Cyprus.
9th Tripartite Meeting Cyprus – Greece – Malta with the participation of Italy
The Shipping Deputy Ministry of the Republic of Cyprus hosted today in Limassol the 9th Tripartite Meeting of Cyprus, Greece and Malta, with the participation of Italy, reaffirming the strong…
Cyprus and Bahrain forge stronger maritime ties with Landmark Shipping MoU
Cyprus Shipping Deputy Minister, Marina Hadjimanolis, is currently undertaking a strategic state visit to Bahrain to solidify maritime relations between the two nations. The visit, taking place from…
Cyprus Maritime Innovation takes Centre Stage at SMM Hamburg 2026
Underscoring its expanding role as a premier international hub for cutting-edge maritime technology and sustainable shipping, the Republic of Cyprus hosted the dedicated Cyprus Maritime Innovation…
Inside the Legal Mind of the Cyprus Shipping Chamber: An interview with Sophoclis Constantinou
Welcome to another exclusive feature on Cyprus Shipping News. Today, we sit down with a pivotal figure in our maritime community, Sophoclis N. Constantinou, Deputy Director General and Legal Affairs…
Greece.
Dorian LPG announces VLGC Newbuilding Contracts, Forward Chartering Estimates, and New Credit Facility
Dorian LPG Ltd., a leading owner and operator of modern very large gas carriers (“VLGCs”), announced that it entered into an agreement with Hanwha Ocean to build three 90,000 cbm dual-fuel Panamax…
EuroHoldings announces Charter Contract Extensions for two of its Feeder Containerships, M/V Joanna and M/V Aegean Express
Euroholdings, an owner and operator of container carriers and tanker vessels and provider of container and tanker seaborne transportation services, announced today time charter contract…
Connected Fleets under Siege: The 2026 CSN ICT Cyprus – Greece Satellite and Cyber Security Report
The international maritime sector is operating at an unprecedented intersection of digital acceleration, operational complexity and acute geopolitical exposure. Modern vessels have evolved from…
Diana Shipping announces direct continuation of time charter contract for m/v Leto with Cargill
Diana Shipping , a global shipping company specialising in the ownership and bareboat charter-in of dry bulk vessels,announced that, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, it has extended the…
World.
Ships and seafarers increasingly caught in the crossfire of unrelated wars
Four regions – the Strait of Hormuz, the Red Sea, the waters off Somalia, and the Black Sea – are now simultaneously active theatres of danger, on a scale the shipping industry has not seen before.…
Six months into Hormuz blockade, Qatar and UAE test ways to keep LNG moving
LNG exporters are looking for ways around the disruption in Hormuz, with three Gulf cargoes recently moved using ship-to-ship transfers (STS) as…
Volatile yen risks ‘confused’ global markets, chairman of Japanese shipping giant says
While the weak yen is favorable to Japanese companies doing business elsewhere, the huge swings in the currency can be a problem, according to a top…
IBIA condemns attacks on commercial shipping and calls for Greater Protection of Seafarers
Recent incidents affecting commercial shipping, including within our own bunkering community in the last 24 hours, have resulted in the tragic loss…
DORIC WEEKLY INSIGHT 11 SEPTEMBER 2026
Please find below the DORIC Market Insight for the week ending 11th September 2026. Weekly Report 11.09.2026
DP World and GULFCAP AFRICA advance Mombasa industrial park investment with shareholders agreement
More than 60 local and international companies have expressed interest in the Special…
‘Port Partners’ further connects business to opportunity
Building on more than two decades of efforts to expand access to contracting opportunities for…
KLine newbuilding LNG vessel for Toho Gas named TOHO EMERALD
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha announced that the naming ceremony for a newbuilding LNG carrier was held at…
Klaveness reflections on trading efficiency after a visit to M/V Penta
