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Baltic index dips further as demand weakens for larger vessels

The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index extended its slide on Monday, hitting a fresh 18-month low, as demand for capesize and panamax vessel...

Hundreds of boxes damaged in containership fire off Colombo

According to WK Webster, ZIM Charleston, the 8,586 TEU container ship, suffered a fire in cargo hold no. 4, whilst navigating off Colombo in...

Baltic Exchange’s Capesize Index Logs Biggest Single-Day Decline in Over Two Years

The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index fell on Thursday as capesize vessel rates saw their biggest daily plunge since the onset of the...

Torm acquires majority stake in scrubber maker

TORM has acquired a 75% ownership staketa in scrubber supplier ME Production (MEP). MEP owner and founder, Jens Peter Faldt will retain the remaining...

Capital Ship Management Corp. sets high standards for quality, business continuity & environmental management

Capital Ship Management Corp. has become one of the first Greek shipping companies to be certified with the ISO 22301 Business Continuity Management by...

Crowley Secures Subcontract for Hybrid-Electric Ferry

Crowley has been selected by Senesco Marine to provide design verification and production packaging for a hybrid-electric passenger vehicle ferry for Casco Bay Lines...

Svitzer Brazil strengthens fleet with two newbuilds

Svitzer, leading global towage operator and part of A.P. Moller-Maersk, has announced that it is further strengthening its fleet in Brazil with two newbuilds....

U.K. announces new National Maritime Security Strategy

The United Kingdom has released its new national strategy for maritime security (NSMS) to set out the government’s activity to develop national and global...

Singapore Bunker Fuel Sales Hit Seven-Month High in July

Marine fuel sales in Singapore, the largest bunkering hub in the world, rose by 10% month-on-month to a seven-month high of 4.12 million tonnes...

Baltic Dry Index Falls to Lowest Level Since January

The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index fell for the third straight session on Monday as rates for capesize vessels declined to their lowest in...

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Hafnia Limited: Acquisition of an additional 1.7 million TORM shares

Hafnia Limited has agreed to acquire 1,700,000 A shares in TORM plc at a price per share of USD 34.00, representing 1.66% of the...

2020 Bulkers – Contemplated private placement

Reference is made to the stock exchange announcement made by 2020 Bulkers Ltd on 16 September 2026, where the Company announced a letter of...

MSC said in talks to buy German state-held Meyer Werft stake

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co. is in talks to acquire the roughly 80% stake in German cruise-ship builder Meyer Werft GmbH held by the federal...

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...

V.Group names new CEO

V.Group has appointed Shubpreet Singh as chief executive of V.Ships. Singh succeeds Robert Desai,...

Shipping magnate worth $13.5 billion rides AI boom with Nvidia

Maria Angelicoussis, the magnate behind Greece’s biggest shipping fortune, has scored big gains outside...

PIL announces planned leadership succession: Wan Chee Foong appointed Deputy CEO, to succeed Lars...

The Board of Directors of Pacific International Lines (PIL) announced the appointment of Mr...

ABS and lomarlabs team up to accelerate early-stage, innovative solutions for global shipping

ABS and lomarlabs have signed a Master Research Collaboration Agreement (MRCA) to explore innovative...

Celestyal launches 190 new winter Mediterranean shore excursions

Celestyal has unveiled its shore excursion programme for its new winter Eastern and Western...

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...