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Vantage Drilling: Conditional letter of award for platinum explorer

Vantage Drilling International announced it has received a conditional letter of award for the Platinum Explorer with a 90 day validity period. The contract...

ABS chairman and CEO to retire at end of year

The 163rd ABS Annual Members Meeting highlighted that ABS has never been stronger, with substantial growth and industry-leading safety performance reported. ABS continued to perform...

Dalian iron ore near three-week high on seasonal demand, US-China trade talk hopes

Dalian iron ore futures hit their highest levels in nearly three weeks on Tuesday, underpinned by hopes of U.S.-China trade talks and strengthening seasonal...

Baltic Index gains on stronger vessel rates

The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk sea freight index rose on Wednesday to its highest level in more than a week, as rates increased across...

Hapag-Lloyd says 30% of China’s U.S. bound shipments have been canceled

Customers of Hapag-Lloyd have canceled 30% of shipments to the United States from China, spooked by the trade conflict between the two economic super...

Excelerate Energy announces pricing of $800 million upsized offering of 8.000% senior notes due 2030

Excelerate Energy announced that Excelerate Energy Limited Partnership, a subsidiary of Excelerate, has priced its offering of $800 million in aggregate principal amount of...

Hanwha Drilling’s Tidal Action Drillship En Route to Petrobras’ Roncador Field

Tidal Action ultra-deepwater drillship has embarked on a voyage from South Korea to Brazil to start its maiden job at Petrobras’ Roncador field. The drillship...

Port of Antwerp vigilant over US tariffs impact

In the first quarter of 2025, Port of Antwerp-Bruges handled 67.7 million tonnes of cargo, a drop of 4.0% compared to the same period...

CMB.TECH buys Hemen stake in Golden Ocean

CMB.TECH NV announced that it has entered into a share purchase agreement with Hemen Holding Limited, for the acquisition of 81,363,730 shares in Golden...

US Treasury targets Iranian liquified petroleum Gas Magnate

The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control is designating Iranian national and liquified petroleum gas magnate Seyed Asadoollah Emamjomeh and his...

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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.

Iran attacks US base in Jordan, ships near Hormuz after tankers sunk

Iran's Revolutionary Guard said it ​fired ballistic missiles at a base in Jordan used...

Samsung seeks $186 million from CMA CGM over container shipping disruptions

Samsung Electronics America has filed a complaint with the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC)...

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...

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...