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US pursuing third oil tanker near Venezuela, officials say

The U.S. Coast Guard is pursuing an oil tanker in international waters near Venezuela, officials told Reuters on Sunday, in what would be the...

Maersk completes first Red Sea voyage in nearly two years

Danish shipping company Maersk said on Friday that one of its vessels successfully navigated the Red Sea and Bab el-Mandeb Strait for the first...

Subsea7 confirms award offshore Norway

Subsea7 announced the award of a sizeable1 contract for pre-commitment to procure long lead items for a project in the Norwegian North Sea. Pre-execution project management...

IWS Fleet extends a strategic agreement and strengthens the backlog

Integrated Wind Solutions ASA announced that its subsidiary, IWS Fleet has agreed to a two-year extension of a current strategic agreement for the European...

SFL – Sale of Suezmax Tankers and termination of charters

SFL Corporation Ltd. announced that it has agreed to sell two 2015-built Suezmax tankers currently on charter to a subsidiary of Koch Industries, Inc....

Carnival Corporation & plc achieves record full year adjusted net income and investment grade leverage metrics, reinstates dividend

Carnival Corporation & plc announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2025 and provided an outlook for the first quarter and...

Diana Shipping announces time charter contract for m/v Myrsini with Paralos Shipping

Diana Shipping, a global shipping company specializing in the ownership and bareboat charter-in of dry bulk vessels, announced that, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary,...

Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp. – New Financings Update

Okeanis Eco Tankers announced that it has entered into two new facility agreements, for the financing of the recently acquired newbuilding Suezmax vessels, each...

Port of Patras: Patradise Marina, cruises and new development projects in focus

A working meeting with the Minister of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy, Vassilis Kikilias, was held on Tuesday by the President and CEO of...

Greek shipowners’ multidimensional presence

Greece’s dominance in the tanker sector is confirmed by Veson Nautical annual report for 2025, as one in four ships under construction is of...

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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...

At UN, 80 countries demand reopening of Hormuz, condemn Iran, Houthi attacks

Some 80 countries demanded the urgent reopening of ​the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday...

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...

Piraeus Chamber of Commerce: More value created by shipping to flow into the city’s economy

Piraeus is not only home to Greece’s largest port, but also the historic heart of Greek shipping and one of the world’s major maritime...

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...