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Singapore’s Seatrium selling Texas shipyard to Turkey’s Karpowership for $51 million

Singapore-based Seatrium Limited (SEAT.SI), opens new tab said on Tuesday it has a deal to sell its "surplus" AmFELS Yard shipbuilding facility in Texas...

Himalaya Shipping – Conversion to fixed rate time charter for one vessel

Himalaya Shipping has agreed to convert the index-linked time charter for the Mount Bandeira to a fixed rate time charter at a rate of approximately US$38,000 per day,...

Diana Shipping Inc. announces Time Charter Contract for m/v Leonidas P. C. with NYK

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

Intermodal Weekly Market Report [W38]

China’s aluminium powerhouse is approaching a hard ceiling. Af-ter two decades of relentless expansion that lifted the country’s share of global output to around...

Iron ore slips on weak Chinese steel demand despite holiday restocking

Iron ore futures prices closed lower on Tuesday, pressured by signs of softening end-use steel demand in China, although restocking ahead of the Chinese...

Concerns over the “roadmap” for decarbonizing shipping

Serious concerns about the “roadmap” for decarbonizing shipping – Net-Zero Framework (NZF) – which is expected to be put forward for adoption in mid-October...

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries continues pursuit of U.S. Shipyard Acquisition

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries has announced its intention to pursue the acquisition of a U.S. shipyard while stating that it is not considering additional...

Hansson family raises stake in NAT

The Hansson family has raised its stake in Nordic American Tankers (NAT). According to an official announcement: Non-Executive Vice Chairman and Board member of NAT, Alexander...

SAL Heavy Lift expands fleet with Semi-Submersible Vessels

SAL Heavy Lift announced a further expansion of its deck carrier fleet. The German heavy lift and engineering specialist has acquired two semi-submersible deck...

EXMAR Orders 4 Suezmax Tankers

Exmar NV announced that it has placed an order for 4 newbuild Suezmax tankers, with an option to order 4 more. The vessels will be...

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Scorpio Tankers announces updates on third quarter 2026 TCE rates and time charter-out agreements

Scorpio Tankers Inc. announced today an update on its third quarter of 2026 average daily Time Charter Equivalent rates and that it has entered...

Block sale of existing shares in Klaveness Combination Carriers ASA completed

Reference is made to the stock exchange notice published on 2 September 2026 regarding a potential block sale of existing shares in Klaveness Combination...

Heidmar Maritime Holdings reports results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2026

Heidmar Maritime Holdings Corp. reported its results for the quarter and six month period ended June 30, 2026. Second Quarter 2026 Highlights • Total revenues of...

Capital Tankers announces second quarter 2026 financial results

Capital Tankers Corp. announced its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2026.  

Stena announces Q2 interim report

The Stena AB Group published its interim report for the second quarter of 2026.

Iran blacklists more ships trying to sail through Hormuz, govt website shows

Iran has added more ships it deems as non-compliant and subject to fines, confiscation...

Celestyal announces 2028 summer Mediterranean programme

Celestyal has unveiled its 2028 Mediterranean programme, with 124 sailings on sale from September...

Saudi Arabia says Iran attacked vessel in Hormuz, killing two sailors

Saudi Arabia, the world's biggest crude exporter, said on Wednesday that an Iranian attack...

Celestyal launches ‘Uncrowded, Unforgettable, Authentically Med’ winter campaign with fares from €469pp

Celestyal has launched a new winter campaign, ‘Uncrowded, Unforgettable, Authentically Med’ - live from...

Celestyal unveils new winter sailings onboard Celestyal Journey

Celestyal has unveiled seven new winter 2027/28 sailing options onboard the 1,260-guest Celestyal Journey,...

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...

Chandra Asri Group opens access to CPN public terminal

PT Chandra Pelabuhan Nusantara (CPN), a subsidiary of PT Chandra Asri Pacific Tbk (Chandra Asri Group), has officially obtained the Business License for the...

Direct traffic between the Port of Gothenburg and Asia increases

Cargo volumes at the Port of Gothenburg developed strongly during the first half of 2026. Container volumes remained at record levels, while rail, RoRo,...

PPA: New framework for investments in ports and logistics

Piraeus Port Authority (PPA) has expanded its scope of business activity following shareholders’ approval of amendments to the corporate charter, paving the way for...

Piraeus container traffic shows signs of recovery as ships return to Suez Canal

Signs of improvement are emerging in container traffic at Terminals II and III at the Port of Piraeus, as the gradual return of containerships...