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Iron ore spot freight rates spike 163% to lift capesize earnings

As the average length of the journey increases, partly due to port congestions in China, soaking up capacity and pushing up spot rates, shipowners...

Record volumes push US container ports up in global rankings: Alphaliner

The busiest US container ports are moving up the global rankings amid record import volumes, but the deluge of cargoes continues to exceed capacity...

Strong domestic demand sees US oil product imports growing

Recovering demand for US oil products has caused a 25.9% rise in US seaborne imports of oil products in the first seven months of...

Clarksons Research: Offshore Review & Outlook

The Clarksons Research semi-annual review and outlook of the offshore and energy markets, Offshore Review and Outlook, has been released. While offshore oil and...

BIMCO: Chinese coal imports from Australia drop 98.6% as restrictions bite

In the first seven months of the year Chinese coal imports from Australia have totalled just 780,000 tonnes as Chinese restrictions on Australian coal...

S. Korean refiners slash Middle East crudes to chase margins, low-carbon feed

The share of Middle Eastern crude in South Korea’s 2021 refinery feedstock import basket could fall to the lowest level in more than three...

Dry bulk: profits surge to multi-year highs as pandemic related demand & disruptions linger

Heading into the seasonally strongest part of the year, dry bulk owners have already enjoyed a very profitable year with the temporary factors helping...

Drewry: Port Throughput Down 2.2% During June

The Drewry Container Port Throughput Indices are a series of volume growth/decline indices based on monthly throughput data for a sample of over 235...

BIMCO – Chinese iron ore imports fall to 14-month low in July

Chines iron ore imports fell to 88.5 million tonnes in July, the lowest level since May 2020. The fall in July means that accumulated...

BIMCO: Are we looking at the next dry bulk super cycle? Is it even a cycle?

Throughout the first half of the year, talk of a new dry bulk super cycle has been on many lips as commodity prices have...

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Nakilat delivers QAR 1.69 billion net profit in FY2025, an increase of 3.1%

Qatar Gas Transport Company Q.P.S.C. Nakilat announced its financial results for the year ended 31 December 2025. The Group delivered a net profit of...

Diana Shipping Inc. issues statement regarding Genco Shipping & Trading’s response to Diana’s acquisition proposal

Diana Shipping Inc., a global shipping company specializing in the ownership and bareboat charter-in of dry bulk vessels, that owns approximately 14.8% of the...

Icon Energy Corp. announces reverse stock split

Icon Energy Corp., an international shipping company providing worldwide seaborne transportation services for dry bulk cargoes via its fleet of oceangoing vessels, announced today...

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...

Intermodal Weekly Market Report [W3]

China has started 2026 with two signals that matter for bulk shipping in different...

Baltic index rises on firm vessel rates

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

SM Group’s Korea line equips entire fleet with Starlink

Korea Line Corp., the shipping arm of SM Group, announced that it has successfully...

IMO welcomes entry into force of the BBNJ Agreement

The Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) Agreement targets sustainable use of marine biodiversity in...

HD Hyundai’s Avikus secures industry-record contract to supply autonomous navigation to 40 HMM Vessels

Avikus, HD Hyundai’s specialized autonomous navigation subsidiary, has signed a landmark agreement with HMM,...

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...

Panama Ports see 3.6% rise in TEU container traffic in 2025

Panama’s port traffic rose 3.6% in 2025 to 9.9 million TEU containers compared to the previous year, the country’s Maritime Authority said on Friday. The...

Port of Piraeus: Cruises kick off 2026 with strong momentum

With the arrival of the first cruise ships, Piraeus Port Authority S.A. officially inaugurated the 2026 cruise season, marking the beginning of another dynamic...

Nova Marine Carries lands a new port in Amsterdam with Bolten and Ership

Nova Marine Carriers, together with German shipping company Aug. Bolten and Spanish group Ership, has completed the acquisition of 100% of VCK Port Logistics...