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Iron ore hits over 1-year low on soft China demand prospects, firmer supply

Iron ore futures fell on Monday to their lowest in more than a year, as investors weighed prospects of soft China demand amid an...

Baltic index hit over two-month peak on higher rates across vessels

The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, which tracks rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, rose to its highest in over two months...

GRSE secures international order worth USD 108 million

GRSE has secured an additional order for four multi-purpose vessels from Carsten Rehder Schiffsmakler and Reederei GmbH & Co., KG Germany. This follows an initial...

Procureship integrates with SpecTec’s AMOS fleet management software

Procureship has signed an agreement with SpecTec Group to integrate SpecTec’s AMOS fleet management software into its award-winning e-procurement platform. The partnership will allow AMOS...

Spliethoff Group acquires majority interest in ForestWave

Spliethoff Group and ForestWave announced that ForestWave will join the Spliethoff Group as its seventh business unit per September 30th. With this expansion, the...

Florida legislators present JAXPORT with $23 million for container crane purchase and refurbishment

Florida Legislators presented JAXPORT with a $23 million check for crane upgrades during today’s monthly Board of Directors meeting. The funding will be...

China soybean imports from US gain pace in August

China’s soybean imports from the United States rose 70% in August from a year earlier, customsdata showed on Friday, as buyers took advantage of...

ST Engineering unveils smart shipyard

ST Engineering officially opened its new shipyard located at 55 Gul Road in a ceremony officiated by Mr Desmond Tan, Senior Minister of State,...

Lloyd’s Register awards HD Hyundai Mipo AiP for 20,000 cbm LCO₂ carrier

HD Hyundai Mipo has received approval in principle for a 20,000 cbm LCO₂ carrier from Lloyd’s Register, following the successful completion of a joint...

MOL invests in HIF Global, a U.S.-based company of e-Fuels

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines announced that, through its wholly-owned subsidiary MOL Clean Energy, US. LLC, it decided to invest in HIF Global, a company developing...

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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...