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World’s top ports see strongest expansion in nearly a decade

Despite geopolitical tensions and trade tariffs, the world’s leading ports recorded the strongest expansion in nearly a decade in terms of container traffic in...

IUMI publishes risk mitigation for the safe ocean and short-sea carriage of electric vehicles

In 2023, the International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) published a set of best practice and recommendations for the safe carriage of electric vehicles....

BOURBON wins a 5-year contract with ExxonMobil in Angola and launches its new 34m Crewboat model

BOURBON reinforces its 15-year collaboration with ExxonMobil in Angola, announcing the signing of a five-year contract for the charter of new 34-meter vessels to...

DOF Group ASA – Successful placement of USD 150 million senior unsecured bond

DOF Group ASA has successfully priced a 5-year USD 150 million senior unsecured bond. The Bonds will carry a fixed coupon of 8.125% p.a.,...

Hafnia Limited: Hafnia enters into a preliminary agreement to acquire 14.45% of TORM’s shares from Oaktree

Hafnia Limited announces that Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. and its, the controlling shareholder of TORM plc, has accepted, subject to entering into a definitive...

Contships: Successful senior unsecured bond tap issue

Contships Logistics Corp. has successfully completed a USD 75 million tap issue of its outstanding senior unsecured sustainability-linked bond due 11 February 2030 (ISIN:...

Iron ore extends gain as Goldman Sachs lifts fourth-quarter price forecast

Prices of iron ore futures climbed for a second straight session on Wednesday, as Goldman Sachs raised its average price forecast for the fourth...

Baltic index hits near two-week low as larger vessel rates fall

The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk sea freight index, which monitors rates for vessels moving dry bulk commodities, fell to a near two-week low on...

A new generation of LNG carriers with Greek footprint

The LNG carrier market is at a crucial crossroads. On the one hand, global demand for liquefied natural gas continues to strengthen, fueled by...

Mythos AI and lomarlabs launch Next-Gen Bridge Intelligence Pilot Aboard CB Pacific

Mythos AI, a leader in AI-driven marine autonomy systems, has completed the installation of its Advanced Pilot Assistance System (APAS) aboard the CB Pacific,...

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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...