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In a pioneering step toward automation in heavy industry, NEURA Robotics has partnered with HD Hyundai Samho and HD Hyundai Robotics to begin real-world testing of humanoid and quadruped robots in shipyards. The collaboration, formalized during Automatica in Munich at the end of June, targets the development of robots capable of precision welding and other […]

NICOSIA, July 7, 2025 — A joint venture comprising ExxonMobil and Qatar Energy International has uncovered a second significant natural gas deposit in Cyprus’s offshore Block 10, the Cypriot government announced today. Officials revealed that drilling at the Pegasus‑1 well, situated approximately 190 kilometers southwest of Cyprus in water depths of around 1,921 meters, has confirmed a gas-bearing reservoir

A Hong Kong-flagged product tanker, MV Fulda, experienced a powerful onboard explosion around 1:05 p.m. IST on July 6, 2025, just hours after discharging its methanol cargo at Deendayal Port (formerly Kandla), Gujarat. The blast caused the 26-year-old vessel to list 22° to starboard before shifting portward as the crew struggled to stabilize it Despite extensive

The Blue Marlin, owned by Germany’s HGK Shipping and equipped by Dutch solar innovator Wattlab, has been officially commissioned as the world’s first hybrid inland cargo vessel capable of using solar energy not just for onboard systems but also for propulsion. The naming ceremony took place in Hamburg on July 3, 2025. Unlike its predecessor,

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has issued a serious warning about escalating risks to seafarers navigating through the Strait of Hormuz, Gulf of Oman, and Israeli ports. According to the ITF, these waters have become “one of the most unstable and militarised regions,” with an increasing number of naval deployments, drone strikes, vessel seizures,

Athens, July 2, 2025 – Greek LNG ship operator Alpha Gas has signed a five-year Wärtsilä Lifecycle Agreement covering two of its liquefied natural gas carriers, marking a further expansion of its partnership with the Finnish marine technology firm. The deal, formalised in the second quarter of 2025, applies to two vessels equipped with four

An oil-drilling support vessel capsized while under tow in the Gulf of Suez on the evening of July 1, 2025, near Ras Ghareb—roughly 300 km south of the Suez Canal. Egyptian authorities confirmed that 30 personnel were aboard the barge, named Adam Marine 12 or Admarine 12, during the incident . Rescue crews from the Egyptian Navy, along with emergency

Global container losses at sea rose sharply to 576 in 2024, compared with just 221 in 2023, according to a World Shipping Council report . While still well below the 10-year average of approximately 1,274 containers per year, the increase signals growing vulnerability linked to altered shipping routes. Shipping rerouting efforts to avoid Houthi attacks in

A Palau-flagged oil product tanker, MT Yi Cheng 6, carrying 14 Indian nationals, caught fire in its engine room and suffered a total power failure on June 29, while sailing from Kandla, India, to Shinas, Oman, in the Gulf of Oman.¹² The Indian Navy’s stealth frigate INS Tabar, which was on patrol in the region, swiftly

Two Crew Members Seriously Injured In Explosion On Tanker At Ireland’s Second Largest Port On the evening of Tuesday, June 24, an explosion occurred on a chemical tanker docked at Shannon Foynes Port in County Limerick, Ireland, seriously injuring two crew members. The accident occurred at around 6:30 pm on the chemical tanker “Bo Hercules”.