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MOL Chemical Tankers Completes Acquisition of Fairfield Chemical Carriers

MOL Chemical Tankers Pte. Ltd. (MOLCT) and Fairfield-Maxwell Ltd. today announced that they have secured all the necessary regulatory approvals and that MOLCT has...

Kazakhstan’s KMG plans to expand Aframax fleet from 2 vessels to 12

Kazakh state-owned oil and gas company KazMunaiGaz (KMG) has announced that it is planning to expand its fleet of Aframax tankers from two to...

Russian Oil Tankers Behave Strangely After Latest US Sanctions

Two oil tankers appeared to stop what they were doing off the coast of Greece just a few days after the US Treasury imposed...

TEN: Sale of Suezmax Tanker; Completion Dual-Fuel Renewal Program 1st Phase

TEN announced the sale of the 2005-built suezmax tanker Eurochampion 2004 and the concurrent delivery of two LNG powered aframax tankers, the Chios DF...

Bahri to time-charter Stena Provident & Stena Progressive in agreement with Proman

Proman, the world’s second largest methanol producer, and Bahri, a global leader in logistics and transportation, have announced a five-year agreement for Bahri Chemicals,...

Toro Announces Sale of M/T Wonder Sirius

Toro, an international energy transportation services company, announced that on January 8, 2024, the Company entered into an agreement with an unaffiliated third-party for...

Scorpio Tankers: Agreement to Sell MR Product Tanker; Exercise of Purchase Options on 5 Ships

Scorpio Tankers announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell an MR product tanker, and has exercised the purchase options on five...

Dynacom linked to LR1 newbuilding orders in China

George Procopiou-led Dynacom has reportedly placed an order to build six 75,000-dwt LR1 tanker vessels at New Times Shipbuilding. Moreover, it is reported that Dynacom...

Frontline Sells 5 Oldest VLCCs

Frontline announced it has reached a deal to sell its five oldest very large crude carriers (VLCC) to an undisclosed buyer for an aggregate...

Iran Seized Tanker Located Off Iran’s Qeshm Island

The Marshall Islands-flagged tanker seized by Iran in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday has been located east of Iran’s Qeshm Island, monitoring service...

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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 slows through Strait of Hormuz after tanker attacks, data shows

Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz slowed over the weekend, data showed on Monday,...

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...

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...