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Baltic index dips as vessel rates across segments fall

The Baltic Exchange’s main dry bulk sea freight index extended its fall to a second day on Wednesday, as rates across vessel segments weakened....

OPEC+ raises 2022 oil demand growth forecast

OPEC+ revised up its 2022 oil demand forecast ahead of a meeting of the oil producing group on Wednesday, amid U.S. pressure to raise...

Egypt signs $4.5bln high-speed rail deal

Egypt has signed a $4.45 billion deal for a high-speed electric rail line to link its Red Sea and Mediterranean coasts that contractor Siemens...

FSL Trust Agrees To Sell One Chemical Tanker

The Board of FSL Trust, as trustee-manager of First Ship Lease Trust, announces that FSL-9 Pte. Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Trust,...

ZIM: Exercise of Option to Charter Additional Five 7,000 TEU LNG-Fueled Vessels

ZIM announced the exercise of its option to long-term charter additional five 7,000 TEU liquefied natural gas (LNG) dual-fuel container vessels from Seaspan Corporation,...

BW Offshore completes Barossa FPSO debt financing

BW Offshore announced the completion of the USD 1.150 billion project debt financing for the construction and operation of the FPSO for the Barossa...

Concordia Maritime exercises purchase options and sells IMOIIMAX vessels

Concordia Maritime strengthens its liquidity by selling the two IMOIIMAX vessels Stena Image and Stena Important. The buyer is a Chinese leasing company. The...

CMA CGM: Record $3.5bn profit in second quarter

CMA CGM has posted a 2,500% increase in its net profit, to $3.5bn, for the second quarter, compared with the same period of last...

Port of Hamburg: Positive trend for throughput in first half

The overall trend in seaborne cargo throughput in the Port of Hamburg in the first half of 2021 was positive. General and bulk cargo throughput...

Intermodal Weekly Market Report [W34]

As the summer season is coming to an end, the dry bulk market continues to rally...

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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 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...

Yemen’s Houthis Deny Plans To Impose Fees On Ships Sailing Through Red Sea

Yemen’s Houthi-run maritime coordination body denied on Saturday that it planned to impose fees...

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...