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Baltic index extends losses for seventh straight day on weaker capesize rates

The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, declined for a seventh consecutive session on Monday,...

TotalEnergies to build LNG bunker in China

CSSC Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding says that Total Energies has contracted one plus one 18,600 cu metres LNG bunkering vessels. It is the hundredth LNG carrier...

Royal Caribbean lifts profit forecast, reinstates dividend as cruise demand thrives

Royal Caribbean Group opens new tab raised its annual profit forecast on Thursday and said it would reinstate its dividend, with the company coming...

Cyan Renewables acquires MMA offshore

Cyan Renewables, Asia’s leading offshore wind services platform based in Singapore, announced its acquisition of Australian offshore marine services provider MMA Offshore for A$1.1B...

Vale on track to hit top end of iron ore guidance, after profits surge

Brazilian miner Vale is confident it will manage to meet the top end of its guidance for iron ore production in 2024, which stands...

China’s Iranian crude imports find new market in northeast

Imports of Iranian crude have been flowing into the port and refining city of Dalian since late last year, tanker tracking firms and trading...

Castor Maritime announces the acquisition of its first Ultramax Vessel

Castor Maritime, a diversified global shipping company, announces that on July 16, 2024, it entered, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, into an agreement to...

Top Ships announces time charter extensions at very strong rates and revenue of $100 million

TOP Ships, an international owner and operator of modern, fuel efficient "ECO" tanker vessels, announced that its 50% subsidiaries which own M/T Eco Yosemite...

Iran releases oil from seized tanker ‘St Nikolas’

Iran has released the oil cargo of a Greek-owned, Marshall-Islands-flagged tanker it seized in the Gulf of Oman earlier this year, a shipping source...

ThPA S.A.: Wireless reefer monitoring system for the Port of Thessaloniki

ThPA S.A. is bolstering its reefer container handling capabilities by incorporating RTE’s GRASP automated reefer monitoring platform. This advanced system, coupled with WRAD II...

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Seaspan Becomes First International Ship Owner & Operator to Access China’s Panda Bond Market

Seaspan, a leading independent maritime asset owner and operator, is pleased to announce the successful issuance of a RMB 1.5 billion Panda Bond in...

DHT Holdings Announces Record Second Quarter 2026 Results

DHT Holdings announced its results for the quarter ended June 30, 2026.

Dorian LPG posts record profit

Dorian LPG Ltd. (NYSE: LPG) (the “Company,” “Dorian LPG,” “we,” “us,” and “our”), a leading owner and operator of modern very large gas carriers...

Star Bulk Carriers Reports Strongest Quarterly Results Since Second Quarter Of 2022

Star Bulk Carriers announced its unaudited financial and operating results for the second quarter of 2026.

Genco Announces Q2 2026 Financial Results; Declares Dividend of $0.80 per Share for Q2 2026

Genco Shipping & Trading Limited (NYSE:GNK) (“Genco” or the “Company”), the largest U.S. headquartered drybulk shipowner focused on the global transportation of commodities, reported...

Shipping Industry Sees Major Obstacles to Iran’s Hormuz Control Plan

A proposed deal between Iran and Oman that would give Tehran control over ships...

UK continues crackdown on Russia with tough new sanctions

Russian banks, shadow fleet ships and shady businesses have been slapped with UK sanctions...

Panama Canal Announces New Draft Adjustments for Neopanamax Locks

The Panama Canal Authority announced, through a notice to shipping companies, that effective August...

Iran Says Hormuz Shipping Route Announcement With Oman Nears

Iran and Oman have reached an understanding on the geographic coordinates for a shipping...

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...

DP World Expands Cold Chain Capabilities With New €48m Antwerp Hub

DP World will build a new temperature-controlled logistics hub in the Port of Antwerp. The project begins with an initial investment of EUR 48...

Port of Klaipėda delivers strong performance in 1H2026

The Port of Klaipėda delivered a strong performance in the first half of the year, demonstrating resilience in a changing market environment and further...

DP World Accelerates Port Decarbonization in Chile

DP World is expanding the electrification of its port operations in Chile with the introduction of seven 100% electric Internal Transfer Vehicles (ITVs) and...

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...