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The Monaco Yacht Show's 2026 edition, likely its 35th, ran at Port Hercule from 23 to 26 September.

The Royal Navy's newest nuclear-powered attack submarine, HMS Agamemnon, left BAE Systems' Barrow-in-Furness yard to begin sea trials ahead of entering service, armed with Spearfish torpedoes and Tomahawk missiles.

Chantiers de l'Atlantique floated out the 215,863-ton MSC World Atlantic on 26 September 2026; the fourth LNG-fuelled World Class ship stays in the yard for fitting out and delivery in 2027.

The 2026 Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez runs 26 September to 4 October, with classic yachts, Maxis and modern boats racing in the Gulf of Saint-Tropez from 28 September to 3 October.

On 27 September 2026 Luna Rossa won the second Louis Vuitton Preliminary Regatta on the Bay of Naples, beating Emirates Team New Zealand in the match-race final after winning the last two fleet races.

The International Whaling Commission's biennial meeting, its 70th, opens in Hobart, with a South Atlantic Whale Sanctuary proposal and a pro-whaling 'sustainable use' resolution among the items before it.

Hanwha Ocean said on 28 September 2026 it will build two LNG carriers for an African shipowner for 680 billion won, about $499.6 million, with delivery by November 2029; market sources link the order to Zodiac Maritime.

HII's Newport News Shipbuilding announced on 29 September 2026 that the second Gerald R. Ford-class carrier, John F. Kennedy (CVN 79), has reached preliminary acceptance and sailed for Naval Station Norfolk, the last step before formal delivery.

On 29 September 2026 the Navy awarded production agreements for medium unmanned surface vessels to three Louisiana yards in a deal reported at $1.2 billion, with Saronic's 180-foot Marauder, built in Franklin, passing 140 test scenarios without failure.

HD Korea Shipbuilding, Samsung Heavy and Hanwha Ocean have taken about 52 trillion won of orders in 2026, heading for 67 trillion won, and their combined backlog has topped 200 trillion won for the first time since 2014.

Sable Offshore expects the Hondo platform offshore California to come back online by the end of September 2026, the third Santa Ynez Unit platform restarted after Heritage and Harmony. On its August earnings call management said the 45-year-old platform needed about 50% more work than expected and that it was "hoping" to hit the September timing. Hondo is expected to produce lower-sulfur crude that should bring field-wide sulfur content back to normal levels.

Samsung Heavy Industries announced on 30 September 2026 a contract from a Bermuda-based shipowner for two VLGCs worth 307.4 billion won, due by February 2030, lifting its commercial orders to 132% of this year's target.

The Navy awarded Newport News Shipbuilding a $5.1 billion contract on 29 September 2026 to refuel and overhaul the USS Harry S. Truman, which reached the yard on 30 September as the eighth Nimitz-class carrier to get the work.

The 194.9-metre, 19,235-gross-ton research and expedition yacht built by Vard for Kjell Inge Røkke is finishing her outfitting at Damen in Vlissingen, with delivery expected in the fourth quarter of 2026.

On 1 October 2026 the Navy placed a $197 million sole-source order with British-owned MSI Defence Systems for MK88 MOD4 30mm gun mounts and MK48 MOD2 sights, to fit warships against small drones and fast attack boats, with deliveries by January 2031.

Floating docks turn Ego Alley and Annapolis Harbor into a temporary marina for four days of new powerboats, gear and demos.

The annual in-water sailboat show follows the Powerboat Show with four days of multihulls, monohulls, racers and cruisers afloat at City Dock.

Alaska's Bering Sea snow crab and Bristol Bay red king crab fisheries are due to open at noon on 15 October 2026, with catch limits set in early October after the summer trawl survey.

The Antarctic fisheries commission meets in Hobart from 19 to 30 October 2026 to set conservation measures for the 2026/27 season, after two straight early closures of the krill fishery.

The world's richest sportfishing tournament returns to Cabo San Lucas for three fishing days, 21-23 October 2026, with a 7:00 AM shotgun start each day and the awards on 24 October.

The WTO committee that polices the 2025 ban on subsidies for illegal fishing and for fishing overfished stocks holds its second regular meeting in Geneva, as talks on the unfinished 'Fish 2' rules run in parallel.

The Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show returns for five days, after a 2025 edition that drew over 100,000 attendees and 1,000 exhibitors.

The 13th Route du Rhum starts at 13:02 on Sunday 1 November 2026 off Saint-Malo: a solo, non-stop race of about 3,500 nautical miles to Pointe-à-Pitre in six classes, with around 118 boats moored in the harbour village.

