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Avenir LNG places LNG bunker trio with Wilhelmsen Ship Management

Avenir LNG Limited (Avenir) has awarded the management of three LNG bunker vessels to Wilhelmsen Ship Management (Wilhelmsen). The vessels awarded are Avenir Achievement,...

Baltic index hits over 3-month high on firm rates for larger vessels

The Baltic Exchange’s main dry bulk sea freight index .BADI hit its highest in more than three months on Wednesday, powered mostly by gains...

MOL Chemical Tankers to Acquire Fairfield Chemical Carriers

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. announced that its wholly owned group company MOL Chemical Tankers Pte. Ltd. has reached an agreement in principle with Fairfield-Maxwell...

EuroDry acquires four bulk carriers

A large deal for the purchase of used bulk carriers was reportedly closed by EuroDry. According to media sources, the company is behind the acquisition...

Drought-Hit Panama Canal Could Further Reduce Daily Transits

The Panama Canal could further reduce the maximum number of authorized daily vessel transits if this year’s drought continues, the waterway’s administrator said on...

China’s strong crude oil, coal and iron ore imports flatter to deceive

China’s imports of most major commodities rebounded in August, but the strength in arrivals of crude oil, iron ore and coal is more likely...

South Korea’s Top 3 Shipbuilders Resolve Strike Risk – report

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, Hanwha Ocean (formerly Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering), and Samsung Heavy Industries, the top three in the domestic shipbuilding industry,...

Intermodal Weekly Market Report [W36]

The diesel import landscape in Brazil has undergone a significant trans- formation with a surge in Russian diesel imports, impacting the energy and shipping...

Baltic index extends gain as panamax rates hit four-month peak

The Baltic Exchange’s main dry bulk sea freight index extended gains to a fifth straight session on Tuesday on firm demand across vessel segments,...

Diana Shipping Agrees Time Charter Contracts for Newport News & Ismene

Diana Shipping announced that, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, it has entered into a time charter contract with Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, for...

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Golar LNG Limited Interim results for the period ended March 31, 2026

Golar LNG Limited Interim announced results for the period ended March 31, 2026. Recent highlights Golar LNG Limited reports Q1 2026 net income attributable to Golar...

ZIM reports financial results for the first quarter of 2026

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd., a global container liner shipping company, announced its consolidated results for the three months ended March 31, 2026. First Quarter...

Dorian LPG posts biggest profit in nine quarters

Dorian LPG Ltd., a leading owner and operator of modern very large gas carriers, reported its financial results for the three months and fiscal...

Star Bulk posts strong Q1 results; net profit at USD 58.5 mln

Star Bulk Carriers Corp., a global shipping company focusing on the transportation of dry bulk cargoes, announced its unaudited financial and operating results for...

Ocean Yield AS announces half yearly financial reports and audit reports

Ocean Yield AS announces results for the first quarter 2026. HIGHLIGHTS EBITDA for Q1 2026 was USD 47.3 million and Adjusted EBITDA was USD 82.3 million. Net...

Celestyal wins Gold Award at the ESG Shipping Awards International for its pioneering application...

Celestyal, through Optimum Ship Management, was distinguished in the Industry Partnership Leader Award category,...

Tankers exit Hormuz as Trump, Vance talk up Iran deal prospects

Two Chinese tankers laden with oil exited the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, shipping...

MSC Cruises: Focus on cruise development in Rhodes and the Dodecanese

MSC Cruises and Explora Journeys hosted an event aboard the luxury cruise vessel EXPLORA...

New ship recycling joint venture established in Bahrain

Bahrain's Arab Shipbuilding and Repair Yard (ASRY) and Indian ship recycling company the Priya...

Norway joins EU’s Baltic Sea Region cooperation amid greater security focus

Norway said on Monday it has joined the European Union's Strategy ​for the Baltic...

10th Naftemporiki Shipping Conference-Karakostas (PPA): Piraeus will rise even higher on the global port map

Angelos Karakostas, Deputy CEO of the Piraeus Port Authority, referred to the strategic role of ports — and particularly Piraeus — in the new...

PPA hosts Georgian delegation to explore cooperation in ports and logistics infrastructure

Piraeus Port Authority (PPA) welcomed a delegation from Georgia, headed by Tamar Ioseliani, who represented Georgia’s Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development, Mariam Kvrivishvili. Ioseliani...

MBS Logistics to be acquired by AD Ports Group

MBS Logistics Group has entered into a binding agreement to be fully acquired by AD Ports Group on 18 May 2026. The transaction covers...

Port of Thessaloniki: Investment in Pier 6 remains on track

According to the management of Thessaloniki Port Authority (ThPA), the expansion project of Pier 6 is progressing as planned and is expected to be...

Israeli port and shipbuilding industry high-level delegation visits Piraeus Port Authority

A high-level meeting focusing on Eastern Mediterranean geopolitical developments and the emerging India–Middle East–Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) was held at the Port of Piraeus...