Southeast Asian businesses are looking to China’s newly opened Pinglu Canal to reduce transport bottlenecks and provide direct access to markets deep inside the country, but officials and analysts warn that the
Colombo Dockyard PLC (CDPLC) has signed a major shipbuilding contract with Orange Marine of France to construct two state-of-the-art cable laying and repair vessels, marking the largest shipbuilding contract in the company’s
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Traffic through Egypt’s Suez Canal has jumped by more than 10% in recent months, local authorities said, reflecting renewed shipping confidence following the Gaza peace summit. Between July and October, a total
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In a swift and decisive operation, the Sri Lanka Navy successfully rescued all 14 crew members of the Merchant Vessel (MV) INTEGRITY STAR, which was reported in distress due to engine failure
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The International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Extraordinary Session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC), held from 14 to 17 October 2025 in London, concluded without agreement on the proposed Net-Zero Framework for
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China’s Jiaolong manned submersible has carried out the world’s first joint underwater operation with a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) in the Arctic Ocean, the China Media Group (CMG) reported on Saturday. The
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China’s push into the Northern Sea Route (NSR)—the Arctic shipping lane stretching along Russia’s northern coast—has reignited debate over the safety, environmental impact, and commercial viability of the high-latitude shortcut. While the
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X-Press Feeders, the former operator of the ill-fated container ship X-Press Pearl, has announced it is pausing payouts tied to what is now recognized as Sri Lanka’s largest environmental disaster. The decision
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by Our Economic Affairs Editor The annual Container Port Performance Index issued by the World Bank yesterday offers a blunt reminder of how fragile, yet indispensable, the global maritime system has become.
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From the time of Sir Hugh Willoughby, the Tudor adventurer whose life ended in the frozen wastes of northern Russia, brave men have perished attempting to establish a trading route to China
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Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing’s CK Hutchison Holdings is facing mounting legal and geopolitical pressure as the Panamanian government moves to challenge the legitimacy of its long-standing ports contract, prompting concerns over
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka’s judgment on the X-Press Pearl disaster marks a historic and sobering reflection on environmental accountability, institutional inertia, and the urgency of
More An ambitious move by U.S. investment giant BlackRock to acquire a portfolio of strategic global ports has encountered stiff resistance from Beijing, laying bare a deeper struggle over control of 21st-century maritime
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In a landmark step towards enhancing maritime security and regional cooperation, the coast guards of India, Japan, the United States, and Australia have officially launched the inaugural “Quad-at-Sea” mission in the Indo-Pacific.
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In a joint statement made at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Headquarters, top global maritime bodies have renewed their commitment to ensuring the fair treatment and legal protection of seafarers. The event
More The head of the Panama Canal Authority has voiced serious concerns that a $23 billion global ports transaction involving Hong Kong’s CK Hutchison could threaten the long-held neutrality of the strategic waterway.
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