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UNCTAD reports that longer voyages, volatile freight markets and constrained uptake of alternative fuels pushed shipping ton-miles to a record increase in 2024 while overall trade growth is forecast to stagnate in 2025.
Ships from Canada, Spain, Brazil and Argentina departed Naval Station Mayport for UNITAS 2025, a multinational maritime exercise focused on interoperability and partnerships.
A Department for Transport policy paper sets out a shared ambition for sustained cruise growth, with economic opportunity linked to responsible development.
Maersk reported Q2 2025 revenue of USD 13.130bn and raised full‑year guidance after volume growth from Asian exports and benefits from its Gemini Cooperation.
The United States Coast Guard finished its participation in a three-month, multinational fisheries-enforcement mission on 11 July 2025 that spanned more than 6.54 million square nautical miles and involved partners from Australia, France, New Zealand and several Pacific island states.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s 2025 forum brought shipping figures and policymakers together to examine the future of the UK flag and the rules around new technology.
The Norwegian classification society released a 119-document July 2025 rules edition for ships and offshore units that will apply from 1 January 2026, introducing new operational qualifiers and class notations for sustainability and mooring integrity.
The Maritime Safety Committee has begun a multi-year revision of safety-management guidance, with fatigue and harassment among its priorities.
British P2000 patrol vessels joined US Navy personnel for a BALTOPS 2025 activity centred on responding to uncrewed surface vessels in the Baltic Sea.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency asked stakeholders to comment on draft regulations that would bring additional vessel types into the Polar Code and introduce measures to reduce pollution risks in polar ecosystems.
BC Ferries has confirmed a contract to build four Summit Class vessels aimed at replacing ageing ships on busy routes, with the first vessel due to enter service in 2029 and all four by 2031.
The Department for Transport published proposals to revise England’s National Policy Statement for Ports, with an emphasis on clearer planning and new energy technologies.
The MAIB’s interim report into the loss of the UK‑registered sailing yacht Bayesian states extreme wind knocked the vessel over on 19 August 2024. Once the yacht heeled beyond 70 degrees the situation was assessed as irrecoverable; seven people died.
A proposed international regime would combine a fuel-intensity standard with an economic mechanism for ocean-going ships above 5,000 gross tonnage.
The IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee met in London from 7 to 11 April 2025 and adopted a phased action plan on ship‑generated plastic litter, including mandatory measures for plastic pellets, while approving a regional emissions‑control proposal for the North‑East Atlantic.
The Port of Seattle’s March 2025 shore-power update records completed installations and projected carbon savings as the region works towards a 2030 target for major cruise and container berths.
The two ports have formalised work with 28 partners on lower-emission fuels and digital port-call systems, with a 20–30 per cent emissions ambition for 2030.
A new maritime decarbonisation strategy sets interim greenhouse-gas targets and points to hydrogen, electric and ammonia technologies across ships and ports.
Construction of a £1bn, four‑year expansion at London Gateway will start in May 2025 after regulatory approval, adding two 400‑metre all‑electric berths and a second rail terminal.
The European Commission’s first implementation report says it found no general move of container transhipment or maritime services away from the EU, while identifying a possible future debate over smaller vessels.
The IMO’s Facilitation Committee agreed a timetable in London for a strategy to harmonise and automate digital processes across shipping and ports, with a report due to FAL 50 in 2026 and Assembly adoption targeted for 2027.
The state will pause remaining hybrid-electric conversions until after the 2026 World Cup to bring more vessels back into service and accelerate new electric-ferry procurement.
CMA CGM says its planned investment will span ships, ports, air cargo and research, with a stated target of 10,000 American jobs.
The European Commission’s 2025 assessment finds reductions in some pollution streams and emerging policy tools that should lower emissions, but warns the sector must move faster to meet EU 2030 objectives.
A new European Union regime has started measuring the greenhouse-gas intensity of energy used by larger ships calling at EU ports, with tighter requirements planned through 2050.
Twenty new container ships will join Maersk's owned fleet between 2028 and 2030, completing the newbuilding element of a renewal plan announced in August 2024.
The Council of the European Union on 18 November 2024 adopted four revised directives that extend accident-investigation powers to some small fishing vessels, broaden the scope of pollution rules and update flag- and port-state oversight, with a 30-month transposition deadline for Member States.
Horizon Technologies’ radio-frequency satellite is intended to help identify maritime activity when vessels stop transmitting through their Automatic Identification System.
UN Trade and Development reports a modest rebound in seaborne trade in 2023 but warns that route diversions, higher ton‑mile demand and soaring freight indices have altered shipping dynamics and weakened connectivity for vulnerable economies.
The group says the next Icon Class vessel is due in 2027, with agreements allowing for a fifth and sixth ship.
The IMO has made Maritime Single Window systems mandatory for Member States from 1 January 2024, aiming to allow single submission and maximum reuse of port-call information, though an IMO survey shows awareness and paper usage remain issues.
