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Diana Shipping Inc. reaffirms offer to acquire Genco Shipping & Trading

Diana Shipping Inc., a global shipping company specializing in the ownership and bareboat charter-in of dry bulk vessels that is the largest shareholder of...

Piraeus Port: Signs of recovery in container traffic amid cautious optimism over Suez normalization

Signs of recovery are being recorded in container traffic at the port of Piraeus Port, as the prospect of easing tensions in the Middle...

Euroseas Ltd. announces order for the construction of two additional feeder 1,800 TEU containerships

Euroseas Ltd., an owner and operator of container carrier vessels and provider of seaborne transportation for containerized cargoes, announced today that it has declared...

Oil falls to 3-1/2-month low after U.S., Iran sign ceasefire deal

Oil prices ​fell by more than $2 per barrel on Thursday after the U.S. and Iran signed an interim agreement that ‌would end the...

Hanwha Ocean signs strategic MOU with Kanata Clean Power for Proposed floating LNG project in Canada

Hanwha Ocean Co., Ltd announced that it has entered into a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding with Kanata Clean Power & Climate Technologies Corp. ("Kanata")...

Eastern Pacific Shipping announces strategic exit from chemical tanker segment

Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) is marking its strategic exit from the chemical tanker segment through a combined en-bloc transaction with Ace Tankers and Womar...

Diana Shipping Inc. raises offer to acquire Genco Shipping & Trading to $27.34 per share comprised of $24.80 in cash and One Diana Share

Diana Shipping Inc., a global shipping company specializing in the ownership and bareboat charter-in of dry bulk vessels that is the largest shareholder of...

Record-Breaking Posidonia 2026 Delivers – Deals, dialogue and direction for shipping’s future

Posidonia 2026 set a new benchmark for the global maritime industry, bringing together the world's leading shipping stakeholders at a pivotal moment for international...

Chevron: Expanded exploratory footing in Greece under consideration

The official entry of Chevron into Block 10 in the southern Ionian Sea has brought back into focus the possibility of a second exploratory...

QatarEnergy ready to restart LNG output, reach current capacity in one month, source says

QatarEnergy is ready to resume liquefied natural gas production ​at its Ras Laffan LNG plant very quickly ‌and could reach within a month full...

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DHT Holdings Announces Record Second Quarter 2026 Results

DHT Holdings announced its results for the quarter ended June 30, 2026.

Dorian LPG posts record profit

Dorian LPG Ltd. (NYSE: LPG) (the “Company,” “Dorian LPG,” “we,” “us,” and “our”), a leading owner and operator of modern very large gas carriers...

Star Bulk Carriers Reports Strongest Quarterly Results Since Second Quarter Of 2022

Star Bulk Carriers announced its unaudited financial and operating results for the second quarter of 2026.

Genco Announces Q2 2026 Financial Results; Declares Dividend of $0.80 per Share for Q2 2026

Genco Shipping & Trading Limited (NYSE:GNK) (“Genco” or the “Company”), the largest U.S. headquartered drybulk shipowner focused on the global transportation of commodities, reported...

Shipping Industry Sees Major Obstacles to Iran’s Hormuz Control Plan

A proposed deal between Iran and Oman that would give Tehran control over ships...

UK continues crackdown on Russia with tough new sanctions

Russian banks, shadow fleet ships and shady businesses have been slapped with UK sanctions...

Panama Canal Announces New Draft Adjustments for Neopanamax Locks

The Panama Canal Authority announced, through a notice to shipping companies, that effective August...

Iran Says Hormuz Shipping Route Announcement With Oman Nears

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Yemen’s Houthis Deny Plans To Impose Fees On Ships Sailing Through Red Sea

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DP World Expands Cold Chain Capabilities With New €48m Antwerp Hub

DP World will build a new temperature-controlled logistics hub in the Port of Antwerp. The project begins with an initial investment of EUR 48...

Port of Klaipėda delivers strong performance in 1H2026

The Port of Klaipėda delivered a strong performance in the first half of the year, demonstrating resilience in a changing market environment and further...

DP World Accelerates Port Decarbonization in Chile

DP World is expanding the electrification of its port operations in Chile with the introduction of seven 100% electric Internal Transfer Vehicles (ITVs) and...

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...