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GSL Announces Pricing of $350 Million of Senior Secured Notes due 2027

Global Ship Lease announced that its indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, Knausen Holding LLC, priced on June 1, 2022, an offering of $350 million aggregate principal...

UN Aid Chief in Moscow to Discuss Ukraine Grain Exports

U.N. aid chief Martin Griffiths is in Moscow on Thursday and Friday to discuss clearing the way for exports of grain and other food...

Maersk completes acquisition of Senator International

A.P. Moller – Maersk (Maersk) announces the closing of the acquisition of Senator International, a well-renowned global company in freight forwarding. Senator brings with it...

Tight Asia capacity limits room for new LNG ships – Korea Shipbuilding exec

Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE) 009540.KS has mostly filled its order book for the next 2-1/2 years as the pandemic drove demand for...

Saudi, OPEC may make up for Russian oil output loss as Biden visit looms

Saudi Arabia and other OPEC states may boost oil production to offset a drop in Russian output, a move that could ease sky-high oil...

Subsea 7 awarded contract offshore Gulf of Mexico

Subsea 7 announced the award of a sizeable contract by Chevron for the development of the Ballymore project offshore US Gulf of Mexico, in...

Safe Bulkers: Acquisition of Two Kamsarmax Class Newbuild Vessels

Safe Bulkers announced that it has entered into an agreement for the acquisition of two Chinese dry-bulk, 82,500 dwt, Kamsarmax class vessels, at attractive...

Shanghai Faces Long Road to Recovery as Lockdown Lifts

Shanghai faces weeks, if not months, of slow recovery until economic activity can fully bounce back from the crippling Covid lockdown that began in...

Hapag-Lloyd acquires container liner business of Africa specialist Deutsche Afrika-Linien

Hapag-Lloyd successfully closed the acquisition of the container liner business of German carrier Deutsche Afrika-Linien (DAL), after having signed the framework agreement in March...

Wilhelmsen to increase shareholding in NorSea to 99%

A trusted provider of logistics services to the offshore industry for over 60 years, supporting leading operating companies on the Norwegian continental shelf, NorSea...

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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...

Capital Tankers announces second quarter 2026 financial results

Capital Tankers Corp. announced its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2026.  

Stena announces Q2 interim report

The Stena AB Group published its interim report for the second quarter of 2026.

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)...

Shipping: “The rules of the game are collapsing” – Unprecedented warning from Greece and...

For decades, global trade rested on an almost self-evident assumption: commercial vessels could move...

Hormuz traffic slows after Iran threatens retaliation for US attacks

Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz slowed at ​the start of this week,...

Kongsberg Maritime enters agreement to acquire Steerprop

Kongsberg Maritime ASA has entered into an agreement to acquire Steerprop, a Finnish designer...

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...