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Vantage Drilling: Conditional letter of award for platinum explorer

Vantage Drilling International announced it has received a conditional letter of award for the Platinum Explorer with a 90 day validity period. The contract...

ABS chairman and CEO to retire at end of year

The 163rd ABS Annual Members Meeting highlighted that ABS has never been stronger, with substantial growth and industry-leading safety performance reported. ABS continued to perform...

Dalian iron ore near three-week high on seasonal demand, US-China trade talk hopes

Dalian iron ore futures hit their highest levels in nearly three weeks on Tuesday, underpinned by hopes of U.S.-China trade talks and strengthening seasonal...

Baltic Index gains on stronger vessel rates

The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk sea freight index rose on Wednesday to its highest level in more than a week, as rates increased across...

Hapag-Lloyd says 30% of China’s U.S. bound shipments have been canceled

Customers of Hapag-Lloyd have canceled 30% of shipments to the United States from China, spooked by the trade conflict between the two economic super...

Excelerate Energy announces pricing of $800 million upsized offering of 8.000% senior notes due 2030

Excelerate Energy announced that Excelerate Energy Limited Partnership, a subsidiary of Excelerate, has priced its offering of $800 million in aggregate principal amount of...

Hanwha Drilling’s Tidal Action Drillship En Route to Petrobras’ Roncador Field

Tidal Action ultra-deepwater drillship has embarked on a voyage from South Korea to Brazil to start its maiden job at Petrobras’ Roncador field. The drillship...

Port of Antwerp vigilant over US tariffs impact

In the first quarter of 2025, Port of Antwerp-Bruges handled 67.7 million tonnes of cargo, a drop of 4.0% compared to the same period...

CMB.TECH buys Hemen stake in Golden Ocean

CMB.TECH NV announced that it has entered into a share purchase agreement with Hemen Holding Limited, for the acquisition of 81,363,730 shares in Golden...

US Treasury targets Iranian liquified petroleum Gas Magnate

The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control is designating Iranian national and liquified petroleum gas magnate Seyed Asadoollah Emamjomeh and his...

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2020 Bulkers – Board resolution to approve the issuance of consideration shares and private placement shares

Reference is made to the stock exchange announcements published by 2020 Bulkers Ltd. in connection with: the Company’s acquisition of AHTS AS (the “AHTS Acquisition“), the...

Capital Maritime Finance launches Greece’s first shipping IPO with exclusive listing on Euronext Athens

Capital Maritime Finance Corp. (CMF) is launching Greece’s first shipping IPO, with all of its shares to be exclusively listed on Euronext Athens. The move...

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...

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...