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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,...

Castor Maritime announces the sale of the M/V Gabriela A for $19.3 Million

Castor Maritime, a diversified global shipping and energy company, announces that on December 4, 2024, it entered, through a wholly-owned subsidiary, into an agreement...

Iron ore hits near 1-month low on China concerns, Fed outlook

Iron ore futures prices fell on Thursday to their lowest in nearly a month, as concerns about demand prospects in top consumer China and...

Baltic index extends losses on weaker capesize, supramax rates

The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk sea freight index, which tracks rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, extended losses to a 17-month low on...

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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...