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Overcapacity Still Plaguing Container Shipping

On 26 March 2024, a 9,971 teu container vessel ‘DALI’ collided with the Francis Scott Key Bridge near the Port of Baltimore. The vessel...

Drewry: World Container Index Down By 3% Last Week

Drewry’s World Container Index decreased by 3% to $2,836 per 40ft container this week. Detailed assessment for Thursday, 04 April 2024 The composite index decreased by...

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...

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Nordea shipping loan book grows in fourth quarter

Nordea published the fourth-quarter and full-year financial report.

Royal Caribbean Group reports 2025 results, issues 2026 guidance

Royal Caribbean Group reported 2025 Earnings per Share of $15.61 and Adjusted EPS of $15.64. These results were better than the company's guidance primarily...

Milaha announces 13% growth in its net profit for 2025, reaching QR 1.271 billion

Qatar Navigation Q.P.S.C. (“Milaha”) announced its financial results for the year ended December 31, 2025.Key financial highlights: - Operating revenues of QAR 3.33 billion for...

Stolt-Nielsen limited reports fourth quarter net profit of $59.6 million

Stolt-Nielsen Limited reported unaudited results for the fourth quarter and full year ended November 30, 2025. The Company reported a fourth-quarter net profit of...

C3IS Inc. announces reverse stock split

C3IS INC. announced that its board of directors has determined to effect a one-for-twenty (1-for-20) reverse stock split of the Company’s common stock, par...

Celebrity River Cruises announces 10 more ships, and opens 2028 European deployment with 80%...

Celebrity River Cruises announced a commitment for 10 new ships that will expand its...

Greek flag maintains top-tier status in global shipping register

Greece remains on the list of the world’s “elite” flag states, in terms of...

Celestyal reports strong Wave performance as Unmissable Sale is extended

Celestyal has reported strong early success from its current Wave campaign, the ‘Unmissable Sale’,...

Celestyal introduces in-cabin tablets to enhance guest experience

Celestyal has completed the rollout of in-cabin guest experience tablets across all 630 cabins...

Hanwha Ocean and Algoma Steel sign MOU to support Canadian steel and jobs

Hanwha Ocean, a global shipbuilding and submarine manufacturer, has signed a binding memorandum of...

Panama court quashes CK Hutchison port contracts, clouding sales plan

Panama's Supreme Court has annulled key port contracts held by a subsidiary of Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison, leaving the future ownership of some Panama...

CMA CGM and Stonepeak announce groundbreaking terminal Joint Venture, UNITED PORTS LLC

The CMA CGM Group, a global player in sea, land, air and logistics solutions, and Stonepeak, a leading alternative investment firm specializing in infrastructure...

Ports: National planning enters the final phase

The strategic planning for Greek ports and marinas is entering a crucial phase, with the Growthfund preparing to announce the contractor for the holistic...

AD Ports Group expands operations in Spain with acquisition of Balenciaga Astilleros Shipyard

AD Ports Group, a leading global enabler of integrated trade, industry and logistics solutions, today announced that its subsidiary SAFEEN Drydocks, part of Noatum...

Cosco expects a return to normalcy in Suez

In an environment of intense geopolitical developments and changing cargo flows, the port of Piraeus remains at the heart of global trade. The gradual normalization...