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Transocean Ltd. announces agreement with Equinor valued at over $1 billion

Transocean Ltd. announced its entry into an agreement with Equinor, conditional to license approvals, for the use of three of its harsh environment semisubmersible...

COSCO Shipping Development places order for 24 new bulkers

COSCO Shipping Development has signed contracts to acquire 24 dry cargo vessels from domestic shipbuilders. The transaction includes 15 multipurpose grain vessels of 87,000 DWT...

Mercuria Energy Trading SA successfully Closes USD 3.84 billion Multi-Currency Revolving Credit Facilities

Mercuria Energy Trading S.A announced the successful closing of its USD 3.84 billion Multicurrency Revolving Credit Facilities. The Facilities comprise a new 1-year Multicurrency Revolving...

Castor Maritime Inc. announces vessel acquisition and the delivery of M/V Magic Jupiter

Castor Maritime Inc., a diversified global shipping and energy company, announces that it has entered into an agreement, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, to...

Y/KNOT enters tanker market with Aframax acquisition

Y/KNOT Invest is entering the tanker market, implementing an investment plan it presented during a recent successful IPO. Specifically, the company announced the acquisition of...

NAPA and Samsung Heavy Industries partner to advance fuel-efficient ship design and operations

NAPA, the global provider of maritime software and data services, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI), one of the...

Diana Shipping Inc. announces extension of financing to support acquisition of all outstanding shares of Genco Shipping & Trading

Diana Shipping Inc., a global shipping company specializing in the ownership and bareboat charter-in of dry bulk vessels that is the largest shareholder of...

A.P. Moller – Maersk Interim Report 2026

A.P. Moller - Maersk delivered EBITDA and EBIT of USD 1.8bn and USD 340m, respectively, down on the previous year. These results came on...

Navios Maritime Partners highlights strong bond market performance

Navios Maritime Partners, controlled by shipowner Angeliki Frangou, took part in Pareto Securities’ Greek Shipping Capital Markets Seminar, outlining its views on shipping, capital...

Hormuz traffic climbs as supertankers sail into Persian Gulf

Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz picked up for the first time since Iran’s recent attacks on ships in the waterway, with more operators...

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Greek shipping industry turns to Euronext Athens

The Greek shipping community is turning its attention to Euronext Athens. Safe Bulkers, owned by Polys V. Hajioannou, made the first move. The company pursued...

TOP Ships announces net income of $6.5 million, diluted earnings per share of $0.61 and stockholders’ equity of $76.7 million for the six months...

TOP Ships Inc., an international owner and operator of modern, fuel-efficient “ECO” tanker vessels, announced its financial results for the six months ended June...

TORM announces secondary public offering of its class A common shares by a selling shareholder

TORM plc announced the commencement of a secondary public offering of 9,000,000 of the Company’s Class A common shares by OCM Njord Holdings S.à...

TEN sees 300% plus increase in 6-month net income; record 1H revenues

TEN reported results (unaudited) for the six months and the second quarter ended June 30, 2026. FIRST HALF 2026 SUMMARY RESULTS TEN's fleet generated record gross...

Samsung seeks $186 million from CMA CGM in landmark FMC complaint

Samsung Electronics America (SEA) has filed a formal complaint against CMA CGM with the US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC), demanding at least $186 million...

Vessels trickle through Strait of Hormuz as Middle East conflict persists

A total of 17 commodity vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz on the weekend,...

Greek shipping a key pillar of economy, citizens’ daily lives, minister says

The importance of Greek shipping to the economy and citizens’ everyday lives was highlighted...

Qatar Energy Chief says Bessent ‘wrong’ about Hormuz future

Qatari Energy Minister Saad Al-Kaabi said Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is “wrong” when he...

Cruise Industry report shows measurable progress in environmental technologies and practices

Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), the leading voice of the global cruise industry, released...

Stop attacking merchant ships and seafarers: IMO Secretary-General to Member States

The Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization, Mr. Arsenio Dominguez, has called on Member...

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...

Port of Los Angeles posts best three-month cargo stretch in its history

Port of Los Angeles waterfront workers processed  955,907 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) in August, capping the busiest three consecutive months in Port history. More...

ATI and DP World commission six new hybrid cranes at manila South Harbour

Strategic partners DP World and Asian Terminals Inc. (ATI) have commissioned six state-of-the-art hybrid Rubber-Tyred Gantry (RTG) cranes at Manila South Harbour (MSH), strengthening...

PCT S.A.: New customs licence for cargo arriving by rail

A step towards enhancing the operational efficiency of the Piraeus Container Terminal is the granting of an Authorised Consignee licence to PCT S.A. by...

ZIM: Updated freight rates from Mediterranean & Black Sea ports

Updated Freight Rates from all Mediterranean ports & Black Sea ports to all USEC & Gulf, Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean & South America...