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Cruise industry looks ahead to European Cruise Week 2025 in Rotterdam, in partnership with local and regional leadership

· CLIA returns with the second annual Cruise Week Europe from 12-14 March 2025 · Cruise Week features the annual European Summit and an Innovation...

Iron ore hits more than one-week high on revived hopes of China stimulus

Iron ore futures rallied to their highest in more than a week on Monday, as revived hopes of more stimulus from top consumer China...

Baltic Index sails to over one-month high on strong capesize demand

The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, which tracks rates for ships ferrying dry bulk commodities, hit more than a one-month high on Monday...

Chinese exports rise to record ahead of looming Trump tariffs

Chinese exports hit a record high as companies rushed to get goods out the door to make up for sluggish demand at home and...

Solstad secures contract for CSV Normand Frontier

Solstad Offshore announced a three-year contract award with an international contractor for the CSV Normand Frontier. The firm contract has an immediate startup and will...

Subsea7 awarded contract offshore Norway

Subsea7 announced the award of a contract by Equinor for a front-end engineering and design (FEED) study with EPCI1 option for the Fram Sør development...

MOL signs MOU to develop green corridor connecting Portugal to Northern Europe

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding to develop a green corridor connecting Portugal to Northern Europe with Madoqua Renewables...

Prosafe signs Safe Zephyrus contract extension with Petrobras

Prosafe has signed a contract extension with Petróleo Brasileiro for the provision of the Safe Zephyrus semi-submersible vessel for safety and maintenance support offshore...

West fully acquires Nordic Marine Insurance

West announced the full acquisition of Nordic Marine Insurance, a leading provider of fixed premium insurance for the marine industry, specialising in Delay Insurance,...

Dalian iron ore rebounds on Chinese stimulus, growing seasonal stockpiles

Dalian iron ore futures prices snapped a four-day losing streak on Thursday, aided by China’s latest stimulus measure and accelerated purchases by steel mills. The...

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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)...