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OTL – Equinor exercise 2-year option for drilling services on Mariner platform in the UK

Odfjell Technology are delighted to announce that Equinor have exercised a 2-year option on the contract for the provision of the full drilling services...

Port Houston posts double digit box growth – container volumes up 12 percent through April

Port Houston continues to exceed last year’s container volumes and is up 12% through April with 1,394,094 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs). In the month...

Damen Shipyards and SAFEEN Group to bring the first electric tug to the Middle East

Damen Shipyards and SAFEEN Group, part of AD Ports Group, have signed an agreement for the lease and purchase of an all-electric Damen RSD-E...

Baltic index dips on lower capesize rates

The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, which tracks rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, dropped on Tuesday, as a dip in the...

Pyxis Tankers announces joint venture agreement to acquire modern dry-bulk vessel, expansion of common share repurchase program & partial redemption of series a cumulative...

Pyxis Tankers, an international shipping company, announced key strategic and financial actions to further enhance its shareholder value. The Company has entered into an agreement...

Mitsui invests in Navigare Capital Partners shipping fund

Mitsui & Co. Alternative Investments Limited has decided to participate in Maritime Investment Fund III K/S (“MIF III”), a maritime investment fund established and...

Changhong International wins Horizon Tankers order

On the afternoon of May 16, Zhoushan Changhong International Ship Repair Co., Ltd. and Greek shippers Horizon Tankers Limited S.A. signed an order for...

Port of Los Angeles cargo rises 12% in April; up 25% in 2024

The docks at the Port of Los Angeles were busy in April, handling 770,337 container units, a 12% increase over the previous year. It...

Scorpio Tankers: $223.6 million prepayment under 2023 credit facility

Scorpio Tankers announced that it has received approval from majority lenders under its 2023 $1.0 Billion Credit Facility to make an unscheduled repayment on...

Greek LNG demand, prices rise amid on upcoming TurkStream maintenance

Greece has started to see an uptick in LNG demand and prices in mid-May on upcoming maintenance at the TurkStream pipeline and ongoing trade...

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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...

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...

M/MARITIME: Focus on Greek-Japanese maritime ties

The close shipping ties between Greece and Japan were highlighted at a meeting at...

Greek ferry sector ‘battered’ by soaring fuel costs

The Greek ferry sector is being squeezed by soaring fuel costs, with the price...

Strait of Hormuz ship crossings remain in single digits, data shows

Vessel transits through the Strait of Hormuz ​remained in the single digits at four...

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...

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...