology by 2035, achieve the world’s No. 1 position in market orders, and raise port productivity by more than 30%. The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries announced the “Marine and Fisheries Artificial Intelligence Transformation (AX) Strategy” at…
Fincantieri and its Academy Udine new “MECHATRONICS & ROBOTICS – SMART SHIP” program kicks off in Monfalcone
Two-year advanced technical training program to develop skills in mechatronics, robotics and digitalization for the shipbuilding industry. First…
MacGregor to retrofit PLC’s on 35 vessels for Wallenius Wilhelmsen
MacGregor has received an order of PLC retrofit projects for 35 Pure Car and Truck Carrier vessels for Wallenius Wilhelmsen. The order was booked into MacGregor’s third quarter 2026 order intake,…
Eelume, Maritime Robotics and Blueye demonstrate marine robotics at Equinor’s new test centre
Equinor has opened the Kårstø Marine Robotics Centre (KNARR), a new facility dedicated to the testing, qualification and development of marine robotic technologies. Ocean Autonomy Cluster…
ECTMarine delivers purpose-built workboat to Arab Potash Company
Dutch marine engineering company ECTMarine has handed over a purpose-built workboat to Arab Potash Company (APC) in Jordan following successful site acceptance testing (SAT). The SAT of the Custom…
FUSA QH-1 demonstrates Physical Wormhole and Bidirectional ER/EPR
FUSA's protected Solar Core Energy Extraction system started production and is undergoing commissioning for an initial 1GW capacity in Asia. The system uses a quantum technique called Holographic…
South Korea targets Autonomous Ship Dominance
South Korea’s seas are set to become smarter with artificial intelligence. The government plans to secure fully unmanned autonomous navigation vessel technology by 2035, achieve the world’s No. 1…
Fincantieri and its Academy Udine new “MECHATRONICS & ROBOTICS – SMART SHIP” program kicks off in Monfalcone
Two-year advanced technical training program to develop skills in mechatronics, robotics and digitalization for the shipbuilding industry. First class comprises 16 students, with opportunities to…
WinGD grows Korea engine production capacity with first HD Hyundai Marine Engine license
Swiss marine power company WinGD has signed its first-ever license agreement with engine builder HD…
MacGregor to retrofit PLC’s on 35 vessels for Wallenius Wilhelmsen
MacGregor has received an order of PLC retrofit projects for 35 Pure Car and Truck Carrier vessels…
Eelume, Maritime Robotics and Blueye demonstrate marine robotics at Equinor’s new test centre
Equinor has opened the Kårstø Marine Robotics Centre (KNARR), a new facility dedicated to the…
ECTMarine delivers purpose-built workboat to Arab Potash Company
Dutch marine engineering company ECTMarine has handed over a purpose-built workboat to Arab Potash…
Digitalisation.
SFL Missions confirms successful deployment of six HawkEye 360 Radio Frequency Detection Satellites with Advanced Capabilities
SFL Missions Inc. confirmed the successful deployment of six radio frequency (RF) detection and geolocation satellites for HawkEye 360 of Herndon, Va. SFL Missions delivered the HawkEye 360 Cluster 15 and 16 spacecraft bus units and subsystems with advanced capabilities to HawkEye 360’s facility in Virginia for assembly, integration, and testing under the SFL Flex Production Program. A total of…
ZERO44 launches free calculator showing what switching to biofuel really costs
ZERO44, provider of software for maritime emissions compliance, has released a free, interactive fuel cost calculator on its website. The tool shows…
LATAM Airlines partners with Quvia to bring Greater Intelligence to the Connected Cabin
Independent QoE and network insights will give LATAM a consistent view of IFC performance as it expands onboard Wi-Fi and advances the customer experience Quvia, an edge-to-cloud network platform,…
Astranis upgrades Falcon 9 launch contract to dedicated mission for entire Block 4 Production Run of Satellites
Additional launch capacity allows Astranis to continue to build out high-orbit infrastructure to serve commercial and government demand Astranis announced it has upgraded its 4th launch to a…
Fujitsu accelerates social implementation of next-generation logistics based on research findings on social acceptance of drone delivery
Fujitsu Limited announced that it is accelerating the social implementation of next-generation logistics by applying its recent research findings on the social acceptance of drone delivery to its…
One sailor, one boat, a second lookout SEA.AI at the Rhum
Eight years of collaboration with offshore racers have helped shape SEA.AI's machine vision technology, now contributing to maritime safety far beyond competitive sailing. On 1 November, some of…
Energy.
