At around 5 a.m. on December 29, a fire broke out aboard the container ship “Verizon” docked at the Pelabuhan Perian Container Terminal in Tanjung Perak Port, Surabaya, Indonesia. Witnesses reported thick smoke billowing near the vessel's superstructure. Local authorities swiftly deployed 16 f

On the morning of December 27 local time, the approximately 30-meter-long passenger ferry “Atlantic Cruise” caught fire in the engine room while preparing to dock near Nuniyachara in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, to pick up tourists bound for St. Martin's Island. The blaze rapidly spread to the

The Suez Canal Authority confirmed on Tuesday that the “CMA CGM Jacques Saade” and “CMA CGM Adonis,” vessels belonging to CMA CGM—the world's third-largest shipping company—have transited the canal northbound and southbound, respectively. The former is en route from Morocco to Malaysia, wh

To enhance the reliability and coverage of its Asia-Latin America and Caribbean routes by 2026, global shipping giant CMA CGM announced structural adjustments to its three core services: ACSA 1, M2X, and PEX2.Starting late February, the ACSA 1 service will resume calls at Buenaventura, Pórtola, and

Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) recently announced a major upgrade to its IROKO service, formally adding Cape Town, South Africa, to its direct port call sequence. This adjustment aims to strengthen maritime connections between Asia and Africa, particularly enhancing support for trade between C