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Marsa Maroc to operate Nador West Med container terminal – The North Africa Post

Marsa Maroc will operate the container terminal at the deep-water port, Nador West Med for 25 years, Moroccan media reported. Marsa Maroc will have to...

Transocean announces $188 Million Ultra-Deepwater drillship contract extension

Transocean announced a 365-day contract extension for the Deepwater Asgard with an independent operator in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The program is expected to...

Iron ore extends gains on sustained China demand, property stimulus

Iron ore futures prices rose for a second straight session on Wednesday, aided by a wave of buying in China’s spot market and bets...

Samsung Heavy launches mega-sized LNG carrier

US. energy company Venture Global LNG announced on June 26 that Samsung Heavy Industries had launched its mega-sized LNG carrier named the ‘Venture Gator’...

Singapore port congestion shows global ripple impact of Red Sea attacks

Congestion at Singapore’s container port is at its worst since the COVID-19 pandemic, a sign of how prolonged vessel re-routing to avoid Red Sea...

Baltic index gains on strong capesize demand

The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, which tracks rates for ships ferrying dry bulk commodities, rose on Wednesday on the back of higher...

MOL announces consolidation of equity-method affiliate company Gearbulk

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines announced that it has decided to undertake a business reorganization of its equity-method affiliate company, Gearbulk Holding AG (Gearbulk; President: Kristian...

Carnival Corp raises profit forecast again on steady cruise demand

Carnival Corp raised its annual profit forecast on Tuesday for the second time this year, banking on higher prices for its itineraries and sustained...

Russia’s Sovcomflot says western sanctions are undermining safety at sea

Sanctions on shipping companies are undermining safety at sea and pose dangers for trade as ship standards are impacted, the chief executive of sanctioned...

Russia’s July western port oil loadings to fall 23% m/m, sources say

Russia in July will cut oil exports via its western ports to 1.5 million barrels per day (bpd), down almost 500,000 bpd from June,...

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TORM upgrades full-year guidance

TORM plc announced that, based on the Company's current coverage and expectations for continued market strength during the remainder of the fourth quarter of...

OOIL announces operational update for the 3rd quarter 2026

​​​​​​Orient Overseas (International) Limited announces operational update for the 3rd quarter 2026.

Capital Maritime Finance launches its IPO on Tuesday; aims to raise €300 million

The public offering for the listing of Capital Maritime Finance Corp on Euronext Athens opens on Tuesday and will run until Thursday, 15 October. The...

Danaos exploring bulker business Oslo-listing

Danaos has reportedly hired investment banks to advise on a possible equity placement and listing in Norway for its dry bulk business. More specifically, TradeWinds...

TORM announces closing of secondary public offering of its class A common shares

TORM plc announced the closing of the previously announced secondary public offering of 6,329,874 of the Company’s Class A common shares by OCM Njord...

ABS and U.S. Department of Energy sign MOU on maritime applications of advanced nuclear...

ABS and the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy have signed...

Saudi Arabia strikes Houthi targets as Red Sea war escalates

Yemen’s Iran-allied Houthis said Saudi Arabia was attacking the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Tuesday...

CMB.TECH sells Suezmax vessel for $ 59.6 million gain

CMB.TECH NV has sold one Suezmax, generating a gain of approximately 59.6 million USD. CMB.TECH...

Trump says Russia and Ukraine agreed to ‘energy ceasefire’

President Donald Trump said Sunday that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to an “energy...

Iran says US response to its proposal to reopen Hormuz was ‘insufficient’

The United States' response to Iran's seven conditions in a proposal to reopen the...

Port of Los Angeles sets all-time monthly cargo record

The Port of Los Angeles handled 1,042,652 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) in September, the busiest month in its 118-year history and more than 20,000...

Savannah achieves record container volumes in September

The Port of Savannah achieved a record September for container volumes, moving 504,015 twenty-foot equivalent container units last month, an increase of 3.7 percent...

PCT: Revenue holds firm despite lower throughput

The Piraeus Container Terminal (PCT) Sustainability Report recorded a 12% improvement in financial performance, despite a 5.95% decline in container throughput, highlighting progress in...

PPA S.A. shows resilience; €106.7 million in investments

Piraeus Port Authority S.A. (PPA S.A.) announced its financial results for the first half of 2026, highlighting resilient revenue performance and a smaller year-on-year...

A.P. Moller Capital to buy majority stake in ports operator Euroports

A.P. Moller Capital, the infrastructure investment arm ​of Denmark's A.P. Moller Group, ‌said on Monday it had agreed to acquire a majority ​stake in...