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Dynacom orders 9 tankers at Hengli

Dynacom Tankers Management is expanding its tanker shipbuilding program with a new order for nine 158,000-dwt crude oil tankers at Hengli Shipbuilding. Guangdong Songfa Ceramics...

Intermodal Weekly Market Report [W6]

 Libya’s oil sector is gaining renewed momentum in 2026, following a series of strategic developments that took place recently at the Libya Energy &...

Transocean to acquire Valaris

Transocean and Valaris announced on Monday that they have entered a definitive agreement to combine the two offshore drilling companies, with Transocean acquiring Valaris...

BW LPG Limited secures three-year time Charter-Out contracts for two VLGCs

BW LPG Limited announced that it has entered into three-year time charter-out contracts for two of its VLGCs, BW Tucana and BW Yushi. The...

HD KSOE’s Q4 net profit rises sharply on strong shipbuilding sales

HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE) Co., a subholding company of shipbuilding giant HD Hyundai Co., said Monday its fourth-quarter net profit rose...

EGC and Trafigura ship copper and cobalt to global markets via the Lobito Atlantic Railway

Entreprise Générale du Cobalt and Trafigura have agreed the first delivery of copper and cobalt to global markets via the Lobito Atlantic Railway, marking...

Hapag-Lloyd says 2025 transport volume up 8%, to 13.5 million TEU

On the basis of preliminary figures, Hapag-Lloyd achieved Group revenues of USD 21.1 billion (EUR 18.6 billion) in the 2025 financial year. The Group...

Saudi: Bahri generates $640mln net profits in 2025; revenues surge 47% in Q4

National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri) achieved a record SAR 2.43 billion worth of net profits in 2025, which signaled a 12.07% growth...

Danaos posts strong financial results; orderbook grows

Danaos Corporation, one of the world's largest independent owners of container vessels, reported unaudited results for the period ended December 31, 2025.  For management purposes,...

Australian Ports closed due to Cyclone Mitchell

Tropical Cyclone Mitchell intensified on Sunday, Australia’s weather bureau said, as it tracked towards the country’s remote northwest, home to the world’s biggest iron-ore...

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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...