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Euroseas: New charters for its two 4,250 TEU containerships

Euroseas announced a mutual agreement to terminate the current charters for its container vessels M/V Rena P and M/V Emmanuel P, while concurrently fixing...

NYK Bulkship (Atlantic) to introduce NYK Group’s first wind-assisted ship-propulsion unit

NYK Bulkship (Atlantic) N.V., an NYK Group company, will introduce a wind-assisted ship-propulsion unit on a bulk carrier engaged in a long-term charter contract...

newcleo, Fincantieri, RINA working on feasibility study for nuclear naval propulsion

newcleo, the clean and safe nuclear technology company developing innovative Generation IV reactors using nuclear waste as fuel, announced today that it has signed...

Europe Gas Rises With Supply Risks as LNG Cargoes Idle at Sea

Liquefied natural gas stored on ships jumped to its highest level since May in a sign that weak demand and high inventories in Europe...

FuelEU Maritime Initiative: Council adopts new law to decarbonise maritime sector

More renewable and low-carbon fuels will reduce the carbon footprint of the maritime sector in the EU following today’s adoption of a new regulation...

Intermodal Weekly Market Report [W29]

The recent commitment from Russia and Saudi Arabia to production cuts, coupled with Saudi Aramco's consecutive increase in OSPs to Asian customers, has prompted...

Iron ore futures rally on China stimulus pledge

Iron ore futures rose on Tuesday, as China’s pledge to provide more support for its flagging economy lifted sentiment, while expectations of a possible...

Baltic index drops to lowest in over seven weeks

The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, extended declines on Tuesday pressured by lower demand for...

ABS Board of Directors Elects John McDonald President

ABS Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Christopher J. Wiernicki, and the Board of Directors have announced that John McDonald was elected President of ABS...

New Appointments to TT Club Boards

Morten Engelstoft has been elected as the new Chairman of TT Club as Ulrich Kranich retires.  Three new Directors also announced. The liability insurance provider...

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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...