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Thessaloniki port’s Master Plan gets the green light

The long-awaited presidential decree approving the Master Plan for the port of Thessaloniki was published in the Official Gazette, opening the way for the...

Euroseas announces 2-year charter contract extension for its feeder containership, M/V EM Hydra

Euroseas, an owner and operator of container carrier vessels and provider of seaborne transportation for containerized cargoes, announced today a new time charter contract...

Iron ore retreats as Trump tariff threats counter potential supply disruptions

Iron ore futures erased early gains to trade lower on Tuesday as unrest from U.S. President Donald Trump’s new tariffs outweighed concerns over weather-related...

Baltic index slips on lower capesize, panamax rates

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

Prokopiou Group: 110 vessels under development

George Prokopiou’s shipping group is currently developing a shipbuilding program of approximately 110 ships. The largest ever undertaken by a Greek shipping group. Prokopiou, who...

Suspected Somali pirates seize boat off Horn of Africa

Suspected Somali pirates have seized a Yemeni fishing boat off the Horn of Africa, authorities said late Monday. A European naval operation in the Mideast,...

Hapag-Lloyd nears $1.2 Bil. deal with Hanwha Ocean for LNG Dual-fuel Container Ships

Hapag-Lloyd, the world’s fifth-largest shipping company, is reportedly in the final stages of reviewing an order for six LNG dual-fuel container carriers from South...

MPC Capital expands maritime services business with energy efficiency and performance management solutions

The investment and asset manager MPC Capital has acquired a 50% stake in the performance management company BestShip GmbH & Cie. KG from Norwegian...

Yara Clean Ammonia and NYK conclude world’s first time-charter agreement for ammonia-fueled medium gas carrier

Yara Clean Ammonia, the world’s largest ammonia distributor, signed a time-charter contract with Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) for an ammonia-fueled medium gas carrier...

H-Line Shipping orders newbuild LNG bunkering vessel

HJ Heavy Industries has received an order for an 18,000m3 LNG bunkering ship from H Line Shipping for KRW127.1 billion ($87.6 million). "As the second-term Trump...

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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.

Iran attacks US base in Jordan, ships near Hormuz after tankers sunk

Iran's Revolutionary Guard said it ​fired ballistic missiles at a base in Jordan used...

Samsung seeks $186 million from CMA CGM over container shipping disruptions

Samsung Electronics America has filed a complaint with the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC)...

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...

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...