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ZIM announces new long-term chartering agreements for ten 11,500 TEU LNG dual-fueled vessels

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services announced new agreements for the long-term charter of ten 11,500 TEU liquefied natural gas (LNG) dual-fuel container vessels, with total...

Lime Petroleum, Borr Drilling agree jackup rig contract

Lime Petroleum signed a contract with Borr Gerd Limited for the Gerd jackup rig, which will be used for a 120-day drilling campaign in...

Belships CEO Skarsgård resigns

Lars Christian Skarsgård has resigned as CEO of Belships. The new chairman of the board, Ivar Hansson Myklebust, will take over as CEO until a...

Performance Shipping enters into potential forward sale agreement for the 2009-built Aframax Tanker, M/T P. Sophia

Performance Shipping, a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of tanker vessels, announced that, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, it has entered into...

Dalian iron ore slides to over two-week low on trade war jitters

Iron ore futures prices sank on Monday, dragged by tit-for-tat tariffs between the U.S. and top consumer China that have widened a global trade...

Baltic Index extends falls to hit one-month low

The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk sea freight index extended declines to a one-month low on Monday, as rates across various vessel segments declined amid...

Eneos Drilling agrees offshore deal in Vietnam

ENEOS Drilling has won a contract to supply a rig to Japan Vietnam Petroleum Company (JVPC) for a firm two-well campaign offshore Vietnam. ENEOS Drilling’s...

Greek shipowners see calm after the storm

The global shipping industry is closely monitoring developments after US President Donald Trump announced heavy tariffs on imports of products from dozens of countries...

Commodities collapse: China tariffs send oil, soybeans and copper tumbling

Oil prices plunged nearly 8% on Friday to the lowest level since 2021, while copper, soybeans and other commodities also fell as China retaliated...

Greek ships go thousands of miles further to deliver Russian oil

Three Greek oil tankers are going on detours of thousands of miles to deliver crude from Russia’s Baltic Sea to customers in Asia. The tankers...

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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...