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Golar LNG signs finance lease agreements for FLNG Gimi

Golar LNG Limited announced that it has entered into finance lease agreements with a consortium of leading Chinese leasing companies for the refinancing of...

Fred. Olsen Ocean divests 50% ownership in United Wind Logistics GmbH

Fred. Olsen Ocean, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bonheur ASA, hasentered into an agreement for the sale of its 50% stake in United WindLogistics...

Dalian iron ore falls on worries over China demand

Dalian iron ore futures fell for a fourth straight session on Thursday, weighed by persistent worries over demand for the key steelmaking ingredient in...

Baltic Index falls on lower capesize, panamax rates

The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk sea freight index, which monitors rates for vessels moving dry bulk commodities, edged lower on Thursday, hurt by falling...

Hapag-Lloyd publishes 2024 annual report and announces outlook for current financial year

Hapag-Lloyd published its new annual report today. According to the report, a slight increase in the operating result was achieved in 2024. The Group...

European shipping key for Europe’s security with 35% of global fleet, studies find

Ahead of the European Shipping Summit, European Shipowners released a Deloitte study on the EU Shipping Competitiveness and a CE Delft study on the...

ESL Shipping and SSAB extend long-term cooperation in raw material transports

ESL Shipping and global steel manufacturer SSAB have agreed on a multi-year extension of the agreement covering SSAB’s inbound raw material sea transports within...

Langh takes delivery of first new feeder for Borchard charter

With “Ingrid”, the Finnish shipping group Langh is launching the commissioning of a newbuild series for the container feeder market. The 1,200 TEU freighter was...

Contract award for Normand Subsea

Solstad Offshore ASA announced a contract award with Subsea7 for the subsea construction vessel “Normand Subsea”. The duration of the contract is 2-year firm and...

Eni and Vitol to strengthen collaboration in West Africa

Eni and Vitol have agreed that Vitol will acquire interests in certain assets owned by Eni in Cote d’Ivoire and the Republic of Congo...

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United Maritime reports Q2 and H1 2026 results – Strategic fleet repositioning into Capesize Vessels

United Maritime Corporatio, announced its financial results for the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2026. The Company also declared a quarterly...

Seanergy Maritime reports second quarter and first-half 2026 financial results

Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp., a leading pure-play Capesize owner and operator, reported its financial results for the second quarter and six months ended June...

Diana Shipping reports Q2 & H1 2026 results and declares cash dividend of $0.01 per common share for the Q2

Diana Shipping Inc., a global shipping company specializing in the ownership and bareboat charter-in of dry bulk vessels, reported net income of $20.8 million...

Bahri reports record net profit of SAR 2.75 billion for Q2 2026

The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri), the Kingdom’s leading shipping and logistics company, announced its financial results for the second quarter and...

Scorpio Tankers announces financial results for the second quarter of 2026 and the declaration of a dividend

Scorpio Tankers Inc. reported its results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026. The Company also announced that its board of...

Teekay Corporation second quarter 2026 update

Teekay Corporation Ltd. provided an update for the three months ended June 30, 2026,...

WALLENIUS SOL acquires vessels from Royal Wagenborg and signs long-term CoA with Smurfit Westrock

WALLENIUS SOL has announced the acquisition of two RoRo vessels from Royal Wagenborg, Bothniaborg...

Oman proposes Hormuz management system with voluntary fees, source says

Oman has presented a proposal to Iran for joint regional management ​of the Strait...

Celestyal launches first Intern Conference, bringing the next generation closer to cruising and shipping

More than 80 participants have taken their first professional steps through the company’s long-standing...

Houthis say they attacked two Saudi tankers; Saudi Arabia says one ablaze in Red...

Yemen's Houthi militia attacked two Saudi Arabian oil tankers in a military operation, the...

Piraeus container traffic remains resilient despite Red Sea shipping disruptions

Container traffic at the Port of Piraeus remained resilient in the first half of 2026 despite mounting disruption to global shipping caused by the...

Port of Long Beach, MARAD agree to test nuclear-powered vessels

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) today joined leaders from California’s Port of Long Beach to celebrate a new partnership focused on...

PPA S.A. receives double distinction at the “Protagonists of the Greek Economy 2026” Awards

Piraeus Port Authority received two prestigious distinctions at the “Protagonists of the Greek Economy 2026” Awards, reaffirming its leading role in the Greek economy...

Port of Antwerp-Bruges stands firm in a challenging first half of 2026

Cargo handling declined by 2.4%, the market share of containers remained stable, and investments are bolstering the future. In the first half of 2026, Port...

PPA S.A. publishes 2025 sustainability report

PPA S.A. continues to invest systematically in the sustainable development and modernization of the Port of Piraeus by integrating Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)...