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COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry delivers third LR2 to Pantheon Tankers

Yangzhou COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry successfully delivered the 114,000 dwt tanker Sea Orca (Hull No. N1172), built for Pantheon Tankers, owned by Anna Angelicoussis. Sea...

Vitol to load first diluent cargo under Venezuela supply deal

Commodities trader Vitol is expected to load the first cargo of naphtha from the U.S. to Venezuela this weekend under a new supply agreement...

Safe Caledonia contract further extended

Ithaca Energy (UK) Limited (‘Ithaca’) has exercised all three remaining weeks of options for the Safe Caledonia to continue providing accommodation support at the...

Hanseatic Global Terminals and GEN reach an agreement in ownership of FIT

Hanseatic Global Terminals and Grupo Empresas Navieras (GEN), via its affiliate Agunsa Universales S.A., have reached an agreement regarding the capital structure of Florida...

GTT receives order from Samsung Heavy Industries for the design of two new LNG Carrier Tanks

GTT has announced it has received an order from shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries for the design of the tanks of two new LNG carriers...

Beihai Shipbuilding Wins Contract for Two Bulkers

Beihai Shipbuilding has signed a contract with Seacon Shipping Group for the construction of two 210,000 DWT newcastlemax bulk carriers. The two vessels will be...

Icon Energy Corp. announces reverse stock split

Icon Energy Corp., an international shipping company providing worldwide seaborne transportation services for dry bulk cargoes via its fleet of oceangoing vessels, announced today...

Mercuria redoubles metals push with $1.2 billion Kazakh deal

Mercuria Energy Group Ltd. is lending $1.2 billion to help fund the buyout of major Kazakh copper producer Kazakhmys, the latest in a breakneck...

CMB.TECH sells eight vessels

CMB.TECH NV has sold eight vessels, generating a capital gain of approximately 269.2 million USD in total. Euronav CMB.TECH has sold six VLCCs: Daishan (2007, 306,005...

Solstad Offshore ASA – Contract extension and amendment for Normand Turquesa

Reference is made to the previous press release dated 9 July 2025 regarding the four-year contract for the Anchor Handling Tug Supply (AHTS) Normand...

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Wärtsilä’s Half-year Financial Report January–June 2026

Wärtsilä has released its Half-year Financial Report for January–June 2026, outlining the company’s financial and operational performance during the first six months of the...

Nakilat achieves QAR 857 million net profit for the first half of 2026

Qatar Gas Transport Company Q.P.S.C. (Nakilat) announced its consolidated financial results for the first half of the year ended 30 June 2026, with a...

BW LPG Limited – Update on BW LPG’s Product Services Q2 2026 segment performance

BW LPG provided an update on its Product Services’ (“BW Product Services”) Q2 2026 segment performance. Q2 2026 highlights: Gross trading result: – USD 19 million This...

DNB: Solid results driven by lending growth and high customer activity

DNB recorded profits after tax of NOK 9.8 billion in the second quarter of 2026.  “The level of activity in the Norwegian economy is high...

OOIL announces operational update for 2Q2026

The Board of Directors of Orient Overseas (International) Limited has adopted a policy of announcing unaudited operational updates for Orient Overseas Container Line (“OOCL”)...

Celestyal launches first Intern Conference, bringing the next generation closer to cruising and shipping

More than 80 participants have taken their first professional steps through the company’s long-standing...

Houthis say they attacked two Saudi tankers; Saudi Arabia says one ablaze in Red...

Yemen's Houthi militia attacked two Saudi Arabian oil tankers in a military operation, the...

Greek flag maintains top international quality rankings

The Greek ship registry continues to meet the highest international quality standards, consistently earning...

Three tankers carrying Saudi crude make U-turns in Red Sea after Houthi warning

Three oil tankers loaded with Saudi crude for China and India made U-turns in...

Attacks on Greek tankers heighten shipping security concerns

A fresh wave of attacks on commercial shipping has heightened concerns over maritime security...

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...

PPA S.A. receives double distinction at the “Protagonists of the Greek Economy 2026” Awards

Piraeus Port Authority received two prestigious distinctions at the “Protagonists of the Greek Economy 2026” Awards, reaffirming its leading role in the Greek economy...

Port of Antwerp-Bruges stands firm in a challenging first half of 2026

Cargo handling declined by 2.4%, the market share of containers remained stable, and investments are bolstering the future. In the first half of 2026, Port...

PPA S.A. publishes 2025 sustainability report

PPA S.A. continues to invest systematically in the sustainable development and modernization of the Port of Piraeus by integrating Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)...

Port of Los Angeles records best June ever, tops 1 million container units

Dockworkers at the Port of Los Angeles moved 1,002,734 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) in June, making it the busiest June in the Port's 118-year...