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Golar LNG Launches Private Placement of $250 Mln for CoolCo

Golar has provided a further update on the formation of Cool Company Ltd. (“CoolCo”). Reference is made to announcements on 15 December 2021 and...

Stolt-Nielsen Reports Annual Net Profit of $78.8 Million

Stolt-Nielsen Limited reported unaudited results for the fourth quarter and full year 2021. The Company reported a fourth-quarter net profit of $35.0 million, with...

Scorpio Tankers Announces Agreements to Sell 14 Vessels

Scorpio Tankers has entered into agreements to sell 14 vessels (two MRs and 12 LR1s). Specifically, the Company has entered into agreements to sell two...

Iron ore creeps higher on China demand hopes, supply fears

Dalian iron ore prices rose on Thursday on hopes of robust demand for the steelmaking ingredient in China when steel production curbs are eased...

Baltic index snaps 14-session losing streak as capesize rates gain

The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk sea freight index snapped a 14-session losing streak on Thursday, as gains in capesize rates outweighed losses in the...

Subsea 7 awarded project offshore US Gulf of Mexico

Subsea 7 announced the award of a substantial1 project for subsea installation services related to Beacon Offshore Energy LLC’s Shenandoah Development, located offshore Gulf...

Euronav gains USD 18 mln upon redelivery of 4 VLCCs under sale & leaseback

Euronav announced that upon the redelivery of 4 VLCCs, which occurs at the maturity of a five-year sale and leaseback agreement, the company will...

Qatar could supply gas to Europe if Russia cuts supplies – report

The emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, is expected to tell the US president, Joe Biden, that his country will provide some...

Pirates Attack Bunker Tanker Off Ivory Coast – Report

A bunker tanker vessel was attacked by pirates in the Gulf of Guinea off the Ivory Coast, Dryad Global has confirmed. “Pirates are understood to...

GSL Provides Update on Recent Chartering, Refinancing Activity

Global Ship Lease provided an update on its recent chartering and refinancing activity. The Company has agreed a new three-year charter with a leading liner...

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Capital Maritime Finance: Strong investor response opens a new chapter for shipping in Athens

Capital Maritime Finance Corp. (CMF) has successfully completed its public offering, attracting exceptionally strong interest. Total bids amounted to approximately €1.1 billion, making the offering...

Nordea posts 3Q2026 financial results

Nordea released its third-quarter financial results.

TORM upgrades full-year guidance

TORM plc announced that, based on the Company's current coverage and expectations for continued market strength during the remainder of the fourth quarter of...

OOIL announces operational update for the 3rd quarter 2026

​​​​​​Orient Overseas (International) Limited announces operational update for the 3rd quarter 2026.

Capital Maritime Finance launches its IPO on Tuesday; aims to raise €300 million

The public offering for the listing of Capital Maritime Finance Corp on Euronext Athens opens on Tuesday and will run until Thursday, 15 October. The...

Hormuz shipping disruption is starting to hit harvests, UN agency says

The impact of the disruption to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz is already...

Maritime piracy incidents remain at historic lows despite Somali piracy concerns

The ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has reported the lowest level (51) of piracy...

Bulk Carrier sinks weeks after deadly strait of Hormuz strike

A container ship and a dry bulk carrier have both sunk near the Strait...

ABS and U.S. Department of Energy sign MOU on maritime applications of advanced nuclear...

ABS and the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy have signed...

Saudi Arabia strikes Houthi targets as Red Sea war escalates

Yemen’s Iran-allied Houthis said Saudi Arabia was attacking the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Tuesday...

Piraeus Port Authority hosts Chinese delegation from ports, shipping and logistics sectors

The Piraeus Port Authority (PPA) welcomed a delegation of professionals from China’s ports, shipping and logistics sectors as part of a knowledge and experience...

A.P. Moller Capital agrees to acquire Portek International from Mitsui & Co.

A.P. Moller Capital has signed an agreement, through its A.P. Moller Capital – Emerging Markets Infrastructure Fund II, to acquire 100% of Portek International...

Georgia Ports achieves permit for 3.5 million TEU container terminal

Georgia Ports Authority hosted their annual State of the Port of Savannah event with President Kevin Price announcing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers...

ENGIE and CMA CGM join forces to invest in biomethane production in Le Havre

ENGIE Group, a major player in the energy transition, and the CMA CGM Group, a global player in sea, land, air and logistics solutions,...

Port of Los Angeles sets all-time monthly cargo record

The Port of Los Angeles handled 1,042,652 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) in September, the busiest month in its 118-year history and more than 20,000...