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Keppel enjoys ‘transformational & productive’ first half

Keppel Corporation Limited (Keppel) reported a net profit of over S$3.6 billion for the half year ended 30 June 2023, the highest profit on...

HD Hyundai builds stable profit momentum

HD Hyundai, the world’s largest shipbuilder and heavy industries conglomerate, released its 2023 Q2 financial results. HD Hyundai reported a revenue of 15.6213 trillion won...

HHLA adjusts financial year forecast

Based on preliminary figures for the first six months, Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) is adjusting its forecast for the current financial year. The...

Iron ore dips as traders seek China stimulus details

Iron ore futures dipped on Thursday, with the Dalian benchmark retreating from a three-day advance spurred by China’s pledge to step up support for...

Baltic index hits two-week high on firm capesize, panamax demand

The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, rose to a two-week high on Thursday, supported by...

Harim forms consortium with JKL Partners for HMM acquisition

Harim Group, one of South Korea’s biggest agri-food companies, will form a consortium with a mid-size private equity fund JKL Partners Inc. for the...

Safe Bulkers Reports Second Quarter 2023 Results

Safe Bulkers announced its unaudited financial results for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2023. The Board of Directors of the...

Drought-hit Panama Canal restricts daily crossings in water-saving move

The Panama Canal will extend restrictions on ships’ maximum depth, it said on Tuesday, and it has limited average crossings at one of the...

Rio Tinto H1 profit falls 34% on easing iron ore prices

Rio Tinto reported a near 34% drop in first-half underlying earnings and slashed its interim dividend on Wednesday, as easing iron ore prices offset...

Baltic index logs best day in nearly 5 months on capesize strength

The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, on Wednesday posted its biggest single-day gain since March,...

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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...

CMB.TECH Announces Q1 2026 Results: Firing On All Cylinders

CMB.TECH reported its unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended 31 March 2026.

Genco Sends Letter to Shareholders from Chairman and CEO John Wobensmith

Genco Shipping & Trading Limited, the largest U.S. headquartered drybulk shipowner focused on the global transportation of commodities, sent a letter to Genco shareholders...

Diana Shipping Cautions of Significant Downside Risk in Genco’s Share Price

Diana Shipping Inc., a global shipping company specializing in the ownership and bareboat charter-in of dry bulk vessels that is the largest shareholder of...

Okeanis posts strong profit in 1Q2026

Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp. reported its unaudited condensed financial results for the first quarter of 2026. Financial performance of the First Quarter Ended March 31,...

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...

IMO Maritime Safety Committee convenes in London to discuss safety and security of international...

IMO Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez opened the 111th session of the Maritime Safety Committee of...

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...

APM Terminals Japan signs agreement to decarbonise operations in Yokohama

APM Terminals Japan, a Maersk Group company, has signed a long term offsite corporate Power Purchase Agreement with FPS Inc., sourcing renewable electricity to...