Grit hit off Oman, MSC Poesia held, VLSFO tops $1,000

An Indian warship and air-dropped marine commandos seized the Iranian fishing vessel hijacked off Somalia, captured the pirates and released all 20 crew in what defence minister Rajnath Singh called a 48-hour operation.

Officers boarded a dry cargo ship of more than 80 metres off north-west Gotland on the night of 30 to 31 October. The ship continued south after the inspection, and no arrests have been reported.

The carrier will apply $35 per teu to Black Sea cargo from 9 November, and from 1 December for the US, Australia, New Zealand and Latin America, subject to filings. The Joint War Committee listed the Black Sea area on 16 September.

A wet October has brought Gatun Lake back to near its historical average, at 85.80 ft, despite warnings that El Niño could bring another drought.

Parliament voted on 4 November to bar open-loop discharges in its ports, internal waters and territorial sea from 1 July 2027, and all scrubber systems from 1 July 2029. Greenland received about 94,000 cruise passengers on 232 voyages in 2025.

The Greek owners paid just under $50m for the 2017-built, 179,120 dwt capesize William Oldendorff, their youngest to date.

MINSHIP and Oskar Wehr have launched a 50-50 shipmanagement venture with 12 ships, from offices in Hamburg and Schnaittenbach.

Market sources name the Swedish owner as the buyer of up to six 13,000 dwt stainless chemical tankers, valued at about $223m to $246m with options. The yard's parent has confirmed only an unnamed European owner.

Hanwha Defense USA signed a contract worth about $269m with TOTE Services for one LSM amphibious ship, to be built at Philly Shipyard, with an option for three more.

The world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier has left for the last time, bound for dismantling in Alabama.

Third-quarter net profit rose 147% to RMB1.246bn, with the fleet at 206 ships.

New awards and extensions in the US Gulf, Equatorial Guinea, India and Norway take its backlog to $8bn.

A $290m BP deal in the US Gulf leads the contracts, lifting backlog to about $4.8bn.

Five-year agreements cover deepwater well intervention and vessel support in the US Gulf.

One engine on each of three Chevron LNG carriers has moved from dual-fuel to spark gas operation, which Wärtsilä estimates cuts methane emissions to 1.1% of fuel use on an IMO-weighted average.

Alfa Laval's digital arm closed the deal for the berth alignment software company on 30 October.