London-based Sonan Bunkers has launched Sonan Energy Panama SA, its first office in the Americas.

US Customs and Border Patrol releases details on payment of port fees for Chinese operated and built ships.

Europeans will start impeding vessels from shadow fleets when they enter their waters, French president Emmanuel Macron said to reporters after the seventh meeting of the European Political Community (EPC) in Denmark.

VesselsValue has issued its shipping market outlook for the fourth quarter of 2025, highlighting how structural disruptions, sanctions dynamics, and market complexity arising from the “shadow fleet” activity, are shaping freight rates and future vessel earnings across the tanker, bulker, container, and gas sectors.

The Cyprus flag has continued to demonstrate resilience and steady growth over the last two years. Cyprus recorded a 20% rise in terms of gross tonnage in ship registrations, reaching the highest point of the last 20 years, driven by expanded global services and efforts to build closer ties with shipowners.

The latest data from consultancy Project44 shows that blank sailings have surged to new heights as demand on U.S.-China routes has fallen. The blanks for October are on track to exceed levels seen during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, when consumer demand in the West cratered and imports fell off quickly. 

The latest acquisitions cements Boluda as the world’s largest operator in the towage sector.

The new cranes have the largest outreach of any port equipment operated in Ecuador.

Manila-headquartered International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) has secured a 25-year extension for its concession agreements to operate Subic Bay’s two container terminals, NCT-1 and NCT-2.

US Customs provided over the weekend more details about the upcoming hiked port fees for Chinese-linked tonnage, due to come into effect next week.