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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...
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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...
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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%...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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HD Korea Shipbuilding posts record Q1 profit on strong high-margin ship orders

HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering, the intermediate holding company for HD Hyundai’s shipbuilding businesses, said Thursday this year’s record first-quarter profit was largely...

International Seaways reports first quarter 2026 results

International Seaways Reports First Quarter 2026 Results International Seaways, Inc., one of the largest tanker companies worldwide providing energy transportation services for crude oil and...

Cheniere reports first quarter 2026 results and raises full year 2026 financial guidance

Cheniere Energy, Inc. announced its financial results for the first quarter 2026. RECENT HIGHLIGHTS Financial During the three months ended March 31, 2026, Cheniere generated revenues of...

Capital Clean Energy Carriers Corp. announces first quarter 2026 financial results

Capital Clean Energy Carriers Corp., an international owner of ocean-going vessels, released its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2026. Key Highlights Completed an...

Stainless Tankers announces financial results, reshapes leadership

Stainless Tankers ASA announces results for the three-month period ended March 31, 2026, Chairman and CEO change. Highlights Net loss of $0.06 million, on net revenue...

CLIA’s high-level Policy Event in Greece Highlights Cruise Growth, island communities, economic impact and...

· CLIA hosted a high-level Policy Event in Athens in collaboration with the Deputy...

Trump administration launches nuclear-powered shipping initiative

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy and the Maritime Administration (MARAD) today launched an...

DP World launches end-to-end cargo war risk insurance for middle east trade

DP World has launched a first-of-its-kind cargo war risk insurance solution to help businesses...

CMA CGM containership confirmed attacked in Hormuz, crew injured

A CMA CGM container ship was attacked while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, injuring...

South Korea’s HMM says ship set ablaze in Strait of Hormuz to be towed...

South Korean shipper HMM, opens new tab said on Wednesday it had secured a...

Piraeus Port Authority shows strong resilience despite geopolitical tension

Piraeus Port Authority announced that despite volatility in global logistics driven by geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, the company demonstrated significant resilience, maintaining...

AD Ports Group, CMA Terminals Khalifa Port, and CMA CGM Group sign MoU to extend inland reach across the UAE and wider region

AD Ports Group, a leading global enabler of integrated trade, industry and logistics solutions, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with CMA Terminals...

Stable cargo flows in the Port of Gothenburg despite mixed first-quarter performance

Container handling in the Port of Gothenburg continues to show positive development in terms of loaded cargo volumes. At the same time, the share...

PPA: Investment of 3.25 million euros

Piraeus Port Authority S.A. (PPA) announced the launch of works for the development of a new park featuring a model playground and a cycling...

Piraeus Port is resilient – Record performance and investments of 1.4 billion euros

The resilience and growth prospects of the Port of Piraeus, despite heightened geopolitical turbulence affecting shipping and transport, were highlighted by the Deputy CEO...

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