This summer, the Klaveness Japan team were joined by Ryo Miura, Japanese representative of…
Riga host the Baltic Sea Ports Conference next year
On September 3 and 4, the annual conference of the Baltic Ports Organization took place in Turku,…
Iran says it plans to announce a new ‘exclusion zone’ near the Strait of Hormuz
The new head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council on Sunday said Tehran plans to announce…
Ships and seafarers increasingly caught in the crossfire of unrelated wars
Four regions – the Strait of Hormuz, the Red Sea, the waters off Somalia, and the Black Sea – are now simultaneously active theatres of danger, on a scale the shipping industry has not seen before.…
Six months into Hormuz blockade, Qatar and UAE test ways to keep LNG moving
LNG exporters are looking for ways around the disruption in Hormuz, with three Gulf cargoes…
Volatile yen risks ‘confused’ global markets, chairman of Japanese shipping giant says
While the weak yen is favorable to Japanese companies doing business elsewhere, the huge swings in…
IBIA condemns attacks on commercial shipping and calls for Greater Protection of Seafarers
Recent incidents affecting commercial shipping, including within our own bunkering community in the…
DORIC WEEKLY INSIGHT 11 SEPTEMBER 2026
Please find below the DORIC Market Insight for the week ending 11th September 2026. Weekly Report…
DP World and GULFCAP AFRICA advance Mombasa industrial park investment with shareholders agreement
More than 60 local and international companies have expressed interest in the Special…
‘Port Partners’ further connects business to opportunity
Building on more than two decades of efforts to expand access to contracting opportunities for…
KLine newbuilding LNG vessel for Toho Gas named TOHO EMERALD
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha announced that the naming ceremony for a newbuilding LNG carrier was held at…
Klaveness reflections on trading efficiency after a visit to M/V Penta
This summer, the Klaveness Japan team were joined by Ryo Miura, Japanese representative of…
Riga host the Baltic Sea Ports Conference next year
On September 3 and 4, the annual conference of the Baltic Ports Organization took place in Turku,…
Iran says it plans to announce a new ‘exclusion zone’ near the Strait of Hormuz
The new head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council on Sunday said Tehran plans to announce…
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2nd CSN Northern European Crewing Conference
22 Sept 2026
CSN London Maritime Forum
13 Oct 2026
5th CSN Greece ICT Conference
19 Nov 2026
Technical.
Optimarin Guardian receives DNV type approval
Optimarin integrates proven Hyde Marine UV reactor technology with its established control system and component portfolio, creating a compact BWMS range from 60 to 3,000 m³/h. Optimarin has received DNV Type Approval for the Optimarin Guardian ballast water management system, completing the integration of Guardian into Optimarin’s product portfolio and making the system ready for commercial…
WinGD dual-fuel technology gives Polaris Shipping flexibility across methanol and ethanol
Swiss marine power company WinGD has won a contract that will give Polaris Shipping true fuel flexibility for its future Newcastlemax fleet with an…
Bulwark Dynamics raises $6.8M to build Autonomous Landing Craft for contested logistics, partners with Japan’s Onomichi Dockyard
Seed funding fuels production of autonomous vessels that sustain distributed forces across the Indo-Pacific — built where they'll be used. Bulwark Dynamics, a developer of autonomous landing craft,…
New ABB and BCG report highlights growing role of direct current technologies in future power systems
Rapid expansion of AI computing, increasing electrification and rise of renewable energy are driving renewed interest in DC technology as part of future electrical systems Both AC and DC systems…
Sea Machines secures IDIQ contract with US Special Operations Forces (SOF) for Universal Autonomy Systems
