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Baltic index falls to 19-month low on weaker vessel rates

The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk sea freight index, which tracks rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, hit its lowest in more than 19...

Oil Supertanker Rates on China Routes Double Since Sanctions

The cost to hire an oil supertanker on key routes to China has doubled since the US imposed sanctions on Russia, showing the extent...

Wood wins significant new maintenance contract with Esso Australia

John Wood Group PLC (‘Wood’) has been awarded a significant new contract to provide long-term maintenance solutions for onshore and offshore assets in the Gippsland...

Celsius Tankers places LNG order at Samsung Heavy Industries

Celsius Tankers has ordered an LNG carrier newbuilding priced at KRW 379.6bn ($261.5m) at Samsung Heavy Industries. The company is set to take delivery of...

Marubeni and MOL Establish New Company Venture in the Nature-based Carbon Removal Credit Business

Marubeni Corporation and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. announced that the two companies have entered into a shareholders agreement to jointly establish a new company,...

George Alexandratos to lead Hellenic Chamber of Shipping

George Alexandratos will succeed George Pateras at the helm of the Hellenic Chamber of Shipping following the latter’s decision to step down after 9...

AD Ports Group expands cooperation with Kazakh Partners

Noatum Maritime, the Maritime & Shipping arm of AD Ports Group, a leading facilitator of global trade, logistics, and industry, has strengthened its collaboration...

USTR finds China’s shipbuilding dominance hurts US, is actionable

The U.S. Trade Representative's office on Thursday said it has found China's targeted dominance of the global shipbuilding, maritime and logistics sectors is "unreasonable"...

Greeks leaders in product tankers shipbuilding rally

According to an analysis by the world’s largest shipping company (BIMCO), the current year is characterized as a milestone in terms of new product...

Maritime sources expect Houthis to halt Red Sea attacks after Gaza deal

Maritime security officials said, on Thursday, they were expecting Yemen’s Houthi fighters to announce a halt in attacks on ships in the Red Sea,...

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2020 Bulkers  – Transaction update

Reference is made to the recent stock exchange announcements published by 2020 Bulkers relating to the acquisition of companies owning or having contracts for...

Stolt-Nielsen posts USD 84.4 million net profit in Q3

Stolt-Nielsen Limited reported unaudited results for the third quarter and the nine months ending August 31, 2026. The Company reported a third quarter net...

Danaos Corporation declares quarterly dividend on its common stock for the third quarter of 2026 and an extraordinary special dividend

Danaos Corporation, one of the world's largest independent owners of containerships declared a quarterly cash dividend of $1.00 per share on its common stock...

2020 Bulkers – Board resolution to approve the issuance of consideration shares and private placement shares

Reference is made to the stock exchange announcements published by 2020 Bulkers Ltd. in connection with: the Company’s acquisition of AHTS AS (the “AHTS Acquisition“), the...

Capital Maritime Finance launches Greece’s first shipping IPO with exclusive listing on Euronext Athens

Capital Maritime Finance Corp. (CMF) is launching Greece’s first shipping IPO, with all of its shares to be exclusively listed on Euronext Athens. The move...

Three oil tankers hit by projectiles in Hormuz strait on Tuesday, Marisks says

Three Liberian-flagged oil tankers were struck by unknown projectiles when ​transiting the Strait of...

Macquarie pours more than $2 billion into Greek shipping

Macquarie, led by Marc Hari as head of shipping finance, has deployed more than...

Eastern Pacific Shipping and SUARDIAZ Group strengthen longstanding partnership with delivery of MV RS...

Eastern Pacific Shipping announced the delivery of MV RS Atlantico, marking a significant milestone...

Seanergy participates in Marine Money Week Asia

Seanergy Maritime Holdings President and CEO Stamatis Tsantanis took part in the 25th Marine...

EU’s Kallas says two countries may send ships to counter Houthis

Two countries signaled interest in sending ships to counter Houthi strikes in the Red...

PPA S.A. shows resilience; €106.7 million in investments

Piraeus Port Authority S.A. (PPA S.A.) announced its financial results for the first half of 2026, highlighting resilient revenue performance and a smaller year-on-year...

A.P. Moller Capital to buy majority stake in ports operator Euroports

A.P. Moller Capital, the infrastructure investment arm ​of Denmark's A.P. Moller Group, ‌said on Monday it had agreed to acquire a majority ​stake in...

Thessaloniki Port Authority: Revenue up 8.9% to €58m in H1 ’26

Thessaloniki Port Authority S.A. (ThPA S.A.), a member of the Core Network of the Trans-European Transport Network and a port of international significance, announced...

Piraeus Chamber of Commerce: More value created by shipping to flow into the city’s economy

Piraeus is not only home to Greece’s largest port, but also the historic heart of Greek shipping and one of the world’s major maritime...

Piraeus container traffic soars 18% in August

Container throughput at the port of Piraeus remained strong in August, with a significant improvement recorded at Terminals II and III as the global...