Maritime Briefing of 27 September 2026

Xeneta puts the drop at about four percentage points from July, with Far East-Europe the worst corridor; back-to-back typhoons left 1.1 million teu stuck at anchorage off Ningbo, Shanghai and Yantian.

The weekly Canadian Gateway Express 3 calls Tangier, Salerno, Livorno, Genoa, Fos-sur-Mer, Sagunto, Algeciras and Montreal; OOCL runs the first westbound sailing from Salerno on 13 October and the first eastbound from Montreal on 9 November.

Customers now have 15 calendar days after an invoice's due date, up from seven, before Maersk applies its unchanged $40 per-shipment fee. Separately, it has started outbound operations at a 71,800 m² contract logistics centre at Herleshausen in Germany.

It spans the Amazon Web Services infrastructure lifecycle and is underpinned by stock warrants that vest against commercial milestones over up to seven years.

ABS, DNV and RINA are the first members after the network opened its ranks to class in April. MACN, with more than 200 members, estimates corruption can add 15% to transport costs.

Members get a 15% discount on PntGuard, which uses the Iridium PNT satellite service to authenticate a ship's position when GNSS is jammed or spoofed.

The former Costa Fortuna, the latest cruise ship bought by Margaritaville at Sea, called at Gibraltar on 21 September, ran sea trials and bunkered off Algeciras, and sailed for Belfast on 23 September.

The design, with a U-STERN for upending monopiles at the stern, marks the foundation maker's move from manufacturing and transport into offshore installation.

IUMI put the global total at $4.8bn, up 0.1%, with London holding about 60% of the market; attritional claims are rising and 2026 losses are trending higher.

The work for an undisclosed major Canadian operator starts in early 2027, with options for more wells.

It completes a 24-month development, handles more than 100 cruise calls a year and serves ferry routes to Batam, Karimun and Nirup Island.