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HD Hyundai secures $366 million ammonia carrier order

HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE) bagged a 491.1 billion won ($366 million) order to build three very large ammonia carriers (VLACs)...

Wallenius Wilhelmsen: Multi-year contract with Korea’s leading construction machinery company

Wallenius Wilhelmsen recently signed a significant multi-year shipping contract with Korea’s leading construction machinery company. The new agreement, which has a duration of three...

Hapag-Lloyd to offer land transit through Saudi Arabia amid Red Sea disruption

German shipping group Hapag-Lloyd HLAG.DE will continue to route its vessels around the Cape of Good Hope until further notice due to Houthi attacks...

Baltic Index Climbs For Third Straight Session On Firm Rates For Larger Vessels

The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk sea freight index gained for a third straight session on Monday, buoyed by a rise in capesize and panamax...

The Oil Market Is Making Plans For Red Sea Chaos To Last Weeks

The oil market is bracing for a weeks-long disruption to shipping in the southern Red Sea, where Houthi militants have for months been attacking...

CMA CGM reroutes more ships to avoid Red Sea attacks

One of the world’s largest container shipping groups CMA CGM on Friday said it would reroute a weekly service between Europe and Australia to...

EU wheat edges higher as more grain ships diverted

European wheat edged higher on Friday as traders monitored developments in the Red Sea, and an increasing number of bulk carriers, including grain cargoes,...

Bahri to time-charter Stena Provident & Stena Progressive in agreement with Proman

Proman, the world’s second largest methanol producer, and Bahri, a global leader in logistics and transportation, have announced a five-year agreement for Bahri Chemicals,...

African Ports See Higher Refueling Demand as Vessels Round Cape

African ports from Namibia to Mauritius are becoming more popular as refueling stops for vessels shunning security threats in the Red Sea. The Namibian port...

Höegh Autoliners Signs EV Deal with Major Asian Manufacturer

Höegh Autoliners ASA has signed a new contract with a major East Asian car producer for the transport of cars, mainly electronic vehicles (EVs),...

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TOP Ships announces net income of $6.5 million, diluted earnings per share of $0.61 and stockholders’ equity of $76.7 million for the six months...

TOP Ships Inc., an international owner and operator of modern, fuel-efficient “ECO” tanker vessels, announced its financial results for the six months ended June...

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...

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...

Piraeus container traffic soars 18% in August

Container throughput at the port of Piraeus remained strong in August, with a significant improvement recorded at Terminals II and III as the global...

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...