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Trafigura secures $400 million loan facility backed by United States

Commodity trader Trafigura has secured two revolving credit facilities totalling $400 million, supported by insurance from the Export-Import Bank of the United States. The funds...

HD Hyundai Lands 5-trillion-won Order for 17 LNG Carriers from Qatar

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) is expected to be the first company to win a second batch of liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier orders...

Saudi Aramco to buy stake in EIG’s MidOcean Energy to tap into LNG

Saudi Arabia's oil group Aramco (2222.SE) said on Thursday it had agreed to acquire a strategic minority stake in liquefied natural gas company MidOcean...

QatarEnergy, HHI sign $3.9 bln deal for 17 LNG carriers

QatarEnergy said on Wednesday it had signed a 14.2 billion riyal ($3.90 billion) deal with HD Hyundai Heavy Industries 329180.KS for the South Korean...

Strike Called Off at Chevron’s Australian LNG Facilities

Australia’s Offshore Alliance union has called off strikes at Chevron’s two major local liquefied natural gas (LNG) local projects that threatened to disrupt around...

Houston-Japan VLGC freight rates reach multi-year high

VLGC freight rates from Houston to Chiba, Japan, reached $245/mt Sept. 21 for the first time since 2015, according to LPG shipping sources. VLGC rates...

MISC sells two LNG carriers to Nissen Kaiun in sale and leaseback deal

MISC Berhad (MISC) has entered into a new partnership agreement with Japanese ship owner, Nissen Kaiun Co., Ltd. (Nissen Kaiun) for the sale and...

Chinese yards set to scale up LNG newbuild construction at record pace

Chinese shipyards have accumulated their largest number of LNG newbuild orders till date, positioning them in coming years as an alternative to South Korean...

Dynagas sees profits rise in second quarter

Dynagas LNG Partners LP, an owner and operator of liquefied natural gas carriers, announced its results for the three and six months ended June...

Avenir LNG places LNG bunker trio with Wilhelmsen Ship Management

Avenir LNG Limited (Avenir) has awarded the management of three LNG bunker vessels to Wilhelmsen Ship Management (Wilhelmsen). The vessels awarded are Avenir Achievement,...

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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

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

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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...