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Global trade to hit record $35 trillion despite slowing momentum

UN Trade and Development’s (UNCTAD) year-end Global Trade Update shows East Asia, Africa and South–South trade powering gains, even as rising uncertainty shapes the...

Maersk Global Market Update – Autumn 2025

In the Autumn edition of the Maersk Global Market Update, we explore China’s stronger global container exports into Latin America, Africa, and Europe, the...

The “boats of legality”: How the Lega Navale Italiana brings back to new life sailing yachts seized from migrant smugglers and drug traffickers

Tassos Mavris Journalist • Columnist Member: AJE & Community Radio and Italian Television  Over the past 15 years, numerous sailing boats have been intercepted off the Italian coast...

BIMCO: Bulker deliveries on course to 6-year high

“We forecast that bulker deliveries will gradually increase this year and in 2026, reaching 41.2m Deadweight Tonnes (DWT) and a six-year high. Bulker newbuilding...

Maritime connectivity retail revenues amounted to $2.1 billion in 2023

Introducing Valour Consultancy’s industry-recognised maritime report: “The Future of Maritime Connectivity – 2024”. This is the fifth edition of the study, following our highly...

Containership contracting spree now exceeds 10 million TEU

“When only six ships with a capacity of 4,746 TEU were contracted in the fourth quarter of 2023, many might have thought that the...

Dry freight container production surpasses earlier all time high

Drewry expects 2024 to be the second highest year on record for dry freight container manufacturing, driven by the all-time high quarterly production in...

Drewry Port Equity Index Continues Rising Trend

The Drewry Port Equity Index continued to rise in 2Q24, gaining 3.1%, following a 1.6% increase in 1Q24, but the growth rate slowed QTD,...

Container ship fleet expands by 11%, fastest growth in 15 years

Since the beginning of the year, the capacity of the container ship fleet has increased by 1.6m TEU. Compared to one year ago, the...

Dry bulk newbuild contracting fell 34.2%, despite a strong market

“During the first half of 2024, newbuild contracting in the dry bulk sector fell 34.2% y/y despite favourable market conditions. A 6.5% y/y increase...

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TORM plc occurrence of threshold date and change to the board

TORM plc’s issued an announcement dated 23 December 2025 regarding completion of Hafnia Limited’s acquisition of shares in TORM plc from Oaktree Capital Management,...

Carnival Corporation & plc achieves record full year adjusted net income and investment grade leverage metrics, reinstates dividend

Carnival Corporation & plc announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2025 and provided an outlook for the first quarter and...

IMPERIAL PETROLEUM reports third quarter and nine months 2025 financial and operating results

IMPERIAL PETROLEUM INC., a ship-owning company providing petroleum products, crude oil and dry bulk seaborne transportation services, announced today its unaudited financial and...

KCC Capital Markets Day – Fleet expansion and optimization supporting continued profitable growth and value creation

Klaveness Combination Carriers ASA hosts its Capital Markets Day at the company’s headquarters in Oslo. At the event, KCC presents its strategy for 2026–2030;...

Trafigura publishes 2025 Annual Results

Trafigura Group Pte Ltd, a global leader in the commodities industry, announced its financial results for the 12-month period ending 30 September 2025. Chief Executive...

Intermodal Weekly Market Report [W51]

While the war in Ukraine remains unresolved, any meaningful deescalation arising from ongoing peace...

Baltic Index falls to five-month low as vessel rates decline across the board

The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk sea freight index, which tracks rates for vessels transporting...

Celestyal celebrates Celestyal Discovery’s Arabian Gulf debut

Celestyal has held a series of plaque exchange ceremonies to mark Celestyal Discovery’s debut...

Golden Island appoints Capt Kevin Wong as chief operating officer

Singapore-based marine fuels supplier Golden Island has appointed Capt. Kevin Wong as Chief Operating...

Baltic Index falls as vessel rates slide across all segments

The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk sea freight index, which tracks rates for vessels transporting...

Port of Patras: Patradise Marina, cruises and new development projects in focus

A working meeting with the Minister of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy, Vassilis Kikilias, was held on Tuesday by the President and CEO of...

Port of Los Angeles on track for third best cargo year on record

The Port of Los Angeles processed 782,249 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) in November, a decrease of 12% compared to last year’s elevated cargo levels....

China ups demand to controlling stake in Panama ports deal, WSJ reports

China has upped its demands and is now pushing for state-owned ship operator Cosco to get a controlling stake in a $22.8 billion ports...

PPA’s five-year plan based on three pillars

The new five-year business plan of the port of Piraeus focuses on the utilization of more financial tools, its strengthening as a key transit...

Skaramangas Shipyards becomes Green Award Incentive Provider, strengthening support from a growing European shipyard

The Green Award Foundation welcomes Skaramangas Shipyards, the largest shipyard in Greece and one of the most significant shipbuilding and repair facilities in the...