The biennial naval defence and maritime security show runs 3-6 November 2026 in Hall 6 at Paris Nord Villepinte, with more than 450 exhibitors and 150 delegations.

The one-year suspension of Section 301 fees on China-linked vessels expires at 11:59 p.m. ET on 9 November 2026 unless USTR publishes a new Federal Register notice, whatever the wider US-China truce says.

The Atlantic tuna commission holds its 25th Special Meeting at Vilamoura in Portugal's Algarve from 16 to 23 November 2026, hosted by the European Union, to set catch rules for Atlantic tunas and related species.

The leisure marine equipment industry's trade platform returns to RAI Amsterdam for three days.

China's second domestically built large cruise ship, the 141,900-ton Adora Flora City, sails its maiden voyage from Guangzhou Nansha on 22 November 2026 after delivery on 6 November.

MSC Cruises takes delivery of its 24th ship, the LNG-powered MSC World Asia, on 25 November 2026, christens her in Le Havre on 28 November and starts seven-night Mediterranean cruises from Barcelona on 4 December.

The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission holds its 23rd annual session in Port Vila, Vanuatu, from 30 November to 5 December 2026, with a bigeye tuna management procedure and the 2027 IUU vessel list on the agenda.

Oregon's ocean commercial Dungeness crab season is targeted to open on 1 December 2026, subject to pre-season meat-fill and biotoxin tests and to opening in step with Washington and California.

Viking Libra, billed as the world's first hydrogen-powered cruise ship, begins a 10-night Greek Odyssey from Piraeus on 3 December 2026.

Regent Seven Seas' 77,000-ton Seven Seas Prestige departs Barcelona on 13 December 2026 on a 14-night transatlantic crossing to Miami, opening a 13-cruise inaugural season.

The December Agriculture and Fisheries Council, chaired by Ireland's EU presidency, meets on 14-15 December 2026 in Brussels to fix the EU's 2027 catch limits and quotas for the Atlantic, North Sea, Mediterranean and Black Sea.

The 628-nautical-mile Rolex Sydney Hobart, run by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia since 1945, starts at 13:00 on Saturday 26 December 2026 on Sydney Harbour.

The first COP of the BBNJ Agreement meets at UN Headquarters to agree the treaty's institutions and rules, the step before any high-seas marine protected area can be declared.

The world's largest indoor boat and water-sports fair fills Messe Düsseldorf for nine days in January.

The Discover Boating Miami International Boat Show returns for five days in February, after a 2026 edition that drew more than 100,000 visitors.

Iceland's government plans to put a bill permanently banning commercial whaling before the Althing, which would close the legal route for fin whaling despite the five-year licences issued in 2024 and leave Norway and Japan as the only whaling nations.

The revived Palm Jebel Ali masterplan covers 1,700 villas and 6,000 apartments for about 35,000 families across seven fronds, up to twice the size of Palm Jumeirah. Villa construction is running on all 12 residential fronds, with the island as a whole targeted for 2028.

The cruise industry's main trade show, Seatrade Cruise Global, runs 5-8 April 2027 at the Miami Beach Convention Center after its largest edition in 41 years in 2026.

Emirates Team New Zealand defends in Naples: the Louis Vuitton Cup opens on 22 May 2027, the Youth and Women's Cups follow, and the America's Cup Match is set for 10-19 July 2027 in battery-powered AC75s.

Bristol Bay’s next sockeye run is expected during the summer of 2027, using the previous season’s fishing cadence as an estimate. ADF&G has not yet published its 2027 run-size forecast; the 2026 inshore run was 45.7 million fish.

The Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament's 2027 week, with its lady-angler and main blue marlin tournaments, runs 11-20 June 2027 in Morehead City, a year after a record 919.9-pound blue won $6.5 million.

Global Ports Holding will build and run a 30-year-concession cruise terminal on Ferrol's outer quay in Galicia, with first-phase operations planned for the 2027 cruise season. Phase one is a 480 sq m terminal on a 960 sq m site.

Informa's new Sydney show opens in July 2027 at Darling Harbour, with indoor exhibition space at ICC Sydney and an on-water display.

The White Marlin Open, long billed as the world's largest billfish tournament, fishes out of Ocean City, Maryland, from 2 to 7 August 2027, with daily weigh-ins at Harbour Island.

Oceania Cruises' new 1,390-guest Sonata, about 86,000 gross tons with 30% of her accommodation in suites, is scheduled to begin a 14-day voyage from Rome to Trieste on 7 August 2027.