Huda disabled, Black Sea war risk at 20%, Evergreen in Suez

Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein says Iraq has reached understandings with the US to allow Iraqi oil exports through the strait via a shipping lane near Oman.

The strait authority added the 2018-built, Panama-flagged chemical tanker Mercan, owned and operated from Turkey, on 5 November, while removing the LPG carriers Gas Marakua and SOGL.

Bookings to Khor Fakkan, Fujairah and selected Upper Gulf destinations are now accepted only subject to capacity, with no end date given.

Unverified reports say young men boarded the container ship Cape Syros north of Bataan in the Philippines and stole copper and liferafts.

The Suez Canal Authority tug Mohamed Bashir towed the Russian-flagged products tanker Alyssum from off Alamein to Port Said after an engine failure.

Terminal 1 at the Port of Neom is due to open on 10 November with an initial capacity of 700,000 teu.

The Panama Canal Authority plans to shortlist bidders for its $2.6bn container terminal projects by the end of the year.

Adani Ports has agreed to buy the European liquid storage operator Evos for $2.9bn.

The carrier has closed its purchase of 25% of the Rotterdam terminal.

Its analysis has the containership fleet growing from 34m teu today to 40m teu by the second quarter of 2028.

The Panama Maritime Authority has removed more than 100 vessels from its registry under a fast-track mechanism for ships on official sanctions lists.

The threatened strike at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach has been put off again as labour talks continue.

Ravi Mehrotra's Foresight Group is linked to four 90,000 cu m very large ammonia carriers at HD Hyundai Heavy Industries for $470m, for delivery in 2029 and 2030.

The $254.6m package would raise its fleet capacity by 35%.

Marlow's shareholders will take a holding in the Hamburg-listed group in return.

The family-owned towage company will operate as Boluda Muller Towage, with a focus on offshore work.

The Singapore carrier has booked seven methanol-ready 1,400 teu ships at Huanghai Shipbuilding for 2029 and 2030.

The yard has denied taking an order for 24,000 teu ships from Maersk.

Khalid Hashim moves to executive vice chairman and finance chief Gautam Khurana takes over as managing director on 1 January 2027.

The IMO Council has endorsed Arsenio Dominguez as secretary-general until the end of 2031, subject to formal approval.

Production was halted after a fire in an electrical switchboard room on 4 November.

A lifeboat fell more than 3 metres when its cables snapped during an evacuation drill at an oil rig off the Terengganu-Pahang coast.

The Energy Independence Bill would remove the regulator's power to award licences for previously unlicensed fields.

ADES has two three-year ONGC jack-up contracts worth $117m, and ADNOC Drilling has been selected for two Kuwait offshore rig deals worth up to $315m.

The deal is valued at $600m.