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Danaos Announces New Charters for 10 Vessels; Increases Contracted Backlog to Over $2 Billion

Danaos announced that it has entered into new charter agreements for 10 of its vessels, including one 8,500 TEU vessel, three 3,400 TEU vessels...

China-US container shipping rates hit new record high

Container shipping rates from China and Southeast Asia to the east coast of North America have surpassed $20,000 per twenty-foot equivalent unit, or TEU,...

Hapag-Lloyd Posts Strong 1H2021 Results

Hapag-Lloyd published its figures for the first half year of 2021 today. It concluded with an EBITDA of USD 4.2 billion (EUR 3.5 billion)....

Euroseas agrees 3-year charter of Diamantis P at $27,000 per day

Euroseas, an owner and operator of container carrier vessels and provider of seaborne transportation for containerized cargoes, announced its results for the three and...

Evergreen acquires eight more containerships

Evergreen Marine has reportedly acquired eight containerships worth approximately USD 94.1 million. Specifically, the company will boost its fleet with seven 1,600 teu vessels...

OOCL: New Rail-Sea Service Links China with U.S. East Coast

OOCL Logistics and OOCL announced the launch of a brand-new multi-modal container service from China to the US East Coast, to help to meet...

Maersk continues shopping spree after strong earnings

Maersk announced the acquisition of two e-commerce companies on Friday as the world’s biggest container shipping line boosts its bet on land-based services. Maersk...

Seaspan: Charter extensions for 10 containerships

Seaspan announced that it has forward fixed contracts for 10 containerships with a major liner customer. The vessels, representing approximately 100,000 TEU in aggregate,...

Container equipment prices have peaked and are expected to moderate

Prices of dry freight shipping containers have doubled over the past year to reach historic highs but will moderate over the next few years,...

SFL Acquires Two Containerships; Sells Feeders to MSC

SFL Corporation is set to acquire two secondhand 14,000 TEU containerships, built in 2013 and 2014. Both vessels are chartered to a leading container...

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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...