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CMA CGM: US port fees on China vessels would affect all shipping firms

U.S. proposals to hit Chinese vessels with high port fees would have a major impact on all firms in a container shipping industry in...

China Merchants buys VLCC terminal in Brazil

CHINA Merchants Port, the port division of the state-owned conglomerate China Merchants Group, has acquired 70 % of Vast Infraestrutura, a company operating a...

Lauritzen Bulkers CEO steps down

The CEO of Lauritzen Bulkers, Martin Egvang, has decided to step down with immediate effect. In a statement issued on Friday (28 February), Egvang, who...

Toro Corp. announces proposed spin-off of its Handysize tanker business

Toro Corp. an international energy transportation services company, announces that its Board of Directors, has decided, on the recommendation of a special committee of...

Trump reverses Chevron’s Venezuela oil license, citing lack of electoral reforms

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he was reversing a license given to Chevron to operate in Venezuela by his predecessor Joe Biden...

KfW IPEX-Bank financing Carisbrooke Shipping’s diesel-electric general cargo vessel pair

Germany’s KfW IPEX-Bank has announced its support for Carisbrooke Shipping’s fleet modernisation programme with a financing of around €26 million, backed by Dutch export...

Ports of Rotterdam and Antwerp-Bruges call for swift implementation of Clean Industrial Deal

Port of Rotterdam and Port of Antwerp-Bruges welcome the Clean Industrial Deal, through which the European Commission intends to strengthen the competitiveness of...

Pittas: US measures on Chinese ships could fundamentally change trade

Euroseas, an owner and operator of container carrier vessels and provider of seaborne transportation for containerized cargoes, reported the following results for the three-month...

Golar LNG Limited Preliminary fourth quarter and financial year 2024 results

Golar LNG Limited Preliminary fourth quarter and financial year 2024 results Maintained her market leading operational track record and exceeded her contracted 2024 production volume...

Iron ore dips on Chinese export woes, but resilient demand limits losses

Iron ore futures prices closed lower on Thursday, pressured by escalating tariff measures against Chinese steel, though solid demand for the steel-making ingredient...

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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...