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Loïc Van Staey takes over the reins of KBRV

From 1 July 2025, Loïc Van Staey takes over from Wilfried Lemmens as the Managing Director of the Royal Belgian Shipowners' Association (KBRV). "I am...

Ocean Network Express launches new office in Greece

Ocean Network Express announces the establishment of a new ONE branch in Greece – Ocean Network Express (Europe) Limited, Greece Foreign Branch. Scheduled to commence...

NORDEN sells two additional vessels

NORDEN have sold two additional vessels, one Supramax bulk carrier and one MR tanker. The Supramax vessel is a recently declared purchase option which...

Louis-Dreyfus Armateurs welcomes InfraVia as majority shareholder and Samira Draoua as CEO

The Louis-Dreyfus family, shareholder of Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA), and InfraVia Capital Partners, a leading independent private equity company in Europe, are pleased to...

BHP awards charter contracts for two ammonia dual-fuelled vessels

BHP has signed contracts with COSCO Shipping Bulk, a subsidiary of COSCO shipping Group for the charter of two ammonia dual-fuelled Newcastlemax bulk carriers. The...

Intermodal Weekly Market Report [W26]

After setting an all-time high for coal imports in 2024, China ap-pears to be entering a new phase of recalibration. Preliminary data for 2025...

Iron ore slides on weak Chinese demand

Iron ore futures declined on Tuesday, as disappointing factory data and persistent property sector woes in top consumer China dampened sentiment. Warnings of lower prices...

Baltic Index hits near one-month low as capesize demand slips

The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index fell for a fifth-straight session on Tuesday, to hit a near one-month low, as demand for capesize...

Celestyal announces successful refinancing as it accelerates growth strategy

Celestyal has announced the successful completion of a major refinancing initiative, replacing its original vessel acquisition funding with a more efficient financing model. This milestone...

Carnival Corporation & pic announces the launch of new senior unsecured notes offering

Carnival Corporation & plc announced that Carnival plc commenced a private offering of new senior unsecured notes in an aggregate principal amount of €1.0...

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United Maritime reports Q2 and H1 2026 results – Strategic fleet repositioning into Capesize Vessels

United Maritime Corporatio, announced its financial results for the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2026. The Company also declared a quarterly...

Seanergy Maritime reports second quarter and first-half 2026 financial results

Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp., a leading pure-play Capesize owner and operator, reported its financial results for the second quarter and six months ended June...

Diana Shipping reports Q2 & H1 2026 results and declares cash dividend of $0.01 per common share for the Q2

Diana Shipping Inc., a global shipping company specializing in the ownership and bareboat charter-in of dry bulk vessels, reported net income of $20.8 million...

Bahri reports record net profit of SAR 2.75 billion for Q2 2026

The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri), the Kingdom’s leading shipping and logistics company, announced its financial results for the second quarter and...

Scorpio Tankers announces financial results for the second quarter of 2026 and the declaration of a dividend

Scorpio Tankers Inc. reported its results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026. The Company also announced that its board of...

Teekay Corporation second quarter 2026 update

Teekay Corporation Ltd. provided an update for the three months ended June 30, 2026,...

WALLENIUS SOL acquires vessels from Royal Wagenborg and signs long-term CoA with Smurfit Westrock

WALLENIUS SOL has announced the acquisition of two RoRo vessels from Royal Wagenborg, Bothniaborg...

Oman proposes Hormuz management system with voluntary fees, source says

Oman has presented a proposal to Iran for joint regional management ​of the Strait...

Celestyal launches first Intern Conference, bringing the next generation closer to cruising and shipping

More than 80 participants have taken their first professional steps through the company’s long-standing...

Houthis say they attacked two Saudi tankers; Saudi Arabia says one ablaze in Red...

Yemen's Houthi militia attacked two Saudi Arabian oil tankers in a military operation, the...

Piraeus container traffic remains resilient despite Red Sea shipping disruptions

Container traffic at the Port of Piraeus remained resilient in the first half of 2026 despite mounting disruption to global shipping caused by the...

Port of Long Beach, MARAD agree to test nuclear-powered vessels

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) today joined leaders from California’s Port of Long Beach to celebrate a new partnership focused on...

PPA S.A. receives double distinction at the “Protagonists of the Greek Economy 2026” Awards

Piraeus Port Authority received two prestigious distinctions at the “Protagonists of the Greek Economy 2026” Awards, reaffirming its leading role in the Greek economy...

Port of Antwerp-Bruges stands firm in a challenging first half of 2026

Cargo handling declined by 2.4%, the market share of containers remained stable, and investments are bolstering the future. In the first half of 2026, Port...

PPA S.A. publishes 2025 sustainability report

PPA S.A. continues to invest systematically in the sustainable development and modernization of the Port of Piraeus by integrating Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)...