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Greek shipping pioneer Athina Martinou dead at 97

Athina Martinou, a key figure in modern Greek shipping and the global maritime industry died on Friday, at the age of 97. Born in 1926...

Fire breaks out on LPG tanker at Kutubdia anchorage

Fire broke out at LPG tanker at Kutubdia anchorage yesterday. Zonal Commander of Bangladesh Coast Guard East Zone Captain Jahirul Hoque confirmed that fire broke...

ADNOC L&S joint venture awards $250 million contracts for VLACs

ADNOC Logistics and Services, a global energy maritime logistics company, announced that AW Shipping, its joint venture with Wanhua Chemical Group, has awarded contracts...

Shelf Drilling announces new contracts in West Africa

Shelf Drilling announced new contracts for two jack-up rigs in Nigeria. With reference to the press release dated September 6, 2024 regarding the award...

Jiangnan Shipyard expands to the Middle East: 2 new VLACs ordered by Abu Dhabi

Jiangnan Shipyard, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), celebrated a significant milestone with the opening of its Middle East office in Abu...

Minerva Bunkering acquires Bomin Group, expanding U.S. operations

Minerva Bunkering, a leading global marine fuel supplier and a subsidiary of Mercuria Energy Group, announced its acquisition of Bomin Bunker Oil from Mabanaft....

Maersk names latest vessel of its dual-fuel methanol fleet “Alexandra Mærsk” in Felixstowe

A.P. Moller - Maersk celebrated the naming of its latest dual-fuel methanol container vessel “Alexandra Maersk”. UK’s Maritime Minister Mike Kane, representatives of the...

President of Cyprus at WISTA conference: «Gender equality is high priority»

Gender equality is a high, horizontal priority of our Government, President of the Republic of Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulides, said addressing the world conference of...

Dalian iron ore retreats on China stimulus uncertainty

Dalian iron ore futures prices faltered on Thursday, surrendering earlier gains as uncertainty surrounding top consumer China’s fiscal stimulus plans clouded market sentiment, although...

Baltic index falls over one-month low on weak capesize demand

The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index continued its decline for the ninth day and hit its lowest in more than a month on...

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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...

Global Ship Lease Posts Robust Q2 Financial Results

Global Ship Lease, Inc., an owner of containerships, announced its unaudited results for the three and six-month periods ended June 30, 2026. Second Quarter of...

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...

EU Forces Board Sanctioned Russian ‘Shadow Fleet’ Tanker

An EU naval mission led by Italy boarded a tanker from Russia’s so-called “shadow...

Two Tankers With Saudi Oil Exit Red Sea Over Weekend

Two tankers laden with Saudi oil crossed the Bab el-Mandeb strait over the weekend,...

Teekay Corporation second quarter 2026 update

Teekay Corporation Ltd. provided an update for the three months ended June 30, 2026,...

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...