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How Should the LNG Carrier Market in 2026 Be Read? 2026年のLNG船市況をどう読むか？
Spark30S at $52,000, Mozambique Development Restarted, More Than 100 Newbuild Deliveries Spark30Sは52,000ドル、モザンビーク開発再開、100隻超の新造船引き渡し How should the LNG carrier market in 2026 be read? Opinions are divided among sh... -
Sunday Column: Writing Articles That AI Cannot Proofread サンデーコラム AIに校正できない記事を書く（Free,無料）
It is often said that, with the advancement of AI, opportunities to have AI write text have increased. How does this sound to established newspaper companies, or to newspaper reporters themselves? Japan’s shipping industry has frequently... -
Hengli Shipbuilding Secures 32 Orders in First Two Months of the Year 恒力造船、年初2カ月で32隻受注
Major VLCC and Suezmax Wins Underscore China’s Expanding Presence in Commercial Shipbuilding VLCC・スエズマックス大量獲得、中国商船建造の存在感鮮明に Hengli Shipbuilding of Dalian, China, has rapidly accumulated orders for large commerci... -
Mitsui E&S, Taiyo Electric Launch Sales of New Shaft Generator System 三井E&Sと大洋電機、新型軸発電を開発
Overhang-Type Permanent Magnet Design Delivers Energy Savings and Rationalised Engineering オーバーハング型永久磁石式で省エネと設計合理化を実現 Mitsui E&S and Taiyo Electric have completed development of the “overhang-type permanent ... -
Container freight rates set for structural downturn in 2026 2026年コンテナ運賃は構造的下落局面へ
Return to Red Sea routes to lift supply, China slowdown to curb demand 紅海回帰で供給増、中国減速で需要減 The container shipping market in 2026 may be entering a phase in which it faces simultaneous pressure from both supply and demand... -
Japanese shipping groups consider vessel disposals 日本の海運各社、保有船の売却を検討
Surging second-hand prices raise scope for upward revision to net profit 中古船価格高騰、純利益の上方修正も視野 According to ship sale and purchase brokers and shipping industry sources, several Japanese shipping companies listed on the ... -
Reportage on Japanese Shipowners No. 10 第10回ルポルタージュ・日本船主
What constitutes a meaningful off-balance-sheet contract for shipowners 「船主にとって意味のあるオフバランス契約とは」 In late January, at an izakaya near the centre of a mid-sized city in western Japan, a Japanese shipowner who had shar... -
MOL PLUS, the CVC arm of MOL, invests in leading Indian VC 商船三井CVCのMOL PLUS、インド有力VCに出資
Participation in fund managed by Chiratae Ventures Offshore Manager LLP to accelerate India investments Chiratae Ventures Offshore Manager LLP運営ファンドへ参画、インド投資を加速 MOL PLUS, the corporate venture capital arm wholly owned b... -
NYK, Kambara Kisen Deploy Low Carbon Methanol Fuelled Vessel for BHP 日本郵船・神原汽船、BHPへ低炭素メタノール燃料船
Approximately 65% Reduction in GHG Emissions, First Initiative for an Ocean-Going Bulk Carrier GHG排出量を約65％削減、外航ばら積み船で初の取り組み NYK said on 12 February that the methanol dual-fuel bulk carrier Green Future (approximate... -
Satellite Communications Market Heats Up as Starlink and OneWeb Compete 船舶通信衛星、StarlinkとOneWebで競争激化
CMA CGM to Deploy OneWeb Across Entire Fleet Japanese Majors Accelerate Roll-out to Strengthen Seafarer Welfare and Digitalisation CMA CGM、全船隊にOneWeb展開 日本勢も本格導入し船員福祉とDX強化 Amid intensifying competition between Sta... -
Maritime Safety in the Northern Black Sea: Skuld Sounds the Alarm 黒海北部の海上安全、Skuldが警鐘
Grain shipments recover, but “operational risk enters a new phase” — geopolitical realities spill over to Japan’s merchant fleet 穀物輸送は回復も「運航リスクは新局面」 日本商船隊にも波及する地政学的現実 The prolonged Russia–Ukraine war ... -
NYK’s Offshore Floating Data Centre Concept Wins MIC Award 日本郵船らの洋上浮体型データセンター構想、総務大臣賞を受賞
Balancing 100% Renewable Energy with Digital Infrastructure, Demonstration Planned at Yokohama Port 再エネ100%とデジタル基盤の両立、横浜港で実証へ NYK announced on 9 that its offshore floating data centre concept, which it is jointly exa... -
