1. Scorpio Tankers boosts coverage with LR2 charter-out deal. Monaco-headquartered product carrier major Scorpio Tankers has secured a five-year charter for one of its LR2 product carriers at a rate of $28,350 per day.
The New York-listed owner said the 2014-built, 110,000 dwt STI Orchard has been fixed to an undisclosed charterer, with the contract starting in the third quarter of 2025.
https://splash247.com/scorpio-tankers-boosts-coverage-with-lr2-charter-out-deal/
2. Wallenius Wilhelmsen wins $100m deal in Australia. Wallenius Wilhelmsen has clinched a major logistics contract in Australia with a leading automotive manufacturer, expected to bring in revenues of more than $100m.
The Oslo-listed roro and logistics group will provide vehicle processing services across Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth under a three-plus-one-year deal.
https://splash247.com/wallenius-wilhelmsen-wins-100m-deal-in-australia/
3. Inchcape Shipping Services expands global footprint with new office in Las Palmas, Spain. Inchcape Shipping Services, a global leader in port agency and marine services, is proud to announce the opening of its newest office in Las Palmas, Spain. This strategic expansion reinforces Inchcape’s commitment to delivering world-class maritime solutions across key global trade routes.
https://cyprusshippingnews.com/2025/09/09/inchcape-shipping-services-expands-global-footprint-with-new-office-in-las-palmas-spain/
4. Commercial Freighter Runs Aground in Arctic En Route From China. A 173-meter long Dutch-flagged freighter, Thamesborg, has run aground in the Canadian Arctic en route from Lianyungang, China to Baie-Comeau, Canada.
The vessel was traveling through the Arctic via Canada’s Northwest Passage when it ran aground in the Franklin Strait, roughly half way through the NWP. The route is one of two main passageways through the Polar region, though it remains much less frequented than Russia’s Northern Sea Route.
https://gcaptain.com/commercial-freighter-runs-aground-in-arctic-en-route-from-china/
5. Tanker Carrying Sanctioned Russian Arctic LNG Leaves Chinese Port. A tanker carrying liquefied natural gas from Russia’s sanctioned Arctic LNG 2 project has departed from a Chinese port, shiptracking data showed, a day after it berthed there.
Sunday’s LSEG data indicated that the Russian Voskhod LNG tanker was sailing southwards after leaving anchor at an LNG terminal in the port of Tieshan in China’s southwestern region of Guangxi.
https://gcaptain.com/tanker-carrying-sanctioned-russian-arctic-lng-leaves-chinese-port/
6. Microsoft Says Azure Service Fine After Red Sea Cables Cut. Microsoft Corp. said Saturday it’s no longer detecting issues with its Azure cloud platform after multiple international cables in the Red Sea were cut.
https://gcaptain.com/microsoft-says-azure-service-fine-after-red-sea-cables-cut/
7. Putin says planned gas pipeline to China will be mutually beneficial, use market price formula. Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that the planned Power of Siberia 2 gas pipeline to China was a “mutually beneficial project” and the price of the gas would be based on a market formula similar to the one used for supplies to Europe.
https://cyprusshippingnews.com/2025/09/09/putin-says-planned-gas-pipeline-to-china-will-be-mutually-beneficial-use-market-price-formula/
8. Globalisation slowdown heralds “brave new world” for marine insurers, warns IUMI President. Opening this year’s International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) conference in Singapore, IUMI President Frédéric Denèfle warned that marine insurers are facing significant change as the world approaches the end of an era of seamless globalisation.
https://cyprusshippingnews.com/2025/09/09/globalisation-slowdown-heralds-brave-new-world-for-marine-insurers-warns-iumi-president/
9. DOF bags Equinor PSV extensions. Norwegian offshore vessel owner DOF has landed contract extensions with Equinor for two of its long-serving platform supply vessels.The state-backed energy major has exercised options to keep the 2009-built Skandi Flora and the 2008-built Skandi Mongstad on charter for another year, with the new firm period starting in October 2025.
https://splash247.com/dof-bags-equinor-psv-extensions/
10. Port of Long Beach named Best West Coast Port, Green Port. The Port of Long Beach has been named the best West Coast seaport in North America for a seventh consecutive year in addition to being named the best green seaport by readers of the shipping trade publication Asia Cargo News.
https://cyprusshippingnews.com/2025/09/09/port-of-long-beach-named-best-west-coast-port-green-port/