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Strong increase in containership freight rates

A few weeks before the Chinese New Year on February 17, container freight rates are back on a strong upward trajectory, confirming that seasonality...

COSCO Shipping Holdings orders 12 LNG dual-fuel containerships

COSCO Shipping Holdings has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, COSCO Asset Management, entered into shipbuilding contracts on January 13, 2026 for the construction of...

Contships Logistics proceeds with vessel sales

According to shipbroking sources, the Turkish company Medkon Lines — a consistent buyer of vessels from the Contships fleet — has acquired the sister...

Israel signals it may block sale of major stake in ZIM

Israel’s Companies Authority has intervened in the potential sale of shipping company ZIM, slightly cooling the process and signaling that the state may actively...

ZIM board updates on ongoing strategic review process

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. provided an investor update on its strategic review process. As part of the review of strategic alternatives that has been...

DHL and CMA CGM accelerate decarbonization of ocean freight with joint biofuel initiative

DHL Global Forwarding and CMA CGM have taken a significant step toward decarbonizing global container transport. The two companies have agreed to jointly use...

Hapag-Lloyd orders eight new dual-fuel methanol container ships

Hapag-Lloyd has signed a contract with the Chinese shipyard CIMC Raffles for the construction of eight new container ships. The ordered units will each...

ONE Boxship loses containers overboard off Gran Canaria

The container ship ONE Continuity has pulled into port in the Canary Islands for assistance after losing about 50 boxes over the side in...

Euroseas announces 3-Year forward charter contracts for three of its Modern 2,800 TEU Containerships

Euroseas Ltd., an owner and operator of container carrier vessels and provider of seaborne transportation for containerized cargoes, announced new charter contracts for three...

ONE strengthens Adriatic and Balkans presence with new agency appointment in Albania

Ocean Network Express (Europe) Ltd. has appointed Centralog Albania Sh.P.K. as its official agency in Albania, marking a significant step in strengthening its presence...

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Icon Energy Corp. announces reverse stock split

Icon Energy Corp., an international shipping company providing worldwide seaborne transportation services for dry bulk cargoes via its fleet of oceangoing vessels, announced today...

TORM plc occurrence of threshold date and change to the board

TORM plc’s issued an announcement dated 23 December 2025 regarding completion of Hafnia Limited’s acquisition of shares in TORM plc from Oaktree Capital Management,...

Carnival Corporation & plc achieves record full year adjusted net income and investment grade leverage metrics, reinstates dividend

Carnival Corporation & plc announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2025 and provided an outlook for the first quarter and...

IMPERIAL PETROLEUM reports third quarter and nine months 2025 financial and operating results

IMPERIAL PETROLEUM INC., a ship-owning company providing petroleum products, crude oil and dry bulk seaborne transportation services, announced today its unaudited financial and...

KCC Capital Markets Day – Fleet expansion and optimization supporting continued profitable growth and value creation

Klaveness Combination Carriers ASA hosts its Capital Markets Day at the company’s headquarters in Oslo. At the event, KCC presents its strategy for 2026–2030;...

MOL PLUS to invest in Pyxis

MOL PLUS CO., Ltd., announced its decision to invest in Pyxis Maritime Pte. Ltd.,...

Maersk makes another voyage through Red Sea in test of safety

A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S has safely sailed another ship through the southern part of the...

Josh Weinstein, President & CEO of Carnival Corporation & plc, named Chair of the...

Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), the leading authority of the global cruise community, announced...

EPS announces management changes following successful completion of merger with CoolCo

Cool Company Ltd. (CoolCo) and Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) have successfully completed the previously...

CMB.TECH sells eight vessels

CMB.TECH NV has sold eight vessels, generating a capital gain of approximately 269.2 million...

Nova Marine Carries lands a new port in Amsterdam with Bolten and Ership

Nova Marine Carriers, together with German shipping company Aug. Bolten and Spanish group Ership, has completed the acquisition of 100% of VCK Port Logistics...

Hanseatic Global Terminals and GEN reach an agreement in ownership of FIT

Hanseatic Global Terminals and Grupo Empresas Navieras (GEN), via its affiliate Agunsa Universales S.A., have reached an agreement regarding the capital structure of Florida...

Port of Patras: Patradise Marina, cruises and new development projects in focus

A working meeting with the Minister of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy, Vassilis Kikilias, was held on Tuesday by the President and CEO of...

Port of Los Angeles on track for third best cargo year on record

The Port of Los Angeles processed 782,249 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) in November, a decrease of 12% compared to last year’s elevated cargo levels....

China ups demand to controlling stake in Panama ports deal, WSJ reports

China has upped its demands and is now pushing for state-owned ship operator Cosco to get a controlling stake in a $22.8 billion ports...