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Fire at Chevron oil platform offshore Angola injures 17

Seventeen people were injured, four seriously, when a fire broke out in the early hours of Tuesday at Chevron's (CVX.N), opens new tab deep-water...

Kumiai Navigation orders ultramax bulker at NACKS

Kumiai Navigation has reportedly ordered an ultramax bulk carrier in China as part of its fleet renewal program. Managing director Tomomaru Kuroyanagi told TradeWinds that...

Flex LNG delivers solid Q1 results

Flex LNG announced its unaudited financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2025. Highlights: Vessel operating revenues of $88.4 million for the first quarter 2025,...

Damen and CEAD join forces to develop 3D-printed HDPE Workboat

Damen Compact Crafts, part of the Damen Shipyards Group, and high-tech company CEAD are launching a collaboration to develop a 3D-printed HDPE Workboat (HWB)...

DP World to launch $2.5bn logistics infrastructure investment in 2025

DP World will invest $2.5 billion this year to expand its global logistics network, launching major infrastructure projects across India, Africa, South America and...

Damen Shiprepair Rotterdam hosts naming ceremony for Petrodec Obana platform

On 21 May 2025, a naming ceremony was held at Damen Shiprepair Rotterdam’s Botlek location for Obana, a self-elevating heavy lift jack-up. The project...

Pyxis Tankers announces financial results for the three months ended march 31, 2025

Pyxis Tankers, an international shipping company, announced unaudited results for the three months ended March 31, 2025. For the three months ended March 31, 2025,...

Iron ore rises on softer US dollar, steady demand

Iron ore futures rose on Wednesday, supported by a softer U.S. dollar and resilient demand for the steelmaking ingredient, although weakness in China’s property...

Baltic index falls to near one-week low

The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk sea freight index, which measures shipping rates for vessels transporting dry bulk commodities, fell on Wednesday to a near...

Hanwha to invest $72M in Philly Shipyard to build LNG carriers

Hanwha Group plans to invest 100 billion won ($71.8 million) in Philly Shipyard, its U.S.-based shipbuilding unit, as part of a long-term strategy to...

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Carnival Corporation outperforms guidance, delivering best ever revenues, net yields and net income

Carnival Corporation announced financial results for the third quarter 2026 and provided an updated outlook. All-time high net income1 of $1.9 billion with adjusted net...

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...

Eastern Pacific Shipping and SUARDIAZ Group strengthen longstanding partnership with delivery of MV RS...

Eastern Pacific Shipping announced the delivery of MV RS Atlantico, marking a significant milestone...

Seanergy participates in Marine Money Week Asia

Seanergy Maritime Holdings President and CEO Stamatis Tsantanis took part in the 25th Marine...

EU’s Kallas says two countries may send ships to counter Houthis

Two countries signaled interest in sending ships to counter Houthi strikes in the Red...

Qatar-linked LNG traffic through Hormuz strait picks up despite conflict

More QatarEnergy-linked liquefied natural gas vessels, laden and in ballast, have transited the Strait...

Panama Canal announces increase in draft and daily transit

The Panama Canal announced, through an Advisory to Shipping, that it will increase to...

PPA S.A. shows resilience; €106.7 million in investments

Piraeus Port Authority S.A. (PPA S.A.) announced its financial results for the first half of 2026, highlighting resilient revenue performance and a smaller year-on-year...

A.P. Moller Capital to buy majority stake in ports operator Euroports

A.P. Moller Capital, the infrastructure investment arm ​of Denmark's A.P. Moller Group, ‌said on Monday it had agreed to acquire a majority ​stake in...

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...