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Atlas Maritime receives LNG PCTC “ECO STAR”

Amid rising sustainability requirements in the shipping industry, the delivery of the new vehicle carrier H580 ECO STAR took place at the shipyards of...

Suezmax “Nissos Delos” at Kyklades Maritime

Kyklades Maritime Corporation, controlled by the Alafouzos family and led by Giannis Alafouzos, has strengthened its fleet with the delivery of the newly built...

COSCO tanker in the Piraeus shipbuilding and repair zone

The COSCO tanker Rong Hua Wan was docked at the floating dry dock of the ship repair zone of Piraeus Port Authority S.A. (PPA),...

Qatar LNG vessels u-turn after attempt to pass through Hormuz

Two tankers carrying liquefied natural gas from Qatar appear to have abandoned an effort to exit the Persian Gulf via the Strait of Hormuz...

Hafnia enters into newbuild agreement for eight medium-range (MR) product tankers

Hafnia Limited announces that it has signed a contract for the construction of eight Medium-Range (MR) newbuild product tankers at Hyundai Heavy Industries. The total...

Valaris announces multi-year contract award for drillship VALARIS DS-4

Valaris Limited announced that it has been awarded a 1,064-day contract extension with Petrobras offshore Brazil for drillship VALARIS DS-4. The extension is expected...

Seadrill announces West Polaris contract extension in Brazil

Seadrill Limited announced the ultra-deepwater drillship, West Polaris, was awarded a 1,095-day contract extension with Petrobras for the Búzios field in the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil. The...

bp appoints deputy chief executive officer

bp announced the appointment of Carol Howle as deputy chief executive officer, effective immediately. Carol will continue to lead supply, trading and shipping (ST&S) and...

Byzantine Maritime linked to order for two LPG ships

Byzantine Maritime has reportedly ordered two 40,000 dwt LPG vessels from the HD Hyundai Heavy Industries shipyard in South Korea, returning to the market...

Carlova Maritime orders second VLCC in S. Korea

Carlova Maritime has reportedly ordered a second 300,000 dwt VLCC from South Korea’s Hanwha Ocean shipyard. The first of the two ships is expected to...

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Hafnia Limited: Acquisition of an additional 1.7 million TORM shares

Hafnia Limited has agreed to acquire 1,700,000 A shares in TORM plc at a price per share of USD 34.00, representing 1.66% of the...

2020 Bulkers – Contemplated private placement

Reference is made to the stock exchange announcement made by 2020 Bulkers Ltd on 16 September 2026, where the Company announced a letter of...

MSC said in talks to buy German state-held Meyer Werft stake

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co. is in talks to acquire the roughly 80% stake in German cruise-ship builder Meyer Werft GmbH held by the federal...

Greek shipping industry turns to Euronext Athens

The Greek shipping community is turning its attention to Euronext Athens. Safe Bulkers, owned by Polys V. Hajioannou, made the first move. The company pursued...

TOP Ships announces net income of $6.5 million, diluted earnings per share of $0.61 and stockholders’ equity of $76.7 million for the six months...

TOP Ships Inc., an international owner and operator of modern, fuel-efficient “ECO” tanker vessels, announced its financial results for the six months ended June...

V.Group names new CEO

V.Group has appointed Shubpreet Singh as chief executive of V.Ships. Singh succeeds Robert Desai,...

Shipping magnate worth $13.5 billion rides AI boom with Nvidia

Maria Angelicoussis, the magnate behind Greece’s biggest shipping fortune, has scored big gains outside...

PIL announces planned leadership succession: Wan Chee Foong appointed Deputy CEO, to succeed Lars...

The Board of Directors of Pacific International Lines (PIL) announced the appointment of Mr...

ABS and lomarlabs team up to accelerate early-stage, innovative solutions for global shipping

ABS and lomarlabs have signed a Master Research Collaboration Agreement (MRCA) to explore innovative...

Celestyal launches 190 new winter Mediterranean shore excursions

Celestyal has unveiled its shore excursion programme for its new winter Eastern and Western...

Piraeus container traffic soars 18% in August

Container throughput at the port of Piraeus remained strong in August, with a significant improvement recorded at Terminals II and III as the global...

Port of Los Angeles posts best three-month cargo stretch in its history

Port of Los Angeles waterfront workers processed  955,907 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) in August, capping the busiest three consecutive months in Port history. More...

ATI and DP World commission six new hybrid cranes at manila South Harbour

Strategic partners DP World and Asian Terminals Inc. (ATI) have commissioned six state-of-the-art hybrid Rubber-Tyred Gantry (RTG) cranes at Manila South Harbour (MSH), strengthening...

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...