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Eagle Bulk Acquires Modern Ultramax Bulk Carrier

Eagle Bulk, one of the world’s largest owner-operators within the midsize drybulk vessel segment, announced that it has expanded its fleet with the purchase...

Intermodal Weekly Market Report [W36]

While the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies agreed on a 100,000 b/d output cut last week, oil flows are in the...

Iron ore extends gains on supply concerns, China demand

Dalian iron ore hit a two-week high on Tuesday as trading resumed in top steel producer China after a three-day holiday weekend, with supply...

Capesize bounce propels Baltic index to best day in 7 months

The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, notched up its biggest daily jump in seven months,...

Iran to release crew of two seized Greek tankers

Iran has agreed to release the crews of two Greek tankers it seized in May in the Gulf, in response to the confiscation of...

Celestyal Apppoints Inter-Connect As GSA In Germany, Austria And Switzerland

Celestyal, the award-winning first choice for cruises in the Greek islands and the Eastern Mediterranean, announces its cooperation with Inter-Connect. Effective immediately Inter-Connect will...

Diana Shipping: Completion of Sale & Leaseback Transactions

Diana Shipping, a global shipping company specializing in the ownership and bareboat charter-in of dry bulk vessels, announced that, through two separate wholly-owned subsidiaries,...

Shipowners Rush for Ice-Class Tankers to Move Russian Oil This Winter

Oil tanker owners are snapping up vessels that can haul cargoes in icy seas, a development that could help Moscow overcome the threat of...

Fincantieri to Construct Four More Cruise Ships for Viking

Fincantieri will build a further four ships for Viking, in a deal worth around €1.7bn. As part of an agreement signed in March 2018...

Russian wheat prices rise with global benchmarks, demand – analyst

Russian wheat export prices rose last week with global benchmarks and demand from importers, the IKAR agriculture consultancy said on Monday. Russian prices for...

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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...

Scorpio Tankers announces updates on third quarter 2026 TCE rates and time charter-out agreements

Scorpio Tankers Inc. announced today an update on its third quarter of 2026 average daily Time Charter Equivalent rates and that it has entered...

Block sale of existing shares in Klaveness Combination Carriers ASA completed

Reference is made to the stock exchange notice published on 2 September 2026 regarding a potential block sale of existing shares in Klaveness Combination...

Heidmar Maritime Holdings reports results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2026

Heidmar Maritime Holdings Corp. reported its results for the quarter and six month period ended June 30, 2026. Second Quarter 2026 Highlights • Total revenues of...

Seanergy Maritime CFO focuses on delivering real value in practice

Stavros Gyftakis, CFO of Seanergy Maritime Holdings and CFO and Director of United Maritime...

Hormuz shipping traffic in single digits, data shows

Vessel transits at the Strait of Hormuz fell ​slightly on Wednesday to seven, compared...

MISC launches Yayasan Maritim to shape a sustainable maritime future for Malaysia

MISC Group has launched Yayasan Maritim, Malaysia’s first dedicated maritime-focused foundation, to advance the...

Iran attacks US base in Jordan, ships near Hormuz after tankers sunk

Iran's Revolutionary Guard said it ​fired ballistic missiles at a base in Jordan used...

Samsung seeks $186 million from CMA CGM over container shipping disruptions

Samsung Electronics America has filed a complaint with the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC)...

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...

Chandra Asri Group opens access to CPN public terminal

PT Chandra Pelabuhan Nusantara (CPN), a subsidiary of PT Chandra Asri Pacific Tbk (Chandra Asri Group), has officially obtained the Business License for the...

Direct traffic between the Port of Gothenburg and Asia increases

Cargo volumes at the Port of Gothenburg developed strongly during the first half of 2026. Container volumes remained at record levels, while rail, RoRo,...

PPA: New framework for investments in ports and logistics

Piraeus Port Authority (PPA) has expanded its scope of business activity following shareholders’ approval of amendments to the corporate charter, paving the way for...