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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...

Fredriksen acquires 10.7% stake in Star Bulk

Norwegian tycoon John Fredriksen has invested in Star Bulk Carriers, taking a passive stake in the dry bulk company. According to a relevant SEC filing,...

Iron ore slides as concerns over China demand prospects dominate

Iron ore futures slipped for a third straight session on Wednesday, as concerns over demand prospects in top consumer China dominated in the absence...

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Scorpio Tankers announces updates on third quarter 2026 TCE rates and time charter-out agreements

Scorpio Tankers Inc. announced today an update on its third quarter of 2026 average daily Time Charter Equivalent rates and that it has entered...

Block sale of existing shares in Klaveness Combination Carriers ASA completed

Reference is made to the stock exchange notice published on 2 September 2026 regarding a potential block sale of existing shares in Klaveness Combination...

Heidmar Maritime Holdings reports results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2026

Heidmar Maritime Holdings Corp. reported its results for the quarter and six month period ended June 30, 2026. Second Quarter 2026 Highlights • Total revenues of...

Capital Tankers announces second quarter 2026 financial results

Capital Tankers Corp. announced its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2026.  

Stena announces Q2 interim report

The Stena AB Group published its interim report for the second quarter of 2026.

Shipping: “The rules of the game are collapsing” – Unprecedented warning from Greece and...

For decades, global trade rested on an almost self-evident assumption: commercial vessels could move...

Hormuz traffic slows after Iran threatens retaliation for US attacks

Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz slowed at ​the start of this week,...

Kongsberg Maritime enters agreement to acquire Steerprop

Kongsberg Maritime ASA has entered into an agreement to acquire Steerprop, a Finnish designer...

Hapag-Lloyd plans improvements to $4.2 billion bid for Israel’s ZIM

Hapag-Lloyd is working with the Israeli government on improvements to its proposed $4.2 billion...

Panama Canal postpones Neopanamax draft adjustment

The Panama Canal will maintain the current maximum authorized draft for vessels transiting the...

PCT S.A.: New customs licence for cargo arriving by rail

A step towards enhancing the operational efficiency of the Piraeus Container Terminal is the granting of an Authorised Consignee licence to PCT S.A. by...

ZIM: Updated freight rates from Mediterranean & Black Sea ports

Updated Freight Rates from all Mediterranean ports & Black Sea ports to all USEC & Gulf, Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean & South America...

Chandra Asri Group opens access to CPN public terminal

PT Chandra Pelabuhan Nusantara (CPN), a subsidiary of PT Chandra Asri Pacific Tbk (Chandra Asri Group), has officially obtained the Business License for the...

Direct traffic between the Port of Gothenburg and Asia increases

Cargo volumes at the Port of Gothenburg developed strongly during the first half of 2026. Container volumes remained at record levels, while rail, RoRo,...

PPA: New framework for investments in ports and logistics

Piraeus Port Authority (PPA) has expanded its scope of business activity following shareholders’ approval of amendments to the corporate charter, paving the way for...