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Shelf Drilling announces five-year contract extension for High Island V

Shelf Drilling announced that it has secured a five-year extension for the High Island V jack-up rig. The extension is in direct continuation of...

Amon Maritime secures funding to build large ammonia-fuelled bulkers

Amon Maritime has secured NOK 253 million ($25.1 million) in funding from Norwegian state agency Enova to support the construction of two ammonia-powered bulk...

Mitsui O.S.K Lines: MOL completes the acquisition of LBC Tank Terminals

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines announced that on June 30, it completed the acquisition of all membership rights in LBC Tank Terminals Group Holding Netherlands Coöperatief...

The Greek trend of shipping spin-offs on Wall Street

It is not just a trend, it is a strategy. Greek shipowners are following the spinoff policy for their listed shipping companies on the...

Dalian iron ore logs first monthly gain in four on firm near-term demand

Dalian iron ore futures edged higher on Monday, logging their first monthly rise in four months amid firm near-term demand in top consumer China,...

Baltic Index falls to near 3-week low on weaker capesize rates

The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index slipped to an almost three-week low on Monday, pressured by softer capesize rates, though it still posted...

No injuries or pollution after explosion at oil tanker off Libya, says operator

An oil tanker carrying about 1 million barrels of crude oil suffered an explosion off Libya on June 27 but no injuries or pollution...

Seacon orders electric training boxship at Fujian Mawei

Seacon Shipping has reached an agreement with Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding to develop electric container vessels.     According to media reports, Seacon has placed an order for...

Imabari Shipbuilding to acquire JMU, surpassing Hanwha Ocean ranked fourth in the global market

Imabari Shipbuilding, Japan’s largest shipbuilding company, is set to acquire additional shares in Japan Marine United (JMU), aiming to make it a subsidiary and...

Fugro awarded four multi-year contracts by Petrobras

Petrobras has announced tender results awarding Fugro four significant multi-year contracts for the inspection and monitoring of critical subsea infrastructure in Brazil. This major...

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Scorpio Tankers announces updates on third quarter 2026 TCE rates and time charter-out agreements

Scorpio Tankers Inc. announced today an update on its third quarter of 2026 average daily Time Charter Equivalent rates and that it has entered...

Block sale of existing shares in Klaveness Combination Carriers ASA completed

Reference is made to the stock exchange notice published on 2 September 2026 regarding a potential block sale of existing shares in Klaveness Combination...

Heidmar Maritime Holdings reports results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2026

Heidmar Maritime Holdings Corp. reported its results for the quarter and six month period ended June 30, 2026. Second Quarter 2026 Highlights • Total revenues of...

Capital Tankers announces second quarter 2026 financial results

Capital Tankers Corp. announced its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2026.  

Stena announces Q2 interim report

The Stena AB Group published its interim report for the second quarter of 2026.

Shipping: “The rules of the game are collapsing” – Unprecedented warning from Greece and...

For decades, global trade rested on an almost self-evident assumption: commercial vessels could move...

Hormuz traffic slows after Iran threatens retaliation for US attacks

Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz slowed at ​the start of this week,...

Kongsberg Maritime enters agreement to acquire Steerprop

Kongsberg Maritime ASA has entered into an agreement to acquire Steerprop, a Finnish designer...

Hapag-Lloyd plans improvements to $4.2 billion bid for Israel’s ZIM

Hapag-Lloyd is working with the Israeli government on improvements to its proposed $4.2 billion...

Panama Canal postpones Neopanamax draft adjustment

The Panama Canal will maintain the current maximum authorized draft for vessels transiting the...

PCT S.A.: New customs licence for cargo arriving by rail

A step towards enhancing the operational efficiency of the Piraeus Container Terminal is the granting of an Authorised Consignee licence to PCT S.A. by...

ZIM: Updated freight rates from Mediterranean & Black Sea ports

Updated Freight Rates from all Mediterranean ports & Black Sea ports to all USEC & Gulf, Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean & South America...

Chandra Asri Group opens access to CPN public terminal

PT Chandra Pelabuhan Nusantara (CPN), a subsidiary of PT Chandra Asri Pacific Tbk (Chandra Asri Group), has officially obtained the Business License for the...

Direct traffic between the Port of Gothenburg and Asia increases

Cargo volumes at the Port of Gothenburg developed strongly during the first half of 2026. Container volumes remained at record levels, while rail, RoRo,...

PPA: New framework for investments in ports and logistics

Piraeus Port Authority (PPA) has expanded its scope of business activity following shareholders’ approval of amendments to the corporate charter, paving the way for...