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Global Ship Lease reports results for the Fourth Quarter of 2024

Global Ship Lease, an owner of containerships, announced today its unaudited results for the three months and year ended December 31, 2024. Full Year and...

Iron ore declines as Sino-US tariffs fuel trade war tensions

Iron ore futures faltered on Wednesday, pressured by tit-for-tat tariffs between the United States and top metals consumer China, outweighing optimism about improved demand...

Baltic Index slips for second straight session on lower vessel demand

The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk sea freight index, which tracks rates for vessels transporting dry bulk commodities, fell for a second straight session on...

Danaos secures forward charters for six containerships

Danaos Corp has reportedly chartered six post-panamax containerships. More specifically, brokers suggest SeaLead Shipping will take two of the vessels on long-term charters, namely the...

The cruise industry convenes in Crete – Cruise lines meet with East Med Stakeholders at Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum

The 8th Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum (PSTF 2025) is set to bring together an elite assembly of global cruise industry leaders in Heraklion, Crete,...

DG MOVE leads security inspection Thessaloniki Port

The Port Authority of Thessaloniki S.A. was inspected by a team from the Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport of the European Commission (DG MOVE),...

Containerships: Freight rates are dropping

Container freight rates are falling, due to the increased shipping capacity as a result of the delivery of new vessels this year, but also...

Oil steady; market eyes OPEC+ output increase, US tariffs

Oil prices steadied on Wednesday after hitting multi-month lows in the previous session, but remained under pressure as the market eyed plans by major...

BlackRock strikes deal to bring ports on both sides of Panama Canal under American control

A Hong Kong-based conglomerate has agreed to sell its controlling stake in a subsidiary that operates ports near the Panama Canal to a consortium...

Seabourn to sell Sojourn to Mitsui Ocean Cruises

Seabourn, the leader in ultra-luxury cruising and expedition travel, announced the sale of Seabourn Sojourn to Mitsui Ocean Cruises, a subsidiary of Mitsui O.S.K....

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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...