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Trafigura raises RMB1,500 million from new Panda Bond programme

Trafigura Group, a market leader in the global commodities industry, has successfully issued a 1,500 million renminbi-denominated bond with a tenor of three years,...

MOL Group signs long-term charter for 3 very large liquified ethane carriers

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines announced that on January 23, its group company MOL Energia signed a long-term charter contract for three newbuilding very large ethane...

Trump designates Yemen’s Houthis as a ‘foreign terrorist organization’

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday re-designated Yemen's Houthi movement, known formally as Ansar Allah, as a "foreign terrorist organization", the White House said. The...

NAT to buy modern suezmax; offloads veteran

NAT has declared the purchase option for a 2018-built Suezmax tanker on favorable terms from a close financing partner.  Furthermore, NAT has also sold a...

Port of Los Angeles: People, Planet and Performance top priorities in 2025

With a focus on people, planet and performance, Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka outlined the Port’s agenda for the coming year...

HMM signs MOU for Vadhvan Port development cooperation in India

HMM has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority to collaborate on developing Vadhvan Port in India. Under the MOU, HMM...

Korean shipbuilder wins $2.6 billion order for LNG-powered vessels

HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering secured orders for 12 LNG dual-fuel container ships worth 3.716 trillion won ($2.6 billion), marking its first contract...

Baltic index extends fall to 23-month low

The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk sea freight index, which tracks rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, extended losses to a 23-month low on...

Yemen’s Houthis free crew of Galaxy Leader after over a year, Al Masirah TV reports

Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis have released the crew of the Galaxy Leader more than a year after they seized their Bahamas-flagged vessel off the Yemeni...

DP World says sea freight prices could fall 20% if Red Sea attacks curbed

Ships not linked to Israel could begin returning to the Red Sea in as little as two weeks, DP World’s deputy chief executive said,...

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Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Reports Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2026 and provided guidance for the third quarter and full...

United Maritime reports Q2 and H1 2026 results – Strategic fleet repositioning into Capesize Vessels

United Maritime Corporatio, announced its financial results for the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2026. The Company also declared a quarterly...

Seanergy Maritime reports second quarter and first-half 2026 financial results

Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp., a leading pure-play Capesize owner and operator, reported its financial results for the second quarter and six months ended June...

Diana Shipping reports Q2 & H1 2026 results and declares cash dividend of $0.01 per common share for the Q2

Diana Shipping Inc., a global shipping company specializing in the ownership and bareboat charter-in of dry bulk vessels, reported net income of $20.8 million...

Bahri reports record net profit of SAR 2.75 billion for Q2 2026

The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri), the Kingdom’s leading shipping and logistics company, announced its financial results for the second quarter and...

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

Yemen’s Houthi-run maritime coordination body denied on Saturday that it planned to impose fees...

EU Forces Board Sanctioned Russian ‘Shadow Fleet’ Tanker

An EU naval mission led by Italy boarded a tanker from Russia’s so-called “shadow...

Two Tankers With Saudi Oil Exit Red Sea Over Weekend

Two tankers laden with Saudi oil crossed the Bab el-Mandeb strait over the weekend,...

Teekay Corporation second quarter 2026 update

Teekay Corporation Ltd. provided an update for the three months ended June 30, 2026,...

WALLENIUS SOL acquires vessels from Royal Wagenborg and signs long-term CoA with Smurfit Westrock

WALLENIUS SOL has announced the acquisition of two RoRo vessels from Royal Wagenborg, Bothniaborg...

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...

PPA S.A. receives double distinction at the “Protagonists of the Greek Economy 2026” Awards

Piraeus Port Authority received two prestigious distinctions at the “Protagonists of the Greek Economy 2026” Awards, reaffirming its leading role in the Greek economy...

Port of Antwerp-Bruges stands firm in a challenging first half of 2026

Cargo handling declined by 2.4%, the market share of containers remained stable, and investments are bolstering the future. In the first half of 2026, Port...

PPA S.A. publishes 2025 sustainability report

PPA S.A. continues to invest systematically in the sustainable development and modernization of the Port of Piraeus by integrating Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)...