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Russia’s Yamal LNG acquires new tanker

Russia’s liquefied natural gas plant Yamal LNG, led by Novatek, has acquired a new gas carrier for ship-to-ship operations near the Arctic port of...

Greece and the UK sign MoU on merchant shipping 

Minister of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy Christos Stylianides met with the Secretary-General of the IMO Arsenio Dominguez in London. During the meeting, they discussed the...

Annual figures for Port of Antwerp-Bruges show growth despite challenging times

Port of Antwerp-Bruges will close 2024 with 2.3% growth in total throughput, amounting to 278 million tons. Despite geopolitical tensions and economic uncertainties, the...

DeepOcean awarded offshore wind survey contract

Ocean services provider DeepOcean has been awarded a subsea survey contract on the Bałtyk 2 and 3 offshore wind developments in Poland which are...

MOL takes delivery of eco-friendly multi-purpose vessel

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines has taken delivery of the Prima Verde, a multi-purpose vessel that possesses several eco-friendly technologies.  Delivered on January 30, 2025, the vessel...

Pyxis Tankers announces completion of common share repurchase program & update on chartering activity

Pyxis Tankers, an international shipping company, announced key shareholder and chartering updates. The Company has completed its authorized expanded $3.0 million common share repurchase program....

China’s iron ore and coal imports ease in January, but prices diverge

China’s imports of iron ore and seaborne coal are on track for a soft start to the year, with January arrivals declining to multi-month...

Baltic index extends fall as rates for capesize, supramax dip

The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk sea freight index, which tracks rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, extended losses for the thirteenth straight session...

Stena Drilling wins drillship contract in Suriname

Stena Drilling announced the award of a 1- Exploration Well Firm Managed Pressure Drilling contract for the Stena DrillMAX in Suriname with TOTALENERGIES EP SURINAME...

Stolt-Nielsen sees operating profit drop in Q4

Stolt-Nielsen reported unaudited results for the fourth quarter and full year ended November 30, 2024. The Company reported a fourth-quarter net profit of $91.4...

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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...