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Containerships: Freight rates enter prolonged downtrend

The global container shipping market is entering a downward phase, as spot market rates decline for the fifth consecutive week. The downward trend in rates...

ZIM to be acquired by Hapag-Lloyd in $4.2 billion deal

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. announced that it has entered into a merger agreement, under which Hapag-Lloyd will acquire ZIM for $35.00 per share...

Hapag Lloyd giant in talks to buy Israel’s Zim

The Management Board of Hapag-Lloyd Aktiengesellschaft is in advanced negotiations regarding a potential acquisition of all shares in its Israeli competitor Zim Integrated Shipping...

HMM maintains solid profitability in 2025 despite weak market

South Korean shipping giant HMM reported a net profit of KRW 1,879bln in 2025 (about $1.29bln) and an operating profit of KRW 1,461bln. The company’s...

Euroseas Ltd. announces 2-Year charter contract extension for its Feeder Containership, EM Spetses

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

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...

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,...

Maersk delivered a strong 2025 with progress across the business

A.P. Moller – Maersk A/S delivered a strong performance in all businesses in 2025 as volume growth, operational execution and proactive cost measures helped...

MSC revives mid-sized newbuild strategy with Yangzhou Guoyu order

Mediterranean Shipping Co is returning to the mid-sized containership segment after years of focusing almost exclusively on mega-tonnage, with a fresh newbuilding deal in...

CMA CGM takes delivery of its 400th owned vessel, CMA CGM MONTE CRISTO

The CMA CGM Group, a global player in sea, land, air and logistics solutions, announces the arrival in its fleet of its 400th owned...

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Mercuria Energy Trading SA successfully Closes USD 3.84 billion Multi-Currency Revolving Credit Facilities

Mercuria Energy Trading S.A announced the successful closing of its USD 3.84 billion Multicurrency Revolving Credit Facilities. The Facilities comprise a new 1-year Multicurrency Revolving...

Diana Shipping Inc. announces extension of financing to support acquisition of all outstanding shares of Genco Shipping & Trading

Diana Shipping Inc., a global shipping company specializing in the ownership and bareboat charter-in of dry bulk vessels that is the largest shareholder of...

A.P. Moller – Maersk Interim Report 2026

A.P. Moller - Maersk delivered EBITDA and EBIT of USD 1.8bn and USD 340m, respectively, down on the previous year. These results came on...

Navios Maritime Partners highlights strong bond market performance

Navios Maritime Partners, controlled by shipowner Angeliki Frangou, took part in Pareto Securities’ Greek Shipping Capital Markets Seminar, outlining its views on shipping, capital...

Maerks released its Interim Report for the 1st Quarter 2026

A.P. Moller - Maersk delivered EBITDA and EBIT of USD 1.8bn and USD 340m, respectively, down on the previous year. These results came on...

MSC Cruises sees LNG as a bridge fuel in cruise’s energy transition

The cruise industry’s energy transition will pass through LNG, but not as a final...

US and Iran enter technical talks to secure peace deal, shipping restart

The U.S. and Iran held indirect technical talks in Doha on Wednesday as they...

CMA CGM to buy FedEx third-party logistics arm for $1.4 billion

CMA CGM has agreed to buy FedEx's third-party logistics business for an enterprise ​value...

NAPA and Samsung Heavy Industries partner to advance fuel-efficient ship design and operations

NAPA, the global provider of maritime software and data services, has signed a Memorandum...

Hormuz traffic climbs as supertankers sail into Persian Gulf

Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz picked up for the first time since Iran’s...

PPA S.A.: Gross dividend of 1.896 euros per share approved

The Piraeus Port Authority (PPA) successfully held its Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, in accordance with the applicable procedures, with shareholders representing 83.40% of...

Hanseatic Global Terminals plans to acquire 20% stake in Eurogate Container Terminal Hamburg

Hanseatic Global Terminals (HGT) signed a term sheet outlining the key conditions for the intended acquisition of a 20% stake in Eurogate Container Terminal...

MSC to acquire 49% stake in Adani’s Vizhinjam port

Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) Group, the world’s largest container shipping company, will buy a 49% stake in Adani Group’s Vizhinjam International Seaport in Kerala...

Asyad Group and CMA CGM Group Initiate Strategic Partnership to enhance maritime connectivity and new regional trade corridors through a multipurpose logistics terminal in...

Asyad Group, Oman’s global integrated logistics provider, and CMA CGM Group, a global player in sea, land, air and logistics solutions, headquartered in France,...

AD Ports Group and Emirates Global Aluminium Expand ‎Long-Term Partnership Through New AED 84 Million ‎Infrastructure Development at Khalifa Port

AD Ports Group, a leading global ‎enabler of integrated trade, industry and logistics solutions, and Emirates Global ‎Aluminium (EGA), the largest premium aluminium producer...