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Nordic Shipholding: Orderly Sale of Remaining Vessels

As stated by Nordic Shipholding in Company Announcements 11/2020, 10/2021 and the 2020 Annual Report, extensive discussions were held with potential merger partners and...

Capital Gas Ship Management Takes Delivery of LNG Carrier ‘Adamastos’

Capital Gas Ship Management Corp. has taken successful delivery of the newbuilding LNG Carrier ‘Adamastos’, built by Hyundai Heavy Industries, S.Korea. With cargo capacity...

Port Of Gothenburg: Freight Flows Rise Despite Global Disruptions

Freight volumes continued to rise at the Port of Gothenburg during the first six months of the year, reaching their highest during the second...

Havila Shipping: Contract extensions with Nexans for Havila Phoenix

Havila Shipping has entered into a contract extension with Nexans for Havila Phoenix for a period of 100 days, with further options for 40...

Transocean and Dolphin Drilling make new bid for Seadrill

Offshore drilling rig contractors Transocean Ltd and Dolphin Drilling have made a new offer to buy the assets of stricken rival Seadrill Ltd ,...

Maersk Product Tankers sells MR vessel

Maersk Product Tankers has reportedly sold its 40,083 dwt MR tanker vessel ‘Maersk Erik’, built at SLS in 2008. The price received by the...

U.S. imposes Nord Stream 2 sanctions

The Biden administration on Friday slapped sanctions on a Russian ship and two companies involved in the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, but opponents...

Port of Long Beach: New 3.3 Million TEU Capacity Container Terminal Completed

The Port of Long Beach ushered in the next era of environmentally sustainable operations with the completion of the Long Beach Container Terminal at...

Workplace disasters, strikes stress Hyundai Heavy ahead of planned IPO

The planned initial public offering (IPO) of Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) next month appears to face obstacles, with deadly industrial accidents and strikes affecting...

Ship that blocked Suez Canal in March, crosses the canal again

The giant container ship Ever Given, which blocked the Suez canal for six days in March, crossed the waterway on Friday for the first...

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DNB: Solid results driven by lending growth and high customer activity

DNB recorded profits after tax of NOK 9.8 billion in the second quarter of 2026.  “The level of activity in the Norwegian economy is high...

OOIL announces operational update for 2Q2026

The Board of Directors of Orient Overseas (International) Limited has adopted a policy of announcing unaudited operational updates for Orient Overseas Container Line (“OOCL”)...

Seanergy Maritime’s bond begins trading on Euronext Athens after raising 95.6 million euros

Seanergy Maritime Holdings’ corporate bond began trading on Euronext Athens on Tuesday, with Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Stamatis Tsantanis ringing the traditional opening...

Hapag-Lloyd raises annual outlook on strong demand, freight rates

German shipping firm Hapag-Lloyd on Monday raised its outlook ​for the financial year, citing strong market ‌demand and positive freight rate developments. Hapag-Lloyd said it...

Diana Shipping Inc. announces extension of tender offer for all outstanding shares of Genco Shipping & Trading

Diana Shipping Inc., a global shipping company specializing in the ownership and bareboat charter-in of dry bulk vessels that is the largest shareholder of...

Iran-linked vessels pass through Hormuz ahead of US blockade

The number of vessels transiting through the Strait of Hormuz ticked up on Tuesday,...

IMO Council reaffirms commitment to protecting vital shipping lanes

The Council of the International Maritime Organization has concluded its 137th session by reaffirming...

Hormuz traffic slows to multi-week low as renewed US, Iran strikes raise safety risk

The number of vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz fell to multi-week lows on...

Russia says Ukraine struck tanker in Sea of Azov

A Ukrainian drone struck a tanker as it ​was entering the Azov-Black Sea ‌Canal,...

Höegh Autoliners extends contract with major Asian car producer into 2029

Höegh Autoliners ASA has agreed an extension of an existing contract with a major...

Greek Shipping Minister visits Piraeus Port

Minister of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy Vassilis Kikilias visited the Port of Piraeus on Tuesday ahead of the peak summer holiday travel period,...

Hapag-Lloyd uses shore power in the Port of Hamburg

Hapag-Lloyd, the world’s fifth-largest container shipping company, has signed an agreement with the Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) on the use of shore power in...

DP World drives record efficiency and vessel performance at DAR Es Salaam port

DP World Dar Es Salaam has achieved record vessel performance and reduced cargo discharge times by more than 90% at the Port of Dar...

Piraeus Container Terminal marks 16 years, reports rise in cargo volumes

Piraeus Container Terminal (PCT) marked 16 years of operations, highlighting the contribution of its employees and partners in transforming the port of Piraeus into...

PPA S.A.: Gross dividend of 1.896 euros per share approved

The Piraeus Port Authority (PPA) successfully held its Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, in accordance with the applicable procedures, with shareholders representing 83.40% of...