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Capital Maritime orders MR tankers at HMD

Capital Maritime & Trading is reported to be adding six MR tankers being built at Hyundai Mipo Dockyard to its fleet. The 50,000 dwt vessels...

Star Bulk reports a record third quarter

Star Bulk, a global shipping company focusing on the transportation of dry bulk cargoes, announced its unaudited financial and operating results for the third...

Container Shipping Rates May Take Two Years to Fall to Normal

Ocean freight rates, which have pummeled retailers and manufacturers throughout 2021, may take more than two years to return to normal levels if past...

Baltic index slides to 5-month low as capesize, panamax rates retreat

The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk sea freight index on Tuesday declined to its lowest since early June, weighed down by a drop in demand...

Flex LNG posts healthy earnings; positive outlook

Flex LNG announced its unaudited financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2021. Highlights: • Revenues of $81.8 million for the...

Intermodal Weekly Market Report [W45]

It has been another declining week for the dry bulk market and evidently, we are seeing asset values gradually losing momentum as well...

Los Angeles/Long Beach ports delay dwelling fees

The Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in Southern California delayed imposing escalating new fees for containerized cargoes that dwell too long in...

Pyxis Aquires 2017 Built MR Product Tanker

Pyxis Tankers, an international pure play product tanker company, announced its unaudited results for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2021. Summary For...

Change of CEO for Concordia Maritime

Erik Lewenhaupt will take over as CEO of Concordia Maritime on 1 January 2022. He succeeds Kim Ullman, who has informed the Board of...

EU set to block HHI’s $2 bil. acquisition of DSME – report

Despite Hyundai Heavy Industries' (HHI) submission of a number of solutions to address concerns over fair competition among large container vessel builders, the European...

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Genco Shipping & Trading to review Diana Shipping’s unsolicited tender offer

Genco Shipping & Trading Limited, the largest U.S. headquartered drybulk shipowner focused on the global transportation of commodities, confirmed that Diana Shipping, Inc. has...

Diana Shipping launches tender offer to acquire all outstanding shares of Genco Shipping & trading for $23.50 per share in cash

Diana Shipping Inc., a global shipping company specializing in the ownership and bareboat charter-in of dry bulk vessels that owns approximately 14.8% of the...

Bahri reports first quarter 2026 results with net profit of SAR 2.15 billion

The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (“Bahri” or the “Company”, 4030 on the Saudi Exchange), the Kingdom’s leading shipping and logistics provider, announced...

Subsea 7 S.A. announces first quarter 2026 results

Subsea 7 S.A announced results of Subsea7 Group (the Group, Subsea7) for the first quarter which ended 31 March 2026.  Highlights   • First quarter Adjusted EBITDA...

Pacific International lines delivers resilient earnings in FY2025

PIL Pte Ltd announced its financial results for the fiscal year ended 31 December 2025. The Group delivered net profit after tax of US$1.04...

Swedish coast guard seizes suspected false flag tanker in Baltic sea

The Swedish Coast Guard said on Sunday it had seized a tanker in the...

Trump says US operation will aid ships stranded in Strait of Hormuz

President Donald Trump said on Sunday the U.S. would start an effort on Monday...

Celestyal launches one-day flash sale with fares from 179€

Celestyal has announced a one-day-only flash sale, offering limited-time fares across a selection of...

Tamara de Gruyter, President, Wärtsilä Energy Storage and Executive Vice President to continue her...

Tamara de Gruyter, President, Wärtsilä Energy Storage and Executive Vice President, and a member...

Celestyal launches ‘The Iconic Sale’ with fares from €499

Celestyal has launched its new ‘Iconic Sale’, offering savings across its full Mediterranean and...

Stable cargo flows in the Port of Gothenburg despite mixed first-quarter performance

Container handling in the Port of Gothenburg continues to show positive development in terms of loaded cargo volumes. At the same time, the share...

PPA: Investment of 3.25 million euros

Piraeus Port Authority S.A. (PPA) announced the launch of works for the development of a new park featuring a model playground and a cycling...

Piraeus Port is resilient – Record performance and investments of 1.4 billion euros

The resilience and growth prospects of the Port of Piraeus, despite heightened geopolitical turbulence affecting shipping and transport, were highlighted by the Deputy CEO...

Panama Canal says $1 million-plus auction slots reflect temporary surge in demand

The Panama Canal Authority said on Thursday that some ships had recently paid more than $1 million for crossing slots at auction, but ​said...

Throughput in the port of Rotterdam remains stable, with a slight decline of 0.7%

Throughput at the port of Rotterdam fell slightly by 0.7% in the first quarter of 2026 compared with the same period last year. Throughput...