MOL strengthens stable earnings base through terminal operations 商船三井、ターミナル事業で安定収益基盤を強化
Strategic shift signalled by dual investments in car carrier and tank terminals 自動車専用船とタンクターミナル、二つの投資が示す戦略的転換とは MOL announced on 29 January that it will establish a car carrier terminal operating company in... -
Maersk Orders Eight 18,600-TEU Ships from New Times Shipbuilding マースク、新時代造船に18,600TEU型8隻を発注
Orderbook Rises to 33 Vessels, with China-Built Ships to Be Deployed in 2029–30 発注残33隻に増加、中国造船所建造で2029-30年に投入 Denmark’s shipping major A.P. Moller–Maersk (Maersk) announced on the 9th that it has signed a shipbuilding... -
Temporary Suspension of Terminal Operations at the Port of Rotterdam ロッテルダム港でターミナル業務一時停止
Containers Collapse from Ultra-Large Containership, Striking LNG Bunkering Vessel 大型コンテナ船からの崩落でLNGバンカリング船に衝突 On 6 February, an accident occurred at the Port of Rotterdam, one of Europe’s largest ports, in which a s... -
Maersk to cut 1,000 jobs, extend depreciation period to 25 years マースク、1,000人削減 償却年数25年に延長
Underlying EBIT in 2026 could reach a USD 1.5bn loss in a worst-case scenario 26年の基礎EBIT、ワーストケースで15億ドル赤字も想定 A.P. Moller-Maersk, the world’s largest container shipping operator, has released its earnings outlook for t... -
NYK Group Hosts Media Reception 日本郵船グループ、メディア懇親会を開催
Emphasising “flexible response” and the “underlying strength of the maritime industry” at the milestone of its 141st year 創業141年目の節目に「しなやかな対応」と「海事産業の底力」を強調 NYK held a media reception for the NYK Group on the... -
Explosion on MSC-Operated Container Ship in the Gulf of Finlandフィンランド湾でMSC運航コンテナ船に爆発
Engine-Room Fire off Neva Bay; All Crew Safe — Russian Authorities Launch Preliminary Review under Criminal Code Article 263 ネヴァ湾沖で機関室火災、全乗組員無事 ロシア当局が刑法第263条で予備審査 On the night of 5 February, a 2,732-TEU ... -
Asia Pacific Maritime to Open on March 25 In Singapore アジア太平洋海事展3月25日にシンガポールで開幕
With MOL’s Incoming President, Jotaro Tamura, Among Speakers MBJ’s Yamamoto to Moderate Shipbuilding Panel as Event Returns to Singapore at Its Largest Scale, Focusing on Next Energy Technologies and Innovation 商船三井の田村次期社長らが... -
NYK signs multiple long-term for newbuild LNG carriers with Cheniere 日本郵船、シェニエールと新造LNG船で複数隻の長期用船契約
Joint 50% ownership with Ocean Yield covers 4–8 vessels, securing tonnage to support the expansion of US LNG exports Ocean Yieldと50％保有で4-8隻、米LNG輸出拡大を支える船腹確保 NYK announced on the 5th that it has concluded long-term tim... -
MOL Energia accelerates next-generation gas carrier business MOLエナージアが次世代ガス船事業を加速
LPG-fuelled VLGC “ENERGIA GRANDEUR” delivered for French major TotalEnergies, with ammonia transport in sight 仏トタル向けLPG燃料VLGC「ENERGIA GRANDEUR」竣工、アンモニア輸送も視野 MOL announced on the 6th that a newly built LPG-fuelled V... -
NORDEN sells 23 vessels, secures net profit of $120m ノルデン、23隻を売却、純利益1億2,000万ドルを確保
FY2025 net profit totals $120m; FY2026 outlook set at $30m–$100m 2025年1－12月期、26年の純利益は3,000万～1億ドルのレンジを予想 Danish shipping group NORDEN A/S said on 4 February that consolidated net profit for the January–December 2025... -
Tensions in the Strait of Hormuz push VLCC charter rates to $129,000 緊張・ホルムズ海峡、VLCC市況が12万9000ドル
US–Iran confrontation leaves risk of military conflict intact; some vessels transit at 17 knots 米・イラン対立、軍事衝突の可能性が依然として残存 速力17ノットで通過する船舶も As tensions between the United States and Iran intensify once ... -
Minato Bank triples ship finance balance in three years みなと銀行、船舶融資残高が3年で3倍に拡大
Outstanding loans reach ¥50bn including committed deals, building expertise from Kobe’s maritime cluster コミット案件含め残高は500億円、神戸の海事集積を起点にノウハウ蓄積 Minato Bank, a second-tier regional lender headquartered in Kobe, ...
