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Ukraine: 5 More Cargo Ships Head For Black Sea Ports – report

Five more ships are on their way to Ukrainian sea ports using a new corridor opened to resume predominantly agricultural exports, an alternative arrangement...

Carnival Earnings Outlook Misses While Fuel Costs Near 15-Year High

Carnival Corp. posted a profit for the first time since 2020 but issued a fourth quarter earnings outlook that missed Wall Streets’ expectations as...

Asia’s coal sector sees long, prosperous life despite energy transition

Asia’s coal sector has gone from thinking they are in terminal decline as the world shifts to a net-zero carbon future to seeing themselves...

India imports of Russian, Iraqi oil rebound in September

India’s oil imports from Russia rebounded in September after hitting a seven month low in August as prices fell against Middle Eastern oil, preliminary...

Saudi Aramco to buy stake in EIG’s MidOcean Energy to tap into LNG

Saudi Arabia's oil group Aramco (2222.SE) said on Thursday it had agreed to acquire a strategic minority stake in liquefied natural gas company MidOcean...

Diana Shipping: Direct Continuation of Time Charter Contract for m/v Seattle

Diana Shipping announced that, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, it has entered into a time charter contract with Solebay Shipping Cape Company Limited, Hong...

Sphinx Investment Corp Increases Stake in OceanPal

On September 28, 2023, an OceanPal SEC filing revealed that Sphinx Investment Corp. had raised its ownership in OceanPal, now holding a substantial stake...

CMA CGM Orders Eight Methanol-Fueled Containerships

CMA CGM has ordered eight additional methanol-fuelled container vessels at Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding (SWS). The vessels, with a capacity of 9,200 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU),...

Piraeus Port reports strong H1 2023 results

The Piraeus Port Authority SA, which operates Greece’s biggest and busiest port, reported a 48.8-percent increase in pre-tax earnings for H1 2023 – 49.4...

Greece names Thessaloniki port operator preferred bidder for Volos port

Greece’s privatisation agency has named the operator of Thessaloniki port as the preferred bidder for acquiring a 67% stake in the port of Volos,...

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Okeanis Eco Tankers Posts Unaudited Financial Statements for 2Q2026 and 1H2026

Okeanis Eco Tankers reported its unaudited condensed financial results for the second quarter and six-month period of 2026. Financial performance of the Second Quarter Ended...

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Reports Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2026 and provided guidance for the third quarter and full...

United Maritime reports Q2 and H1 2026 results – Strategic fleet repositioning into Capesize Vessels

United Maritime Corporatio, announced its financial results for the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2026. The Company also declared a quarterly...

Seanergy Maritime reports second quarter and first-half 2026 financial results

Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp., a leading pure-play Capesize owner and operator, reported its financial results for the second quarter and six months ended June...

Diana Shipping reports Q2 & H1 2026 results and declares cash dividend of $0.01 per common share for the Q2

Diana Shipping Inc., a global shipping company specializing in the ownership and bareboat charter-in of dry bulk vessels, reported net income of $20.8 million...

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...

EU Forces Board Sanctioned Russian ‘Shadow Fleet’ Tanker

An EU naval mission led by Italy boarded a tanker from Russia’s so-called “shadow...

Two Tankers With Saudi Oil Exit Red Sea Over Weekend

Two tankers laden with Saudi oil crossed the Bab el-Mandeb strait over the weekend,...

Teekay Corporation second quarter 2026 update

Teekay Corporation Ltd. provided an update for the three months ended June 30, 2026,...

WALLENIUS SOL acquires vessels from Royal Wagenborg and signs long-term CoA with Smurfit Westrock

WALLENIUS SOL has announced the acquisition of two RoRo vessels from Royal Wagenborg, Bothniaborg...

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...

PPA S.A. receives double distinction at the “Protagonists of the Greek Economy 2026” Awards

Piraeus Port Authority received two prestigious distinctions at the “Protagonists of the Greek Economy 2026” Awards, reaffirming its leading role in the Greek economy...