Maritime Briefing of 28 September 2026

Its conditions include lifting the naval blockade of Iranian ports, ending the embargo on Iranian shipping, waiving sanctions on oil sales and a ceasefire that includes Lebanon. The IMO has confirmed 85 incidents and 24 seafarer deaths, and crude flows through the strait fell to 33.7 million barrels last week from 49.2 million the week before.

A joint statement read at the United Nations by Bahrain's foreign minister, Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, condemned Iran and the Houthis and warned that a Houthi advance towards Bab el-Mandeb would raise the risk to shipping.

An Iraqi energy official put its September allocation at about 25 million barrels, behind ADNOC's 40 million; Iraq's state marketer SOMO has offered discounts of $15 to $20.80 a barrel to its official selling price, and Basra exports have risen to 2.6 million barrels a day this month.

The Russian-owned refiner needs it to keep importing crude after 30 September, until the planned sale of the Gazprom Neft and Gazprom stake to MOL.

Robert Brovdi, commander of the Unmanned Systems Force, counted 134 in the Sea of Azov and 166 in the Black Sea, mostly fuel tankers and dry bulk carriers.

Sarmat and Ajax sailed at about two knots over the power and internet cables between Skagen and the Danish island on 18 September, shadowed by naval vessels from Frederikshavn, before leaving for Murmansk.

She has been aground in Baileys Harbor on Lake Michigan for about four years; the state wants her declared a public nuisance and removed, after its Department of Natural Resources issued at least 33 citations totalling more than $20,000.

Ministry of Transport data shows 7.3 million containers through Chinese terminals in the seven days to 20 September, 9% more than a year earlier. Los Angeles handled 955,907 teu in August and Long Beach 919,992 teu, its busiest August; the US and China extended their tariff standstill, due to expire on 10 November, by two months.

She left Nanning on 16 September and arrived at Can Tho on 24 September; the service is planned twice a month with 4,900 dwt, 500 teu ships.

GT USA will build 15 hurricane-resistant warehouses of nearly 170,000 square feet next to its 20-acre site at North Cargo Berth 6 for lumber, steel and project cargo.

The 16,500 gt, 151.2-metre yacht for 230 guests will be built at Haimen and depart Hong Kong on 10 July 2029; it is SeaDream Yacht Club's first newbuild in 25 years.

The 35,000-tonne subsea rock installation ships are being built by Yantai CIMC Raffles for delivery in 2028 and 2029.

The semi-submersible White Marlin loaded two tugs and Micoperi's pipelay vessel Seminole at Bonny and delivered them to Bahía Blanca.

Offshore work from Fugro Etive is due to start towards the end of 2027.

The ship is under construction at Armon in Vigo for service in 2027. Separately, DeepOcean and TFKable plan an inter-array cable-lay vessel with Poland's ARP, and Cadeler's Nexra signed a memorandum with Vattenfall on major component exchange.

The Getting to Zero Coalition's annual assessment finds the share of scalable zero-emission-fuel-capable tonnage in the orderbook fell from 9.5% to 5.7% in a year, even as ports offering methanol bunkering rose from 19 to 29. The IMO Net-Zero Framework returns for possible adoption at an extraordinary MEPC session on 4 December.

The KVNR seafarer survey counts 2,675 in 2026 against 3,053 in 2025.

for the 2028-2029 biennium.