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Diana Shipping takes Genco stake to 15 pct

Diana Shipping has increased its stake in Genco Shipping & Trading to approximately 15%, reportedly becoming the company’s largest shareholder. A relevant SEC-filing reads: "During the...

SDHI and Samsung Heavy Industries sign strategic MoU to advance shipbuilding & maritime projects

Swan Defence and Heavy Industries Limited (SDHI), India’s largest shipbuilding and heavy fabrication company, has signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding with Samsung Heavy...

United Maritime announces completion of strategic divestment from older vessels with the profitable sale of its oldest Capesize Vessel

United Maritime Corporation announced it has completed the divestment of its oldest Capesize vessel, M/V Goodship, finalizing the Company’s exit from vintage tonnage as...

Seanergy Maritime announces profitable sale of a Capesize vessel and expiration of Class E Warrants

Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. announced that it has successfully completed the strategic sale of its Capesize vessel, M/V Geniuship, further optimizing its fleet and...

Danaos Corporation adds $304 million to contracted revenue backlog and orders two additional containership vessels newbuildings

Danaos Corporation, one of the world's largest independent owners of containerships, announced hat since the date of its last earnings release, it has (i)...

Intermodal Weekly Market Report [W39]

 The crude tanker market in September saw a marked upswing, with rates rising to their highest levels in years. Rising crude imports from Asia,...

Iron ore futures fall on weak China data, but log quarterly gains

Iron ore futures prices fell on Tuesday, pressured by weak China manufacturing data, but logged solid quarterly gains as robust export-driven rallies in July...

Baltic Index hits over two-week low but posts quarterly gain

The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk sea freight index fell to a more than two-week low on Tuesday as vessel rates declined across the board,...

Piraeus Port sees 1H2025 revenue & profit increase

PPA S.A. announced its financial results for the first half of 2025, reporting an increase in revenue and profitability, in a period that continues...

Solstad Maritime ASA – Contract extension for CSV Normand Ocean

Solstad Maritime ASA announced a 1-year contract extension for the CSV “Normand Ocean” with DeepOcean. The contract commences 1 January 2026, in direct continuation 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...

Hunter Group ASA appoints Erik M Mathiesen as permanent CEO

Hunter Group ASA announced that the Board of Directors has appointed Erik M Mathiesen...

Russia says it struck vessels in Ukraine

The Russian defense ministry said on Sunday its forces had carried out overnight drone...

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...

Thessaloniki Port Authority: Revenue up 8.9% to €58m in H1 ’26

Thessaloniki Port Authority S.A. (ThPA S.A.), a member of the Core Network of the Trans-European Transport Network and a port of international significance, announced...

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...