Sea Machines Robotics announced that it has secured a 5 year Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to supply its commercial, non-developmental, TRL-9, rapidly deployable autonomy…
PPG introduces PPG ONE RANGE portfolio for onboard maintenance
One-component coatings simplify maintenance, reduce application complexity PPG announced the launch of the PPG ONE RANGE™ portfolio of five one-component marine coatings at the SMM 2026 maritime…
Optimarin Guardian receives DNV type approval
Optimarin integrates proven Hyde Marine UV reactor technology with its established control system and component portfolio, creating a compact BWMS range from 60 to 3,000 m³/h. Optimarin has received…
WinGD dual-fuel technology gives Polaris Shipping flexibility across methanol and ethanol
Swiss marine power company WinGD has won a contract that will give Polaris Shipping true fuel flexibility for its future Newcastlemax fleet with an order of four X72DF-M-1.0 engines that can operate…
Kongsberg Maritime supply Kamewa waterjets for Australia’s new Landing Craft Medium fleet
Kongsberg Maritime has entered into an agreement with Austal Defence Shipbuilding Australia to…
Bulwark Dynamics raises $6.8M to build Autonomous Landing Craft for contested logistics, partners with Japan’s Onomichi Dockyard
Seed funding fuels production of autonomous vessels that sustain distributed forces across the…
New ABB and BCG report highlights growing role of direct current technologies in future power systems
Rapid expansion of AI computing, increasing electrification and rise of renewable energy are…
Sea Machines secures IDIQ contract with US Special Operations Forces (SOF) for Universal Autonomy Systems
Sea Machines Robotics announced that it has secured a 5 year Indefinite Delivery Indefinite…
Digitalisation.
How to optimise AI for the entire enterprise, not just the individual
There’s a classic Harvard case study, where a rowing coach selects his best eight rowers for the top team and his bottom eight rowers for the junior team. Contrary to what you would expect, the top team, with the fastest and strongest rowers, consistently lost to the junior team. The top team’s rowers focused entirely on maximizing individual power. If the boat slowed, they rowed harder in…
Ant International, Mastercard and Visa Initiate Collaboration on Know-Your-Agent Interoperability to Scale Agentic Commerce
Ant International, Mastercard, and Visa have begun collaboration on a Know-Your-Agent (KYA) interoperability framework, designed to help card…
World’s Largest AI Infrastructure in Space announced by the president of the French Republic: Marlan Space and Loft Orbital Join Forces with Mistral and Global Space Industry Leaders to Build the Future of Agentic AI in Space with $1 Billion
Loft Orbital, a global space infrastructure company, and Marlan Space, a UAE-based investor and subsidiary of IHC, today announced a $1 billion program to build the world's largest artificial…
BlackSky named exclusive provider of Very High-Resolution Electro-Optical Constellation for New International Initiative to build the World’s Largest Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure in Space
BlackSky Gen-3 satellites will be part of a fifty-satellite constellation developed under a $1 billion investment led by a consortium of Marlan Space, Loft Orbital, Mistral AI and other global space…
Eclipse Space unveils satellite platforms for customer-owned D2D, Broadband, and Orbital Data Center Constellations
CitraSat, SliceSat, and SurgeSat give sovereign and commercial customers the infrastructure to own and control their constellations; Eclipse partners with Paris-based Gama on scalable space power…
90POE’s OpenOcean STUDIO independently certified across major maritime emissions frameworks by Normec Verifavia
90POE (Ninety Percent of Everything Ltd), the maritime software company behind OpenOcean STUDIO, has achieved independent certification from Normec Verifavia, confirming that its platform meets the…
Energy.
