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Nordic American Tankers announces two fixtures

Nordic American Tankers has fixed two of its suezmax tanker vessels at higher rates. The company announced: 1) A few days ago we signed a...

Port of Virginia Sets New Fiscal Year Volume Record

The Port of Virginia set a new June cargo volume record having handled more than 281,000 TEUs, which is an increase of nearly 71,000...

Carnival Makes Plans for Additional Ship Restarts in September, October

Carnival Cruise Line announced that three more ships will resume guest operations in September, and another four in October – bringing the total number...

Shipping lines announce hefty trans-Pacific surcharges

Shipping companies operating on trans-Pacific eastbound trade lanes have announced rate increases for August at unprecedented increments, often using new terminology to describe the...

Saudi Arabian crude oil exports hit four-month high in May

Saudi Arabia’s crude oil exports rose in May to 5.649 million barrels per day (bpd), their highest level in four months, Joint Organisations Data...

Baltic index rises after four sessions of fall as capesizes rebound

The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, which tracks rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, snapped its four-session falling streak on Monday as...

Seaways and Diamond S complete merger

International Seaways, one of the largest tanker companies worldwide providing energy transportation services for crude oil and petroleum products, announced the completion of its...

Diana Shipping Announces Acquisition of Kamsarmax Bulker

Diana Shipping announced that it has signed, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, a Memorandum of Agreement to acquire from unaffiliated third parties the m/v...

Pyxis: Closing of $6.17 Million Follow-on Public Offering of Convertible Preferred Shares

Pyxis Tankers announced the closing of its previously announced underwritten public offering of 308,487 shares of 7.75% Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares which...

Pyxis Takes Delivery of Modern Product Tanker

Pyxis Tankers Inc., an international pure play product tanker company, announced that it took delivery of the Pyxis Karteria, a medium range product tanker...

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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...

ONE delivers profitable full-year result, despite volatility

Ocean Network Express has announced its financial results for FY2025 (April 2025 to March 2026). Revenue for 4Q FY2025 was US$4,042 million, bringing the total...

MOL sees sharp net profit drop

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has reported net profit attributable to shareholders amounting to JPY 213.2bn ($1.3bn), down 49.9% from JPY 425.4bn a year earlier. Ordinary...

Costamare orders 16 containerships in China; posts USD 75 mln net income in Q1

Costamare Inc. reported unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2026 (“Q1 2026”).

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...

Seafarer shares first-hand account with IMO about being stranded in the Persian Gulf

IMO Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez has called on all Member States to support efforts to...

Columbia Group names Andreas Hadjipetrou new CEO

Columbia Group has appointed Andreas Hadjipetrou as its new Chief Executive Officer, with Demetris...

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...

High-level meeting on European strategies for the maritime industry and ports

A high-level meeting on the implementation of the European Maritime Industrial Strategy and the European Ports Strategy will be hosted in Athens on April...