22 September 2026
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23 September 2026
The US raised “serious concerns” about the digital duty of care, accusing it of “facilitating censorship”.
23 September 2026
A British expat has revealed the Australian habit he wishes existed back home after discovering he can furnish almost an entire house during his ten-minute walk to work. Jack told ...
23 September 2026
In a formal response issued by the US embassy in Canberra, the Trump administration said Australia’s proposed policy would likely lead to censorship of legitimate speech.
23 September 2026
Container shipping’s extraordinary newbuilding binge has reached a point where several carriers now have more ships on order than they have in their entire existing fleets. Shipping analyst Lars Jensen, who runs Vespucci Maritime, highlighted five operators in Alphaliner’s top 100 where the orderbook exceeds the current fleet: Regional Container Lines at 157%, Zhonggu Logistics …
23 September 2026
The VLCC market has reached levels that would have sounded absurd only months ago. Middle East-China earnings have pushed beyond $1m a day, Atlantic routes have surged into the hundreds of thousands and secondhand values have exploded to the point where rust-stained 15-year-old VLCCs are changing hands for more than newbuilds. The argument now dividing …
23 September 2026
Chinese state-linked hackers are mounting sustained cyberespionage campaigns against maritime organisations across Europe, with shipping emerging as a consistent target for Beijing-linked threat groups, the European Union’s cybersecurity agency has warned. ENISA’s newly published Threat Landscape 2026 says China-nexus groups maintained a particular interest in telecommunications, maritime, semiconductor, manufacturing and government organisations during 2025. Most …
23 September 2026
One of shipping’s most distinctive new vessels has made its first Belgian call, with the wind-powered Neoliner Origin arriving at PSA Zeebrugge as part of an expanded transatlantic service. The 136 m roro, operated by French company Neoline and backed by CMA CGM, now links Zeebrugge with Montoir-de-Bretagne, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, Baltimore and Halifax. The extended rotation …
