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Panama Canal to increase daily transits to 24 starting in January

Through Advisory to Shipping No. A-54-2023, the Panama Canal announced today that it will increase the number of daily transits to 24 starting in...

Shipping firms to avoid Suez Canal as Red Sea attacks increase

Two major freight firms including MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co, the world’s biggest container shipping line, on Saturday said they would avoid the Suez Canal...

EU wheat ends flat in lack of fresh news after weekly fall of 3%

European wheat ended the week unchanged in a lack of new fundamental elements and taking a breather after a sharp fall on worries of...

MOL to Become World’s 1st Shipping Company to Issue Blue Bonds

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) announced that it has decided to issue "blue bonds" through a public offering in Japan's domestic market in January...

TOP Ships Announces Share Repurchase Program

TOP Ships announced a share repurchase program. The Company’s Board of Directors authorized a share repurchase program under which the Company may repurchase up to...

Scorpio Tankers buying back 13 ships

Scorpio Tankers announced updates on fourth quarter of 2023 Daily TCE Revenues and recent debt and lease activity. Fourth Quarter of 2023 Daily Time Charter...

APM Terminals Elizabeth enhances operations with new super-post-Panamax cranes

APM Terminals Elizabeth announces the commissioning of two new ZPMC super-post Panamax ship-to-shore (STS) cranes. The cranes have a 23-container outreach designed to accommodate...

Bulk Carrier Reportedly Boarded in Indian Ocean

A Malta-flagged, Bulgarian-owned bulk carrier was reportedly boarded on Thursday after being involved in an incident in the Arabian Sea off Yemen’s Socotra Island,...

Maersk denies Houthi claim container ship hit by Yemeni militia

Danish shipping company Maersk on Friday denied a claim by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi movement that the militia carried out a drone strike on a...

Dalian iron ore slides on more weak data, sluggish restocking

Chinese iron ore futures extended declines on Thursday, as the market digested a lack of new stimulus measures and data showing weaker-than-expected bank lending...

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Seaspan Becomes First International Ship Owner & Operator to Access China’s Panda Bond Market

Seaspan, a leading independent maritime asset owner and operator, is pleased to announce the successful issuance of a RMB 1.5 billion Panda Bond in...

DHT Holdings Announces Record Second Quarter 2026 Results

DHT Holdings announced its results for the quarter ended June 30, 2026.

Dorian LPG posts record profit

Dorian LPG Ltd. (NYSE: LPG) (the “Company,” “Dorian LPG,” “we,” “us,” and “our”), a leading owner and operator of modern very large gas carriers...

Star Bulk Carriers Reports Strongest Quarterly Results Since Second Quarter Of 2022

Star Bulk Carriers announced its unaudited financial and operating results for the second quarter of 2026.

Genco Announces Q2 2026 Financial Results; Declares Dividend of $0.80 per Share for Q2 2026

Genco Shipping & Trading Limited (NYSE:GNK) (“Genco” or the “Company”), the largest U.S. headquartered drybulk shipowner focused on the global transportation of commodities, reported...

Shipping Industry Sees Major Obstacles to Iran’s Hormuz Control Plan

A proposed deal between Iran and Oman that would give Tehran control over ships...

UK continues crackdown on Russia with tough new sanctions

Russian banks, shadow fleet ships and shady businesses have been slapped with UK sanctions...

Panama Canal Announces New Draft Adjustments for Neopanamax Locks

The Panama Canal Authority announced, through a notice to shipping companies, that effective August...

Iran Says Hormuz Shipping Route Announcement With Oman Nears

Iran and Oman have reached an understanding on the geographic coordinates for a shipping...

Yemen’s Houthis Deny Plans To Impose Fees On Ships Sailing Through Red Sea

Yemen’s Houthi-run maritime coordination body denied on Saturday that it planned to impose fees...

DP World Expands Cold Chain Capabilities With New €48m Antwerp Hub

DP World will build a new temperature-controlled logistics hub in the Port of Antwerp. The project begins with an initial investment of EUR 48...

Port of Klaipėda delivers strong performance in 1H2026

The Port of Klaipėda delivered a strong performance in the first half of the year, demonstrating resilience in a changing market environment and further...

DP World Accelerates Port Decarbonization in Chile

DP World is expanding the electrification of its port operations in Chile with the introduction of seven 100% electric Internal Transfer Vehicles (ITVs) and...

Piraeus container traffic remains resilient despite Red Sea shipping disruptions

Container traffic at the Port of Piraeus remained resilient in the first half of 2026 despite mounting disruption to global shipping caused by the...

Port of Long Beach, MARAD agree to test nuclear-powered vessels

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) today joined leaders from California’s Port of Long Beach to celebrate a new partnership focused on...