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BIMCO: Red Sea attacks temporarily increase demand for ships

BIMCO released its latest Container Shipping Market Overview & Outlook: Supply/demand balance Cargo volumes are expected to grow more slowly than the fleet, at 3-4%...

BIMCO: Crude tanker newbuild activity up in 2024

In its latest analysis, BIMCO sees a surge in crude tanker newbuild activity in the first two months of 2024, with a 490% year-on-year...

Car carrier markets at all-time highs

Car Carrier Trade & Transport 2023, the comprehensive annual review and outlook for the car carrier shipping market, has been published by Clarksons Research. Steve...

BIMCO: Growing oil market imbalances drive tanker improvements

We forecast that the crude tanker market will end 2023 with cargo volume growth of between 0.5% and 1.5% but see tonne miles increase...

Greek and Chinese companies own 34% of the global fleet’s cargo capacity

The global fleet of cargo carrying ships consists of around 61,000 ships with a deadweight capacity of about 2,200 million tonnes. The ships owned...

Average containership fleet age grows to 14.2 years amid ongoing replenishment

The containership fleet has notched a new record high for average age of 14.2 years — the highest average age of all three primary...

Suezmax rates in Med spike on support from USGC, West Africa

Suezmax dirty tanker freight rates for deliveries on routes across the Mediterranean have spiked over the past week, in line with big rises in...

Asian tanker freights expected to recover on geopolitical disruptions, seasonal uptick

The clean and dirty tankers’ freight are likely to see some recovery in the October-December quarter on winter demand and geopolitical disruptions after the...

China restricts refined oil product exports despite oil inventory increase of 0.7 mbpd

During the first three quarters of 2023, China has continued expanding its crude inventories by an estimated 0.7 million barrels per day (mbpd). These...

Maritime Cyprus 2023 – A Greek Take on a Global Problem

It is always an auspicious sign when some of the largest names in Greek shipping get together to discuss not only shipping policy but...

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Piraeus Port sees 1H2025 revenue & profit increase

PPA S.A. announced its financial results for the first half of 2025, reporting an increase in revenue and profitability, in a period that continues...

Seacon Shipping to acquire 40% stake in CIMC Xinde Leasing and provide guarantee

Seacon Shipping Group Holdings Limited announced that its wholly owned subsidiary has agreed to acquire a 40 percent equity interest in CIMC Xinde Leasing...

KNOT Offshore Partners LP reports strong Q2 2025 results

KNOT Offshore Partners LP reported strong Q2 2025 results. Financial Highlights For the three months ended June 30, 2025 (“Q2 2025”), KNOT Offshore Partners LP...

TORM announces long term incentive program

In accordance with TORM plc’s Remuneration Policy adopted by the Annual General Meeting of TORM on 14 April 2021 and the authorization granted at...

Golar LNG announces pricing of $500 million offering of senior notes due 2030

Golar LNG Limited announced the pricing of a private offering of $500 million in aggregate principal amount of unsecured senior notes due 2030. The...

Carnival raises annual profit forecast on resilient cruise demand, high costs loom 

Carnival Corp raised its annual profit forecast on Monday, leaning on strong demand and...

Baltic index falls on decline across all vessel rates

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

The International Chamber of Shipping opens new office in Singapore

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) announced the inauguration of a new ICS Representative...

Greece continues to hold the “lead” in international shipping

Greece continues to hold the “lead” in international shipping, remaining in first place worldwide...

Baltic Index hits one-and-a-half year high on strong vessel demand

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

Piraeus Port sees 1H2025 revenue & profit increase

PPA S.A. announced its financial results for the first half of 2025, reporting an increase in revenue and profitability, in a period that continues...

DP World and Hapag-Lloyd renew agreement to boost port operations in Brazil

DP World, a global leader in logistics and supply chain solutions, announces the renewal of a long-term agreement with Hapag-Lloyd, one of the world’s...

Piraeus port: Container traffic remains steady in Jan-Aug

Container traffic at Piers II and III of the Container Terminal at the port of Piraeus remained at approximately the same levels as last...

Port of Los Angeles August cargo remains strong as high volume continues

After reaching new cargo heights in July, Port of Los Angeles volume remained strong in August. The Port efficiently processed 958,355 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units...

Greek ports: Passenger traffic down; movement of goods up

The total passenger traffic in Greek ports recorded a decrease of 1.1% in the first quarter 2025 compared with the first quarter 2024, the...