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Baltic index nears one-month peak on capesize bounce

The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, which tracks rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, hit a more than four-week high on Thursday,...

Diana Shipping: Time Charter Contract for m/v DSI Altair With WBC

Diana Shipping announced that, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, it has entered into a time charter contract with Western Bulk Carriers AS, for one...

Cheniere & Equinor Sign Long-Term LNG Sale and Purchase Agreement

Cheniere announced that its subsidiary, Cheniere Marketing, has entered into a long-term liquefied natural gas sale and purchase agreement with Equinor. Under the SPA, Equinor...

Performance Shipping Posts Record Net Income

Performance Shipping reported net income of $15.7 million and net income attributable to common stockholders of $4.6 million for the first quarter of 2023. Net...

Top Ships Announces Spin-Off Creating New Suezmax Tanker Company

TOP Ships announced the filing of a registration statement on Form 20-F with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) in connection with...

S. Korea: Big 3 Clinch Orders Worth 136 Trillion Won

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, Samsung Heavy Industries, and Hanwha Ocean, three major Korean shipbuilders, have accumulated orders worth over 130 trillion won. Having secured...

Baltic index hits near 4-week peak on capesize strength

The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, rose to a near four-week high on Wednesday, supported...

J. Lauritzen orders methanol dual-fuel bulkers in Japan

J. Lauritzen, a Danish investment company focused on maritime industries, has signed a letter of intent (LoI) with Japanese shipbuilder Tsuneishi Shipbuilding for the...

Dynagas Partners reports $9.6 million Net Income in Q1

Dynagas LNG Partners LP announced its results for the three months ended March 31, 2023. Quarter Highlights: Net Income and Earnings per common unit (basic and...

Capital Gas Ship Management: LNG/C “Aristarchos’’ flies the Greek flag

Capital Gas Ship Management Corp. has successfully completed the registration process of the LNG Carrier ‘Aristarchos’ (‘ΑΡΙΣΤΑΡΧΟΣ’) to the Greek registry. ‘Aristarchos’ is now...

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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...