Wartsila completed key strategic moves in late December 2025, including selling its Automation, Navigation and Control Systems business to Solix Group and Gas Solutions to Mutares SE & Co KGaA. Furthermore, Wartsila established supply chain partnerships, engine orders for Brazilian tugboats as well as an analysis of industry trends to demonstrate their commitment to portfolio optimization and maritime innovation.
OceanWorks International recently completed a major survey and overhaul on behalf of ECA Group for the French Navy's HARDSUIT ADS vessel, underscoring OceanWorks Internationals expertise in subsea equipment maintenance as deepwater projects and energy infrastructure demand remain strong for 2026.
December 2025 witnessed significant activity in the offshore supply vessel market, such as DOF Group's $150M ROV support vessel contract with Petrobras, OceanPact's $90M AHTS charter for tanker offloading, and Russia delivering their multifunctional Kerch Strait vessel for Northern Sea Route support - these deals demonstrate robust demand across Brazil and Arctic regions.
DP World announced major investments in December 2025, including R$1.6 billion to expand Santos terminal capacity by 25% to 2.1 million TEUs; launched a 36-hour Dubai-Iraq sea service; opened a Queretaro warehouse for nearshoring in Mexico's nearshoring operations; unifying marine brands; and expanding short sea shipping in Canada - moves designed to improve trade efficiency and sustainability across Americas and Middle East regions. These moves facilitated greater trade efficiency and sustainability.
Hapag-Lloyd took home gold at Hellmann's 2025 Carrier of the Year Awards on December 5. Additionally, eight dual fuel methanol container ships were ordered as well as an announcement regarding Hanseatic Global Terminal's greenfield terminal investment in Brazil via Hanseatic Global Terminals as proof of their sustainability and expansion goals for an eventful year.
December 2025 saw significant FPSO developments such as Drydocks World's completion of an EMEM conversion for Nigeria's Okwok field, Finder Energy's acquisition of Petrojarl I for Timor-Leste, production issues at Balder's Jotun FPSO and Petrobras P-69 production issues, alongside Petrobras postponing two units and Shell expanding stakes in Brazilian fields - events which highlighted sector resilience amid operational hurdles.[65 words]
Sonardyne International Ltd has received both King's Awards for Enterprise 2025 Sustainable Development and International Trade - making them one of only two UK firms to do so. These awards recognize Sonardyne's accomplishment of carbon neutrality two years ahead of schedule as well as an 83% surge in exports; further expansions include opening an office in Germany as well as CCS monitoring contracts and marine tech integration contracts.
Imenco AS group companies are reporting an unprecedented flurry of commercial activity in renewables, defence, and offshore energy sectors. Imenco Future Technologies secured substantial visual systems contracts, expanded in North America, and joined an 18-month US ocean power demonstration. At the same time, their UK subsea and mechanical division experienced enquiry values rise almost 50 percent as it expanded into new markets such as Africa and Middle East.
A drug-smuggling semi-submersible the size of a school bus was caught in the North Atlantic in late November 2025. Another similar self-propelled semi-submersible was intercepted 1,000 nautical miles off Lisbon by Portuguese forces in a European Union-funded operation. Both operations highlighted the nadir near the end of 2025 for narco-submarines operating internationally.
In past week the impress of bulker news has been writ with the growth of vessel numbers, the lowering of ordering and accenting of the safety and security, say analysts. Less scrapping, the dwindling out now of newbuild contracts and the casualty findings of INTERCARGO as owners try to find the right touches for altering mix and risk and so for 2025 and beyond.
November 2025 saw a number of hardware deliveries, redeployment opportunities and regulatory advances across the FPSO space. Drydocks World converted an EMEM FPSO for use offshore Nigeria, while it also offered a redeployment opportunity in the West Africa space, with a Tamara Tokoni. Meanwhile, in FPSO related news, Petrobras changed up its long term fleet, and ABS added remote control capability to FPSOs.
The last few months have also seen moves throughout the offshore supply vessel segment both on the fleet investment and technology upgrade fronts. Damen and Windcat part unveiled a multi purpose accommodation support vessel series; DOF and Petrobras advanced long term Brazilian charters; Tidewater exercised options within a major retrofit program; while Sea1 Offshore progressed high capability construction tonnage with advanced crane packages.
During these five days, a whole host of naval developments took place that suggested an accelerating trend toward modernization of many of the world’s sea forces; Turkey trials the LEVENT missile system for naval air defence functions, South Korea unveils the latest FFX Batch III frigate, to be ROKS Jeonnam, and Brazil commissioned its third Riachuelo-class submarine, Admiral Karam, as tangible proof of changing priorities and broadened aspirations.
Europe's shipping emissions in 2024 climbed 13% year-on-year to a new record high since mandatory reporting began in 2018, driven primarily by container ships taking longer routes via the Red Sea and moving cargo more frequently through disruption zones. At the IMOs 2024 Spring meeting in London, the US government successfully convinced those present to delay a vote on their landmark Net-Zero Framework Framework until October 2026, raising the risk of a derailment in the maritime decarbonization efforts.