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EXPLORA I arrives in Piraeus for her maiden call ahead of the eastern mediterranean season

Piraeus Port of Athens welcomed EXPLORA I for her maiden call marking the ship’s debut in the Eastern Mediterranean. The ship is the first...

Panama Canal celebrates eighth expansion anniversary with new draft and daily transits increases

The Panama Canal celebrated the eighth anniversary of its expansion program today by announcing an increase to its draft and daily transits, all while...

BIMCO: Container shipping market exploding in 2024, but 2025 could be a different story

We have revised our assumption regarding when ships might return to normal Red Sea and Suez Canal routings. In our previous report, we assumed...

Baltic index hits near 2-month high on strong capesize demand

The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, which tracks rates for ships ferrying dry bulk commodities, climbed to its highest level in one and...

Wallenius Wilhelmsen signs multi-year contract with leading industrial equipment manufacturer

Wallenius Wilhelmsen has signed a significant multi-year contract with a leading industrial equipment manufacturer. The new multi-year contract has a duration of three years,...

Fincantieri signs agreement with Crystal for two new high-end cruise ships

Fincantieri and Crystal announced the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) for the construction of two state-of-the-art high-end cruise ships, plus an option...

d’Amico exercises MR tanker option

d’Amico International Shipping, an international marine transportation company operating in the product tanker market, announces that its operating subsidiary d’Amico Tankers D.A.C., exercised its...

Maersk sets new chartering record

As liner operators become desperate for ships, charter rates have hit the $150,000/day mark. Maersk Line has agreed to pay this to charter Taiwanese regional...

Marsa Maroc to operate Nador West Med container terminal – The North Africa Post

Marsa Maroc will operate the container terminal at the deep-water port, Nador West Med for 25 years, Moroccan media reported. Marsa Maroc will have to...

Transocean announces $188 Million Ultra-Deepwater drillship contract extension

Transocean announced a 365-day contract extension for the Deepwater Asgard with an independent operator in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The program is expected to...

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TORM announces closing of secondary public offering of its class A common shares

TORM plc announced the closing of the previously announced secondary public offering of 6,329,874 of the Company’s Class A common shares by OCM Njord...

DryLog reports loss in FY2025

DryLog Trading posted a loss for 2025 as a weakening bulk carrier market coincided with reduced seaborne trade volumes and an environment of intense...

Nordic American Tankers – The Hansson family now collectively own 12 million NAT shares

Nordic American Tankers Ltd announced that Hansson family now collectively own 12 million NAT shares. “I am pleased to inform you that my son, Monaco...

Hafnia Limited: Mandatory notification of trade – Redelivery of borrowed shares in connection with offering

Reference is made to the stock exchange announcement published by Hafnia Limited on 24 September 2026 regarding the lending of shares by BW Group...

ZIM raises full-year 2026 guidance

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. raised its guidance for the year ending December 31, 2026, reflecting continued strong market demand and favorable momentum in...

Fragkou (Navios Maritime Partners): Shipping must stay resilient amid global trade shifts

The major shifts reshaping global trade and shipping were highlighted by Angeliki Frangou, chairman...

Panama Canal announces new long-term slot allocation program for the Neopanamax and Panamax Locks

The Panama Canal announced a new phase of its Long-term Slot Allocation (LoTSA) program,...

Hyundai Glovis, LGL team up to explore SMR-powered car carriers for Korea-US routes

Hyundai Glovis said Tuesday it has teamed up with US logistics firm Liberty Global...

DP World expands contract logistics network in Thailand with new Bang Na distribution center

DP World announced the opening of a new contract logistics distribution centre in Bang...

Three oil tankers hit by projectiles in Hormuz strait on Tuesday, Marisks says

Three Liberian-flagged oil tankers were struck by unknown projectiles when ​transiting the Strait of...

Savannah achieves record container volumes in September

The Port of Savannah achieved a record September for container volumes, moving 504,015 twenty-foot equivalent container units last month, an increase of 3.7 percent...

PCT: Revenue holds firm despite lower throughput

The Piraeus Container Terminal (PCT) Sustainability Report recorded a 12% improvement in financial performance, despite a 5.95% decline in container throughput, highlighting progress in...

PPA S.A. shows resilience; €106.7 million in investments

Piraeus Port Authority S.A. (PPA S.A.) announced its financial results for the first half of 2026, highlighting resilient revenue performance and a smaller year-on-year...

A.P. Moller Capital to buy majority stake in ports operator Euroports

A.P. Moller Capital, the infrastructure investment arm ​of Denmark's A.P. Moller Group, ‌said on Monday it had agreed to acquire a majority ​stake in...

Thessaloniki Port Authority: Revenue up 8.9% to €58m in H1 ’26

Thessaloniki Port Authority S.A. (ThPA S.A.), a member of the Core Network of the Trans-European Transport Network and a port of international significance, announced...