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US seizes Russian-flagged tanker, another tied to Venezuela as Trump widens oil push

The U.S. seized two Venezuela-linked oil tankers in the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday, one sailing under Russia's flag, as part of President Donald Trump's...

Wallenius Wilhelmsen enters new contract with major Asian vehicle and heavy equipment manufacturer

Wallenius Wilhelmsen has entered a one-year shipping contract commencing in 2026 with a leading Asian vehicle and heavy equipment manufacturer. The contract is estimated to...

Aker Solutions secures long-term maintenance and modifications frame agreements with Equinor

The contracts include options to extend for two additional periods of three and two years, respectively. The value of the contracts will depend on the...

Seatrade takes strategic stake in JR Shipping Group

JR Shipping Group announces that Seatrade has taken a strategic participation in the company and has become a strategic partner in the Harlingen-based JR...

Imabari shipbuilding completes acquisition of Japan Marine United

Imabari Shipbuilding says it completed the purchase of a controlling stake in Japan Marine United, or JMU, on Monday as it seeks to compete...

Iron ore rallies to multi-month high as China pledges to ease monetary policy

Iron ore futures rallied on Wednesday to their highest in multiple months, boosted by hopes of improving demand in top consumer China following Beijing’s...

Transocean announces contract award and extension totaling $168 million

Transocean announced a contract award and an extension, respectively, for two of its drilling rigs. Together, the fixtures represent approximately $168 million of firm...

Borr Drilling Limited – Contracting Updates

Borr Drilling Limited announced new contract commitments for two of its premium jack-up rigs. In the Americas, the Ran has received a one-well extension with...

Union Bulk names Boesen as the new chief executive officer

Union Bulk A/S chief executive officer Michael Bonderup is stepping down after 15 months in the role. Bonderup joined the dry cargo vessel operator in...

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,...

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2020 Bulkers – Board resolution to approve the issuance of consideration shares and private placement shares

Reference is made to the stock exchange announcements published by 2020 Bulkers Ltd. in connection with: the Company’s acquisition of AHTS AS (the “AHTS Acquisition“), the...

Capital Maritime Finance launches Greece’s first shipping IPO with exclusive listing on Euronext Athens

Capital Maritime Finance Corp. (CMF) is launching Greece’s first shipping IPO, with all of its shares to be exclusively listed on Euronext Athens. The move...

Carnival Corporation outperforms guidance, delivering best ever revenues, net yields and net income

Carnival Corporation announced financial results for the third quarter 2026 and provided an updated outlook. All-time high net income1 of $1.9 billion with adjusted net...

Hafnia Limited: Acquisition of an additional 1.7 million TORM shares

Hafnia Limited has agreed to acquire 1,700,000 A shares in TORM plc at a price per share of USD 34.00, representing 1.66% of the...

2020 Bulkers – Contemplated private placement

Reference is made to the stock exchange announcement made by 2020 Bulkers Ltd on 16 September 2026, where the Company announced a letter of...

Eastern Pacific Shipping and SUARDIAZ Group strengthen longstanding partnership with delivery of MV RS...

Eastern Pacific Shipping announced the delivery of MV RS Atlantico, marking a significant milestone...

Seanergy participates in Marine Money Week Asia

Seanergy Maritime Holdings President and CEO Stamatis Tsantanis took part in the 25th Marine...

EU’s Kallas says two countries may send ships to counter Houthis

Two countries signaled interest in sending ships to counter Houthi strikes in the Red...

Qatar-linked LNG traffic through Hormuz strait picks up despite conflict

More QatarEnergy-linked liquefied natural gas vessels, laden and in ballast, have transited the Strait...

Panama Canal announces increase in draft and daily transit

The Panama Canal announced, through an Advisory to Shipping, that it will increase to...

PPA S.A. shows resilience; €106.7 million in investments

Piraeus Port Authority S.A. (PPA S.A.) announced its financial results for the first half of 2026, highlighting resilient revenue performance and a smaller year-on-year...

A.P. Moller Capital to buy majority stake in ports operator Euroports

A.P. Moller Capital, the infrastructure investment arm ​of Denmark's A.P. Moller Group, ‌said on Monday it had agreed to acquire a majority ​stake in...

Thessaloniki Port Authority: Revenue up 8.9% to €58m in H1 ’26

Thessaloniki Port Authority S.A. (ThPA S.A.), a member of the Core Network of the Trans-European Transport Network and a port of international significance, announced...

Piraeus Chamber of Commerce: More value created by shipping to flow into the city’s economy

Piraeus is not only home to Greece’s largest port, but also the historic heart of Greek shipping and one of the world’s major maritime...

Piraeus container traffic soars 18% in August

Container throughput at the port of Piraeus remained strong in August, with a significant improvement recorded at Terminals II and III as the global...