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Baltic Index extends declines on lower capesize, panamax rates

The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk sea freight index, which measures shipping rates for vessels transporting dry bulk commodities, fell for a second straight session...

Danaos Corporation reports first quarter results for period ended March 31, 2025

Danaos Corporation, one of the world's largest independent owners of container vessels and drybulk vessels, reported unaudited results for the three-month period ended March...

Egypt’s Suez Canal offers 15% discount for big container ships to win back trade

Egypt’s Suez Canal will offer a 15% discount on transit fees for container ships with net tonnage of at least 130,000 metric tons, to...

NORDEN expands MPP fleet, reinforcing growth in Projects & Parcelling

NORDEN has signed agreements for two additional 17,500 dwt Multi-purpose (MPP) newbuilding leases with purchase options, with expected deliveries in 2026 and 2027.These follow...

PPA: Revenue and profits climbed to new highs for the company–An increase in the proposed dividend by 43.7%

PPA S.A. presented the financial results for the fiscal year 2024 to the Union of Institutional Investors at the Athens Stock Exchange. The presentation...

Crowley’s Copán expands shipping capabilities for U.S., Central America and Caribbean

Copán, the second vessel in Crowley's Avance Class fleet of LNG-powered containerships, has begun its inaugural commercial operations from the Port of Jacksonville, Florida...

Launch of CMASHIPS.com, the first global recruitment website dedicated to CMA CGM Group seafarers

In a context of strong expansion of its maritime activities and the challenges of recruitment in the shipping sector, the CMA CGM Group —...

AD Ports Group moves to expand presence in Kazakhstan with plans to develop a multipurpose terminal, expand fleet in the Caspian Sea region and...

AD Ports Group, an enabler of integrated trade, transport and logistics solutions, today announced the signing and exchange of a number of diverse agreements...

Vitol and Grindrod announce the solvent wind-down of Cockett

Vitol and Grindrod, joint shareholders of Cockett, have made the strategic decision to conduct an orderly wind-down of Cockett. This difficult decision was reached...

Avance Gas Holding: Change in Director Appointment

Avance Gas Holding announced that the Board of Directors has resolved to appoint James Ayers and Jonathan Burnett as Directors of the Company and...

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Seaspan Becomes First International Ship Owner & Operator to Access China’s Panda Bond Market

Seaspan, a leading independent maritime asset owner and operator, is pleased to announce the successful issuance of a RMB 1.5 billion Panda Bond in...

DHT Holdings Announces Record Second Quarter 2026 Results

DHT Holdings announced its results for the quarter ended June 30, 2026.

Dorian LPG posts record profit

Dorian LPG Ltd. (NYSE: LPG) (the “Company,” “Dorian LPG,” “we,” “us,” and “our”), a leading owner and operator of modern very large gas carriers...

Star Bulk Carriers Reports Strongest Quarterly Results Since Second Quarter Of 2022

Star Bulk Carriers announced its unaudited financial and operating results for the second quarter of 2026.

Genco Announces Q2 2026 Financial Results; Declares Dividend of $0.80 per Share for Q2 2026

Genco Shipping & Trading Limited (NYSE:GNK) (“Genco” or the “Company”), the largest U.S. headquartered drybulk shipowner focused on the global transportation of commodities, reported...

Shipping slows through Strait of Hormuz after tanker attacks, data shows

Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz slowed over the weekend, data showed on Monday,...

Shipping Industry Sees Major Obstacles to Iran’s Hormuz Control Plan

A proposed deal between Iran and Oman that would give Tehran control over ships...

UK continues crackdown on Russia with tough new sanctions

Russian banks, shadow fleet ships and shady businesses have been slapped with UK sanctions...

Panama Canal Announces New Draft Adjustments for Neopanamax Locks

The Panama Canal Authority announced, through a notice to shipping companies, that effective August...

Iran Says Hormuz Shipping Route Announcement With Oman Nears

Iran and Oman have reached an understanding on the geographic coordinates for a shipping...

DP World Expands Cold Chain Capabilities With New €48m Antwerp Hub

DP World will build a new temperature-controlled logistics hub in the Port of Antwerp. The project begins with an initial investment of EUR 48...

Port of Klaipėda delivers strong performance in 1H2026

The Port of Klaipėda delivered a strong performance in the first half of the year, demonstrating resilience in a changing market environment and further...

DP World Accelerates Port Decarbonization in Chile

DP World is expanding the electrification of its port operations in Chile with the introduction of seven 100% electric Internal Transfer Vehicles (ITVs) and...

Piraeus container traffic remains resilient despite Red Sea shipping disruptions

Container traffic at the Port of Piraeus remained resilient in the first half of 2026 despite mounting disruption to global shipping caused by the...

Port of Long Beach, MARAD agree to test nuclear-powered vessels

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) today joined leaders from California’s Port of Long Beach to celebrate a new partnership focused on...