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Suspected Somali pirates seize boat off Horn of Africa

Suspected Somali pirates have seized a Yemeni fishing boat off the Horn of Africa, authorities said late Monday. A European naval operation in the Mideast,...

Hapag-Lloyd nears $1.2 Bil. deal with Hanwha Ocean for LNG Dual-fuel Container Ships

Hapag-Lloyd, the world’s fifth-largest shipping company, is reportedly in the final stages of reviewing an order for six LNG dual-fuel container carriers from South...

MPC Capital expands maritime services business with energy efficiency and performance management solutions

The investment and asset manager MPC Capital has acquired a 50% stake in the performance management company BestShip GmbH & Cie. KG from Norwegian...

Yara Clean Ammonia and NYK conclude world’s first time-charter agreement for ammonia-fueled medium gas carrier

Yara Clean Ammonia, the world’s largest ammonia distributor, signed a time-charter contract with Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) for an ammonia-fueled medium gas carrier...

H-Line Shipping orders newbuild LNG bunkering vessel

HJ Heavy Industries has received an order for an 18,000m3 LNG bunkering ship from H Line Shipping for KRW127.1 billion ($87.6 million). "As the second-term Trump...

GTT, COSCO SHIPPING LNG Investment and COSCO SHIPPING Heavy Industry sign a cooperation agreement

GTT, COSCO SHIPPING LNG Investment (Shanghai) Co., LTD. (CSLNG) and COSCO SHIPPING Heavy Industry Co., LTD. (CHI), have signed a cooperation agreement. This is...

A.P. Moller Capital invests in Spanish ports group

A.P. Moller Capital announced new partnership with Bergé y Compañía to grow BERGÉ into a leading ports infrastructure company in Iberia and Latin America. Founded...

Iron ore at multi-month high as improving fundamentals outweigh Trump tariff threat

Iron ore futures gained on Monday as earlier losses triggered by U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest tariff threats were countered by signs of recovering...

Baltic index falls as larger vessel rates dip

The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk sea freight index, which tracks rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, retreated on Monday due to weaker larger...

Nordic Chartering welcomes Hacklin onboard

Oy Hacklin expands its scope of business in the logistics sector with the acquisition of a considerable stake in the Finnish short sea operator...

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Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Reports Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2026 and provided guidance for the third quarter and full...

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...

Yemen’s Houthis Deny Plans To Impose Fees On Ships Sailing Through Red Sea

Yemen’s Houthi-run maritime coordination body denied on Saturday that it planned to impose fees...

EU Forces Board Sanctioned Russian ‘Shadow Fleet’ Tanker

An EU naval mission led by Italy boarded a tanker from Russia’s so-called “shadow...

Two Tankers With Saudi Oil Exit Red Sea Over Weekend

Two tankers laden with Saudi oil crossed the Bab el-Mandeb strait over the weekend,...

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...

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)...