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Iron ore rebounds on improving steel margins, falling portside stocks

Iron ore futures prices rebounded on Monday, helped by improving steel margins, falling portside stocks and stimulus hopes in top consumer China, although gains...

Samsung Heavy Industries is speeding up orders centered on high value-added ships

Samsung Heavy Industries is a super-sized ethanol carrier (VLEC) worth 742.2 billion won with ship owners in Asia. It announced on the 26th that...

ADES Holding awarded $276 million jackup rig contract in Thailand

ADES Holding announced that it has received a Letter of Award from PTTEP Energy Development Company Limited for an offshore jack-up drilling contract in...

Seadrill announces sale of jack-up West Prospero

Seadrill Limited announced that it has completed the sale of the jack-up rig West Prospero for cash proceeds of $45 million. “With the sale of the West Prospero, we...

Sebastian von Hardenberg appointed as new CEO of BSM

Effective 1 January 2025, Ian Beveridge will hand over the executive management of Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement to BSM’s Chief Financial Officer Sebastian von Hardenberg. Beveridge...

Guy Hindley appointed new Baltic Exchange Chairman

Guy Hindley has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Baltic Exchange Council, with effect from 1 January 2025, following the leadership of...

BW LPG: Kristian Sorensen boosts shareholding

Kristian Sørensen, Chief Executive Officer has purchased 1,000 shares in BW LPG Limited on 19 December 2024 at a price of NOK 115 per...

COSCO Shipping announces major partnership for 10 new bulk carriers

On December 19, COSCO Shipping partnered with Everbright Financial Leasing and Jiangsu Hantong Shipbuilding in Nantong to sign agreements for the construction and long-term...

Resorts World Cruises announces fleet expansion with Star Scorpio’s first homeport in Singapore

Resorts World Cruises announced the 1,800- passenger 78,000 gross ton Star Scorpio as the third cruise ship to join Resorts World Cruises – “The...

Agreement to launch recommended voluntary cash offer of NOK 20.50 per share to the shareholders of Belships ASA

The board of directors of Belships ASA announced that an agreement has been reached with Blue Northern BLK for the launch by the Offeror,...

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Samsung seeks $186 million from CMA CGM in landmark FMC complaint

Samsung Electronics America (SEA) has filed a formal complaint against CMA CGM with the US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC), demanding at least $186 million...

Safe Bulkers: Completion and pricing of private placement of common stock

Safe Bulkers, Inc., an international provider of marine drybulk transportation services, announced today that it has successfully placed 12,000,000 new shares of common stock...

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...

Seanergy Maritime CFO focuses on delivering real value in practice

Stavros Gyftakis, CFO of Seanergy Maritime Holdings and CFO and Director of United Maritime...

Hormuz shipping traffic in single digits, data shows

Vessel transits at the Strait of Hormuz fell ​slightly on Wednesday to seven, compared...

MISC launches Yayasan Maritim to shape a sustainable maritime future for Malaysia

MISC Group has launched Yayasan Maritim, Malaysia’s first dedicated maritime-focused foundation, to advance the...

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)...

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...