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MSC Lirica sets sails from Piraeus for summer 2022

MSC Cruises held a special celebratory event on board MSC Lirica in the port of Piraeus for nearly 150 members of the Greek travel...

MOL Signs First Agreements in Qatar’s LNG Carrier Newbuild Program

QatarEnergy has signed charter deals for four LNG carriers with MOL, completing an initial set of charter contracts awarded under its major shipbuilding program....

Safe Bulkers: Acquisition of One Capesize Class Dry-bulk Vessel

Safe Bulkers, an international provider of marine drybulk transportation services, announced that it has entered into an agreement for the acquisition of a 2012-built,...

Crowley & Shell Aim to Advance Decarbonization in Maritime

Continuing to demonstrate their commitment to decarbonization of the maritime sector, Crowley and Shell have entered into a memorandum of understanding with the aim...

Port of Los Angeles Posts Record March, Best First Quarter

The Port of Los Angeles processed 958,674 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) in March, its third consecutive monthly cargo record. The Port completed its best...

Baltic index snaps 13-session losing streak as panamax gains

The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk sea freight index snapped a 13-session losing streak on Tuesday, as gains in panamax outweighed losses in the capesize...

OPEC tells EU it’s impossible to replace potential Russian oil supply loss

OPEC has told the European Union that current and future sanctions on Russia could create one of the worst ever oil supply shocks and...

China’s crude oil imports surge in March; likely to fade amid COVID curbs

China’s imports of crude oil rebounded in March, but aren’t likely to grow much more for a while – fuel demand is wilting amid...

Intermodal Weekly Market Report [W14]

In spite of the previous year’s momentum in the secondhand market which was characterized by a plethora of dry bulk and containers SnP materialized...

Lull seen in crew kidnappings in Gulf of Guinea – Report

The ICC International Maritime Bureau’s latest global piracy and armed robbery report recorded 37 incidents in the first three months of 2022 – compared...

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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.

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...

Hapag-Lloyd plans improvements to $4.2 billion bid for Israel’s ZIM

Hapag-Lloyd is working with the Israeli government on improvements to its proposed $4.2 billion...

Panama Canal postpones Neopanamax draft adjustment

The Panama Canal will maintain the current maximum authorized draft for vessels transiting the...

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...