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Carnival Orders Large Cruise Ship from Meyer

Carnival Corporation & plc, the world's largest cruise company, announced that it has signed an agreement with Meyer Werft shipyard for a fifth Excel-class...

Shipping traffic freezes up in port waters after Baltimore bridge collapse

Ships sailing to the U.S. port of Baltimore dropped anchor in waters nearby while vessels were stranded inside the port after traffic was halted...

OPEC+ unlikely to change output policy before June meeting

OPEC+ is unlikely to make any oil output policy changes until a full ministerial gathering in June, three OPEC+ sources told Reuters ahead of...

Iron ore slips on slower than expected China demand recovery

Iron ore futures prices fell on Tuesday, amid mounting risk-off sentiment as fundamentals of the key steelmaking ingredient remained unfavourable and as downstream steel...

Baltic index hits near one-month low as rates drop for all segments

The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index dropped to a one-month low on Tuesday, dragged down by weakness across all vessel segments. The overall index,...

BW LNG completes acquisition of two TFDE vessels from Stena Bulk

BW LNG announced the successful acquisition of two high-specification Tri-Fuel Diesel Electric (TFDE) propulsion vessels from the leading Swedish tanker shipping company Stena Bulk....

Wallenius Wilhelmsen: Signing of shipbuilding contracts and securing four new options

Wallenius Wilhelmsen has signed the shipbuilding contracts for the recently declared options for four 9,300 CEU vessels at China Merchants Jinling Shipyard Co., Ltd....

QatarEnergy, Nakilat Ink Long-Term Agreements to Lease, Operate 25 Gas Tankers

QatarEnergy signed time-charter party (TCP) agreements with Qatar Gas Transport Company Limited (Nakilat) for the operation of 25 conventional-size LNG vessels as part of...

MSC completes agreement for Clasquin

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company, through its subsidiary SAS Shipping Agencies Services Sàrl, has announced an agreement to acquire a 42.06% stake in Clasquin, a...

Iron ore edges higher on hopes of China’s demand recovery

Iron ore futures edged higher on Monday, supported by hopes of further recovery in demand in top consumer China and Beijing’s pledge to support...

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Greek shipping industry turns to Euronext Athens

The Greek shipping community is turning its attention to Euronext Athens. Safe Bulkers, owned by Polys V. Hajioannou, made the first move. The company pursued...

TOP Ships announces net income of $6.5 million, diluted earnings per share of $0.61 and stockholders’ equity of $76.7 million for the six months...

TOP Ships Inc., an international owner and operator of modern, fuel-efficient “ECO” tanker vessels, announced its financial results for the six months ended June...

TORM announces secondary public offering of its class A common shares by a selling shareholder

TORM plc announced the commencement of a secondary public offering of 9,000,000 of the Company’s Class A common shares by OCM Njord Holdings S.à...

TEN sees 300% plus increase in 6-month net income; record 1H revenues

TEN reported results (unaudited) for the six months and the second quarter ended June 30, 2026. FIRST HALF 2026 SUMMARY RESULTS TEN's fleet generated record gross...

Samsung seeks $186 million from CMA CGM in landmark FMC complaint

Samsung Electronics America (SEA) has filed a formal complaint against CMA CGM with the US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC), demanding at least $186 million...

Cruise Industry report shows measurable progress in environmental technologies and practices

Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), the leading voice of the global cruise industry, released...

Stop attacking merchant ships and seafarers: IMO Secretary-General to Member States

The Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization, Mr. Arsenio Dominguez, has called on Member...

Iran says struck oil tanker in Strait of Hormuz

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Friday they struck an oil tanker sailing under the Togolese...

World’s first ship-to-ship ammonia bunkering to an ammonia-fueled vessel

Demonstrating a Fuel-Supply Operation Essential for Deployment of Next-Generation Fueled Vessels NYK Line, with Japan...

M/MARITIME: Focus on Greek-Japanese maritime ties

The close shipping ties between Greece and Japan were highlighted at a meeting at...

Piraeus container traffic soars 18% in August

Container throughput at the port of Piraeus remained strong in August, with a significant improvement recorded at Terminals II and III as the global...

Port of Los Angeles posts best three-month cargo stretch in its history

Port of Los Angeles waterfront workers processed  955,907 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) in August, capping the busiest three consecutive months in Port history. More...

ATI and DP World commission six new hybrid cranes at manila South Harbour

Strategic partners DP World and Asian Terminals Inc. (ATI) have commissioned six state-of-the-art hybrid Rubber-Tyred Gantry (RTG) cranes at Manila South Harbour (MSH), strengthening...

PCT S.A.: New customs licence for cargo arriving by rail

A step towards enhancing the operational efficiency of the Piraeus Container Terminal is the granting of an Authorised Consignee licence to PCT S.A. by...

ZIM: Updated freight rates from Mediterranean & Black Sea ports

Updated Freight Rates from all Mediterranean ports & Black Sea ports to all USEC & Gulf, Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean & South America...