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Icon Energy Corp. provides commercial update

Icon Energy Corp., an international shipping company providing worldwide seaborne transportation services for dry bulk cargoes via its fleet of oceangoing vessels, provides a...

Kpler announces strategic growth equity investment from Sixth Street

Kpler, a leading provider of global physical trade intelligence data and analytics, announced it has secured a minority strategic growth equity investment of over...

COSCO Shipping Energy Transportation orders four newbuild LNG carriers

COSCO Shipping Energy Transportation (CSET) has signed shipbuilding contracts with Jiangnan Shipyard for the construction of four 175,000 cubic metre liquefied natural gas (LNG)...

Hapag-Lloyd and Seaspan complete first methanol retrofit

Hapag-Lloyd, one of the Top 5 global container lines, and Seaspan Corporation, a global leader in maritime asset ownership and management, have successfully completed...

“K” LINE secures time charter contract of newly built liquefied CO2 carrier for Northern Lights

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” LINE) announced that, jointly with Malaysia-based MISC Berhad (MISC), it has secured a time charter contract for a newly...

Venergy Maritime Places suezmax orders at Hengli Shipbuilding

Venergy Maritime has reportedly ordered up to four suezmax newbuildings at Hengli Shipbuilding, for an undisclosed price. Specifically, the company placed firm orders for two...

Posidonia 2026 opens its gates as Strait of Hormuz remains closed

Record Exhibitors and Expanded Conference Programme as the 29th Edition Welcomes the Global Maritime Community to the 'Home of Shipping' The global maritime community is...

Shipping’s New World Order: TradeWinds Shipowners Forum at Posidonia confronts fragmentation, dark fleets and the decarbonisation dilemma

The shipping industry entered Posidonia week confronting a new maritime world order. In a keynote address that set the tone for the day's debate...

Where is the International Cruise Market Heading: The reality and the opportunity for the Eastern Mediterranean

Mr. Kyriakos Anastasiadis, Senior Strategic Advisor, MSC Cruises: The global cruise market continues to grow dynamically, with demand steadily increasing and forecasts pointing to more...

Russia ships most oil since 2022 as drones strike refineries

Russia is exporting the most crude since its invasion of Ukraine back in 2022 as Kyiv’s record attacks on its neighbor’s oil refineries force...

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Seaspan Becomes First International Ship Owner & Operator to Access China’s Panda Bond Market

Seaspan, a leading independent maritime asset owner and operator, is pleased to announce the successful issuance of a RMB 1.5 billion Panda Bond in...

DHT Holdings Announces Record Second Quarter 2026 Results

DHT Holdings announced its results for the quarter ended June 30, 2026.

Dorian LPG posts record profit

Dorian LPG Ltd. (NYSE: LPG) (the “Company,” “Dorian LPG,” “we,” “us,” and “our”), a leading owner and operator of modern very large gas carriers...

Star Bulk Carriers Reports Strongest Quarterly Results Since Second Quarter Of 2022

Star Bulk Carriers announced its unaudited financial and operating results for the second quarter of 2026.

Genco Announces Q2 2026 Financial Results; Declares Dividend of $0.80 per Share for Q2 2026

Genco Shipping & Trading Limited (NYSE:GNK) (“Genco” or the “Company”), the largest U.S. headquartered drybulk shipowner focused on the global transportation of commodities, reported...

Shipping Industry Sees Major Obstacles to Iran’s Hormuz Control Plan

A proposed deal between Iran and Oman that would give Tehran control over ships...

UK continues crackdown on Russia with tough new sanctions

Russian banks, shadow fleet ships and shady businesses have been slapped with UK sanctions...

Panama Canal Announces New Draft Adjustments for Neopanamax Locks

The Panama Canal Authority announced, through a notice to shipping companies, that effective August...

Iran Says Hormuz Shipping Route Announcement With Oman Nears

Iran and Oman have reached an understanding on the geographic coordinates for a shipping...

Yemen’s Houthis Deny Plans To Impose Fees On Ships Sailing Through Red Sea

Yemen’s Houthi-run maritime coordination body denied on Saturday that it planned to impose fees...

DP World Expands Cold Chain Capabilities With New €48m Antwerp Hub

DP World will build a new temperature-controlled logistics hub in the Port of Antwerp. The project begins with an initial investment of EUR 48...

Port of Klaipėda delivers strong performance in 1H2026

The Port of Klaipėda delivered a strong performance in the first half of the year, demonstrating resilience in a changing market environment and further...

DP World Accelerates Port Decarbonization in Chile

DP World is expanding the electrification of its port operations in Chile with the introduction of seven 100% electric Internal Transfer Vehicles (ITVs) and...

Piraeus container traffic remains resilient despite Red Sea shipping disruptions

Container traffic at the Port of Piraeus remained resilient in the first half of 2026 despite mounting disruption to global shipping caused by the...

Port of Long Beach, MARAD agree to test nuclear-powered vessels

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) today joined leaders from California’s Port of Long Beach to celebrate a new partnership focused on...