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Europe loses fleet share even as tonnage grows

A new European Shipowners study reports that the European-controlled fleet represents 34.5% of the world fleet by capacity. The figure, used in the press release accompanying the publication and in the executive summary, is a five-year rolling average. The study’s own data tables show the underlying picture is

MARITIME WATCH MONITOR — 12 May 2026

Whoever writes the rules on floating nuclear power plants gets to shape who powers the global south's coastline. Russia, which already operates one such plant in its Arctic and is building more — including a model designated for export — wants those rules written at IMO. The United States has