European gas touches €100 for first time since 2022 energy crisis as consumers, industry feel the pain
Europe's benchmark natural gas contract briefly touched €100 per megawatt hour (MWh) on Wednesday as disruptions to Middle East shipping of liquefied natural gas keep supply tight ahead of winter and consumers and industry feel the pinch from high energy prices. Prices have been rising to 2022 highs as the conflict in the Middle East has escalated, and are now trading at around triple…
NatPower Marine and ZEBOX partner to accelerate the deployment of maritime energy infrastructure
ZEBOX and NatPower Marine announce a strategic partnership to accelerate the development and deployment of energy infrastructure supporting the…
TotalEnergies strengthens its partnership with SAPETRO to support the fast development of OPL257 in Nigeria
TotalEnergies has signed a Farm-Out Agreement to sell to South Atlantic Petroleum Limited a 40% participating interest in offshore block OPL257, Nigeria. Upon completion of this transaction,…
Borr Drilling Prospector 5 Rig Incident Update
Borr Drilling Limited provides an update on the Prospector 5 incident offshore Gabon, first announced by the Company on October 25, 2026. Of the 115 personnel on board at the time of the incident,…
Equinor doubles North Sea gas discovery estimate
A new appraisal well in the Afrodite discovery near the Kvitebjørn field shows that the recoverable gas volumes may be more than twice as large as previously estimated. The recoverable volumes of…
MOL signs long-term charter contract with Deutsche ReGas for Energie-Terminal “Deutsche Ostsee” in Germany
Playing a key role in Strengthening Germany's and Europe's import solution Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, and Deutsche ReGas announced that they have entered into a long-term Time Charter Contract with…
Yachts & Cruises.
Ferretti Group sets its sights on Flibs 2026 and the American Market, with eight yachts and two premieres
The Group returns to the 2026 Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show with a fleet led by the AMAS premières Ferretti Yachts 720 and wallywhy100. A dream fleet featuring two extraordinary premières.…
Carnival Cruise Line opens 2028/29 sailings from Baltimore
Carnival Luminosa to Debut from Baltimore Following Refresh, Joining Carnival Miracle to Expand Cruise Offerings Carnival Cruise Line opened sailings for its 2028/29 schedule from Baltimore,…
Honeywell Technologies helps Royal Caribbean personalise the Guest Experience with Connected Cabin Automation System
Fleetwide Icon Class deployment marks Honeywell Technologies' largest cruise hospitality technology installation to date Honeywell Technologies' connected cabin automation system is now powering…
Azimut Yachts is Official Yachting Partner of Ferrari Hypersail
Azimut Yachts is Technical Partner and Official Yachting Partner of Ferrari Hypersail, Ferrari’s project designed for offshore ocean racing. The collaboration starts on shore – with Hypersail’s…
Events.
The 16th Asian Logistics, Maritime and Aviation Conference takes place on 16 and 17 November
- Aligning with the National 15th Five-Year Plan, Hong Kong's first Five-Year Plan and the Policy Address - Reinforcing Hong Kong's position as international trade and maritime centres and an aviation hub The 16th Asian Logistics, Maritime and Aviation Conference , organised by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), will…
5th CSN Greece ICT Conference, Athens 19th November 2026 “Intelligent Skies, Secure Seas: The AI Impact on ICT” – Register Now
“Intelligent Skies, Secure Seas: The AI Impact on ICT” Register here Date: 19 November 2026 Time: 09:00-15:00 Venue: PLOES Floating Venue The…
5th CSN Greece ICT Conference, Athens 19th November 2026 “Intelligent Skies, Secure Seas: The AI Impact on ICT” – Save the date
About the Conference The 5th CSN Greece Shipping ICT Conference, titled “Intelligent Skies, Secure Seas: The AI Impact on ICT”, will take place on 19th November 2026 at PLOES in Athens. The Rules of…
MASO Academy to host The Power of the Leader online workshop on 12 November
MASO Academy will host “The Power of the Leader”, a live online workshop delivered in Greek by Sotiris Papadopoulos, Founder of MASO Public Affairs, on Thursday, 12 November 2026, from 18:00 to 21:00…
Thai Cave Rescue Diver Chris Jewell bring lessons in Risk and Safety to IMCA Global Summit
The International Marine Contractors Association will launch its new strategy to 2030 as hundreds of offshore leaders and technical specialists gather in Antwerp, Belgium, on 28 and 29 October…
Hong Kong cements Its Position as a Resilient Global Maritime Hub ahead of 10th Maritime Week
Under the theme “Trusted Resilience Powering Global Maritime Trade,” the 10th anniversary edition will bring together shipowners, financiers, legal experts and other industry leaders this November to…
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