On January 1, 2026, at the fully automated container terminal of Qingdao Port in Shandong Province, the vessel “Mediterranean Saudi Arabia” slowly berthed without any manual mooring operations—marking the official launch of China's first vacuum-based automated mooring system. Developed indepe

CMA CGM officially launched its KEA service route, serving as a powerful complement to its existing RTW PAD product. This move positions the company as the sole carrier currently offering twice-weekly direct service on the U.S. East Coast–Oceania route. Southbound, the service covers major U.S. Eas

At around 5 a.m. on December 29, a fire broke out aboard the container ship “Verizon” docked at the Pelabuhan Perian Container Terminal in Tanjung Perak Port, Surabaya, Indonesia. Witnesses reported thick smoke billowing near the vessel's superstructure. Local authorities swiftly deployed 16 f

On the morning of December 27 local time, the approximately 30-meter-long passenger ferry “Atlantic Cruise” caught fire in the engine room while preparing to dock near Nuniyachara in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, to pick up tourists bound for St. Martin's Island. The blaze rapidly spread to the

The Suez Canal Authority confirmed on Tuesday that the “CMA CGM Jacques Saade” and “CMA CGM Adonis,” vessels belonging to CMA CGM—the world's third-largest shipping company—have transited the canal northbound and southbound, respectively. The former is en route from Morocco to Malaysia, wh