McDermott awarded subsea contract for Cronos development in Cyprus
McDermott has been awarded a substantial* subsea contract by Eni Cyprus Limited (Eni) for the Cronos gas field development offshore Cyprus, marking McDermott's first subsea project award with Eni and expanding the company's presence in the Eastern Mediterranean region. Under the contract, McDermott will provide project management, engineering, procurement and installation support for the…
MOL world’s first LNG carrier equipped with Wind Challenger
Scheduled for Delivery Under a Long-Term Charter to Chevron in Late September Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, announced that it held a naming ceremony on…
Vallourec and Aramco strengthen their partnership through the signing of an agreement for the supply of Oil Country Tubular Goods
Vallourec, a world leader in premium seamless tubular solutions, announces the signing of an agreement with Aramco to further strengthen the two companies’ commercial, industrial, and technological…
Eni and PETRONAS explore innovative biofuel solutions
Signed a Feasibility Agreement to evaluate high-performance, commercially scalable bio-gasoline for potential future applications During the 2026 Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix, Eni and PETRONAS have…
SLB and Shearwater launch Amapá 3D Seismic Survey Offshore Brazil
Survey will address critical data needs as exploration interest grows following the Morpho discovery Global energy technology company SLB (NYSE: SLB) today announced the launch of the…
LNG bunker fleet may need to more than double by 2030 to keep pace with growing fuel demand
The global LNG bunker vessel fleet may need to more than double by 2030 as demand from LNG-fuelled ships grows faster than the infrastructure required to supply them, according to a new DNV white…
Yachts & Cruises.
UnCruise Adventures increases capacity and opens bookings for 2028 Alaska Cruises in the Aleutian Islands
74-guest Wilderness Explorer will take over the popular Alaska cruise itinerary due to strong booking demand UnCruise Adventures is more than doubling capacity on its popular Aleutian Islands…
OneWater Marine announces strategic partnership with OceanWorld Group and Denison Yachting
OneWater Marine Inc. announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with OceanWorld Group (“OceanWorld”) to establish a strategic partnership for its Denison Yachting subsidiary, one of…
Paisly expands into river cruising with Viking and Scenic Group
Viking, Scenic Luxury Cruises & Tours and Emerald Cruises & Tours are now available through JetBlue Vacations as Paisly continues to grow one of its fastest-growing travel categories. Paisly…
Reimagined Ocean Bar debuts on Oosterdam with expanded entertainment
New live music offerings, enhanced performance venue and heritage-inspired design come together as part of Holland America Evolution Key Highlights New Ocean Bar debuts aboard Oosterdam as part of…
Events.
Meet the Speakers of the 2nd CSN Northern European Crewing Conference – Toomas Koost – Crewpoint Travel
Cyprus Shipping News announces that Toomas Koost joins as a speaker of the 2nd CSN Northern European Crewing Conference. The Conference will take place on 22 September 2026 at the Hotel Hafen Hamburg – Elbkuppel in Hamburg. Under the theme “Crewing 5.0: Bridging the Gap Between Digital Efficiency and Human Reliability” Register here Toomas Koost, Chief Product Officer & Co-founder -…
Meet the Speakers of the 2nd CSN Northern European Crewing Conference – Alan Croft – ISWAN
Cyprus Shipping News announces that Alan Croft joins as a speaker of the 2nd CSN Northern European Crewing Conference. The Conference will take place…
Meet the Speakers of the 2nd CSN Northern European Crewing Conference – Andreas Papachristophorou – Maritime Commercial & AI Consultant
Cyprus Shipping News announces that Andreas Papachristophorou joins as a speaker of the 2nd CSN Northern European Crewing Conference. The Conference will take place on 22 September 2026 at the Hotel…
Meet the Speakers of the 2nd CSN Northern European Crewing Conference – Angelos Samolis – Giovanti Travel
Cyprus Shipping News announces that Angelos Samolis joins as a speaker of the 2nd CSN Northern European Crewing Conference. The Conference will take place on 22 September 2026 at the Hotel Hafen…
Meet the Speakers of the 2nd CSN Northern European Crewing Conference – Capt. Özgür Alemdağ – Maritime Trainer
Cyprus Shipping News announces that Capt. Özgür Alemdağ joins as a speaker of the 2nd CSN Northern European Crewing Conference. The Conference will take place on 22 September 2026 at the Hotel Hafen…
Golf, maritime community and social responsibility came together at the 12th Greek Maritime Golf Event
Against the backdrop of Messinia’s unique landscape and the golf courses of Costa Navarino, the Greek and international maritime community came together once again for its established annual…
Interviews.
Podcasts.
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