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Balaena acquires APCL Group to strengthen Britain’s maritime, defence and industrial capability

Balaena, the maritime engineering and shipbuilding group that owns the historic drydock and dockyard facility in Gibraltar, Gibdock, and a shipyard in Padstow, Cornwall, announced...

ABS, KSOE and HHI advance battery integration for 16K container ship

ABS, HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE) and HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HD HHI) completed a joint development project for a high...

Prokopiou signs deal for building 12 new VLCCs

During the international shipping exhibition Posidonia 2026, Greek shipowner George Prokopiou has reportedly placed a major new order, according to shipbroking sources. Industry reports indicate...

Samsung Heavy Industries wins first U.S. offshore LNG deal

Samsung Heavy Industries announced on June 10 that it held the main contract signing ceremony for the ‘Delfin FLNG Project,’ which will become the...

DHT Holdings, Inc. announces VLCC newbuilding with Hanwha Ocean for delivery in August 2028

DHT Holdings, Inc. announced it has entered into an agreement with Hanwha Ocean Co., Ltd. for the construction of a new Very Large Crude...

SAFEEN Drydocks secures major vessel construction contracts valued at $354mln

SAFEEN Drydocks, a shipbuilding, repair and maintenance company, has secured two major vessel construction contracts valued at AED1.3 Billion (US$354 million) in total, marking...

COSCO Shipping Energy Transportation orders four newbuild LNG carriers

COSCO Shipping Energy Transportation (CSET) has signed shipbuilding contracts with Jiangnan Shipyard for the construction of four 175,000 cubic metre liquefied natural gas (LNG)...

Venergy Maritime Places suezmax orders at Hengli Shipbuilding

Venergy Maritime has reportedly ordered up to four suezmax newbuildings at Hengli Shipbuilding, for an undisclosed price. Specifically, the company placed firm orders for two...

DryDel: Three new ship orders at Japanese shipyards

DryDel Shipping has announced a further expansion of its newbuilding investment programme ahead of the international shipping exhibition Posidonia 2026, signing agreements for the...

Korean shipbuilders seize bulk of VLGC/VLAC orders as LPG demand surges

The high-value ship order range of Korean shipbuilders is expanding from liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers to very large gas carriers and very large...

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Greek shipping industry turns to Euronext Athens

The Greek shipping community is turning its attention to Euronext Athens. Safe Bulkers, owned by Polys V. Hajioannou, made the first move. The company pursued...

TOP Ships announces net income of $6.5 million, diluted earnings per share of $0.61 and stockholders’ equity of $76.7 million for the six months...

TOP Ships Inc., an international owner and operator of modern, fuel-efficient “ECO” tanker vessels, announced its financial results for the six months ended June...

TORM announces secondary public offering of its class A common shares by a selling shareholder

TORM plc announced the commencement of a secondary public offering of 9,000,000 of the Company’s Class A common shares by OCM Njord Holdings S.à...

TEN sees 300% plus increase in 6-month net income; record 1H revenues

TEN reported results (unaudited) for the six months and the second quarter ended June 30, 2026. FIRST HALF 2026 SUMMARY RESULTS TEN's fleet generated record gross...

Samsung seeks $186 million from CMA CGM in landmark FMC complaint

Samsung Electronics America (SEA) has filed a formal complaint against CMA CGM with the US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC), demanding at least $186 million...

Cruise Industry report shows measurable progress in environmental technologies and practices

Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), the leading voice of the global cruise industry, released...

Stop attacking merchant ships and seafarers: IMO Secretary-General to Member States

The Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization, Mr. Arsenio Dominguez, has called on Member...

Iran says struck oil tanker in Strait of Hormuz

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Friday they struck an oil tanker sailing under the Togolese...

World’s first ship-to-ship ammonia bunkering to an ammonia-fueled vessel

Demonstrating a Fuel-Supply Operation Essential for Deployment of Next-Generation Fueled Vessels NYK Line, with Japan...

M/MARITIME: Focus on Greek-Japanese maritime ties

The close shipping ties between Greece and Japan were highlighted at a meeting at...

Piraeus container traffic soars 18% in August

Container throughput at the port of Piraeus remained strong in August, with a significant improvement recorded at Terminals II and III as the global...

Port of Los Angeles posts best three-month cargo stretch in its history

Port of Los Angeles waterfront workers processed  955,907 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) in August, capping the busiest three consecutive months in Port history. More...

ATI and DP World commission six new hybrid cranes at manila South Harbour

Strategic partners DP World and Asian Terminals Inc. (ATI) have commissioned six state-of-the-art hybrid Rubber-Tyred Gantry (RTG) cranes at Manila South Harbour (MSH), strengthening...

PCT S.A.: New customs licence for cargo arriving by rail

A step towards enhancing the operational efficiency of the Piraeus Container Terminal is the granting of an Authorised Consignee licence to PCT S.A. by...

ZIM: Updated freight rates from Mediterranean & Black Sea ports

Updated Freight Rates from all Mediterranean ports & Black Sea ports to all USEC & Gulf, Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean & South America...