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Ulrik Andersen joins J. Lauritzen

J. Lauritzen announced the addition of Ulrik Uhrenfeldt Andersen to the Lauritzen NexGen team. Lauritzen NexGen was established by J. Lauritzen to actively invest in...

Indian Port Workers Call Off Strike, Agree New Wage Deal

Nearly 20,000 workers across major Indian ports, who had threatened to go on an indefinite strike from Wednesday, called off their walkout late on...

Royal Caribbean Orders Fourth Icon Class Ship

Royal Caribbean Group announced that it has signed an agreement with Finnish shipbuilder Meyer Turku to order a fourth Icon Class ship for delivery...

US crude, fuel stockpiles seen down last week

U.S. crude oil and product inventories were expected to have fallen last week, a preliminary Reuters poll showed on Monday. Four analysts polled by Reuters...

Intermodal Weekly Market Report [W34]

Following Russia’s invasion in Ukraine in February 2022, there has been an observable increase in premiums associated with imposed sanctions and war insurance…

Containership contracting spree now exceeds 10 million TEU

“When only six ships with a capacity of 4,746 TEU were contracted in the fourth quarter of 2023, many might have thought that the...

Baltic index down for second day on lower rates across vessels

The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk sea freight index, which tracks rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, extended its fall for a second straight...

Shanghai copper touches 3-week high

Copper prices in Shanghai climbed to their highest in more than three weeks on Monday, supported by a rebound in demand in China and...

Østensjø Rederi orders Ocean Energy Support Vessel at Astilleros Gondan

Østensjø Rederi has entered into a shipbuilding contract with the Spanish shipyard, Astilleros Gondan, for the construction of an Ocean Energy Support Vessel (OESV)....

Panama Canal Plans Reservoir Expansion to Combat Next Drought

The Panama Canal expects to be ready to combat a possible new drought, which could hit the world’s second-largest waterway within four years, by...

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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...

Safe Bulkers: Completion and pricing of private placement of common stock

Safe Bulkers, Inc., an international provider of marine drybulk transportation services, announced today that it has successfully placed 12,000,000 new shares of common stock...

Scorpio Tankers announces updates on third quarter 2026 TCE rates and time charter-out agreements

Scorpio Tankers Inc. announced today an update on its third quarter of 2026 average daily Time Charter Equivalent rates and that it has entered...

Block sale of existing shares in Klaveness Combination Carriers ASA completed

Reference is made to the stock exchange notice published on 2 September 2026 regarding a potential block sale of existing shares in Klaveness Combination...

DP World handles record BYD new energy vehicle shipment to Chile

DP World has handled the largest single maritime delivery of new energy vehicles to...

Seanergy Maritime CFO focuses on delivering real value in practice

Stavros Gyftakis, CFO of Seanergy Maritime Holdings and CFO and Director of United Maritime...

Hormuz shipping traffic in single digits, data shows

Vessel transits at the Strait of Hormuz fell ​slightly on Wednesday to seven, compared...

MISC launches Yayasan Maritim to shape a sustainable maritime future for Malaysia

MISC Group has launched Yayasan Maritim, Malaysia’s first dedicated maritime-focused foundation, to advance the...

Iran attacks US base in Jordan, ships near Hormuz after tankers sunk

Iran's Revolutionary Guard said it ​fired ballistic missiles at a base in Jordan used...

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...

Chandra Asri Group opens access to CPN public terminal

PT Chandra Pelabuhan Nusantara (CPN), a subsidiary of PT Chandra Asri Pacific Tbk (Chandra Asri Group), has officially obtained the Business License for the...