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MPCC: Continues fleet optimization and updates guidance for FY 2025

MPCC announced further strategic measures to optimize the portfolio and enhancing its fleet composition. With reference to the investor presentation issued on 14 March...

NORDEN adds two newbuilding Capesize leases with purchase options

NORDEN announced the addition of two Capesize newbuilding leases with purchase options, reinforcing our commitment to building a highly efficient and modern Capesize fleet....

AD Ports Group and Columbia Group form ship management joint venture

AD Ports Group, an enabler of integrated trade, transport and logistics solutions, and Columbia Group, a leading global integrated maritime, logistics, leisure and energy...

Diana Shipping announces time charter contract for m/v Leto with Cargill

Diana Shipping, a global shipping company specializing in the ownership and bareboat charter-in of dry bulk vessels, today announced that through a separate wholly-owned...

Jesper Kristensen takes the helm as group CEO of Synergy Marine

Synergy Marine Group announced the appointment of Mr. Jesper Kristensen as its new Group CEO, effective March 24, 2025. With a dynamic vision to...

Toro announces record date for the proposed spin-off of its Handysize tanker business

Toro an international energy transportation services company, announced that, in relation to the previously announced spin-off of its wholly owned subsidiary, Robin Energy, the...

Performance Shipping announces sale of 2011-Built Aframax Vessel M/T P. Yanbu for US$39 Million

Performance Shipping, a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of tanker vessels, announced that, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, it has signed a...

Seanergy announces sale and leaseback deals

Seanergy Maritime has entered into sale and leaseback agreements with China Huarong Shipping Financial Leasing. Specifically, the company’s annual report reads: On March 20, 2025, the...

Iron ore jumps as strong China demand outweighs output cut concerns

Iron ore futures strengthened on Monday as brighter demand for the key steelmaking ingredient in top consumer China outweighed worries of steel production cuts. The...

Celestyal Discovery returns to service after major refit

Celestyal Discovery has returned to service following a major refit in Athens over the winter period. ● 47 staterooms added with two new cabin categories ●...

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Ocean Yield announces Q2 and H1 2026 results

Ocean Yield AS announces results for the second quarter and first half year 2026. Highlights EBITDA for Q2 2026 was USD 47.7 million and Adjusted EBITDA...

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.

Carnival Corporation among America’s Best Employers for Women 2026

Carnival Corporation, the world’s largest cruise company, announced it was named to the 9th...

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...

Announcement of Notification to Submit a Voluntary Conditional ‎Cash Offer to Acquire AD Ports Group Shares

AD Ports Group, a leading global facilitator of trade, ‎logistics, and industry, announces that it has received a notification from L’IMAD Holding Company PJSC...

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...