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BIMCO: Boxship orderbook hits new record high

“Despite increasing trade policy uncertainty and falling freight rates, the container ship order book has continued to expand. It now totals more than 1,350...

MSC Group secures 45-year concession for Snake Island Port Terminal with Nigerdock and agrees EPC contract with ITB and DEME for development

MSC Group has signed a 45-year concession agreement with Nigerdock to develop a state-of-the-art container terminal within Snake Island Port (SIP) in Lagos, and...

Iran has laid about a dozen mines in Strait of Hormuz, sources say

Iran has deployed about a dozen mines in ​the Strait of Hormuz, two sources familiar with the matter ‌said, in a move likely to...

Iranian oil flows through Strait of Hormuz even as Gulf neighbors’ exports shut

Iranian crude oil has continued to flow through the Strait of Hormuz ​at a near-normal pace even as Tehran-linked attacks on ships in the...

d’Amico acquires two new vessels for USD45.4 million each

d'Amico International Shipping has announced the purchase of two new Medium Range 2 product tanker vessels. The transaction was carried out by its subsidiary...

Yangzijiang Shipbuilding to buy 10% Poseidon stake for $1.05b in cash

Yangzijiang Shipbuilding (Holdings) Ltd. has signed definitive agreements to acquire a 10% equity interest in Poseidon Corp. for an aggregate consideration of $1.05b (US$825.7m). The...

Navigator Gas announces preliminary fourth quarter 2025 results (Unaudited)

Navigator Gas has released its preliminary financial results for the fourth quarter of 2025. Fourth Quarter Financial Highlights On March 11, 2026, pursuant to the Company's...

Greek-owned tanker crew ‘safe and well’ in the Persian Gulf

All 22 Georgian crew members aboard a Greek-owned tanker with Maltese flag are reported to be in good health after the vessel was struck...

Imperial Petroleum Inc. declares dividend on series a preferred shares

Imperial Petroleum Inc., a ship-owning company providing petroleum products, crude oil, and drybulk seaborne transportation services, announced a dividend of $0.546875 per share on...

International Maritime Union in Greece welcomes new EU Ports Strategy

The International Maritime Union in Greece welcomes the new EU Ports Strategy promoted by the European Commission, which aims to strengthen the competitiveness, safety,...

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2020 Bulkers – Board resolution to approve the issuance of consideration shares and private placement shares

Reference is made to the stock exchange announcements published by 2020 Bulkers Ltd. in connection with: the Company’s acquisition of AHTS AS (the “AHTS Acquisition“), the...

Capital Maritime Finance launches Greece’s first shipping IPO with exclusive listing on Euronext Athens

Capital Maritime Finance Corp. (CMF) is launching Greece’s first shipping IPO, with all of its shares to be exclusively listed on Euronext Athens. The move...

Carnival Corporation outperforms guidance, delivering best ever revenues, net yields and net income

Carnival Corporation announced financial results for the third quarter 2026 and provided an updated outlook. All-time high net income1 of $1.9 billion with adjusted net...

Hafnia Limited: Acquisition of an additional 1.7 million TORM shares

Hafnia Limited has agreed to acquire 1,700,000 A shares in TORM plc at a price per share of USD 34.00, representing 1.66% of the...

2020 Bulkers – Contemplated private placement

Reference is made to the stock exchange announcement made by 2020 Bulkers Ltd on 16 September 2026, where the Company announced a letter of...

Eastern Pacific Shipping and SUARDIAZ Group strengthen longstanding partnership with delivery of MV RS...

Eastern Pacific Shipping announced the delivery of MV RS Atlantico, marking a significant milestone...

Seanergy participates in Marine Money Week Asia

Seanergy Maritime Holdings President and CEO Stamatis Tsantanis took part in the 25th Marine...

EU’s Kallas says two countries may send ships to counter Houthis

Two countries signaled interest in sending ships to counter Houthi strikes in the Red...

Qatar-linked LNG traffic through Hormuz strait picks up despite conflict

More QatarEnergy-linked liquefied natural gas vessels, laden and in ballast, have transited the Strait...

Panama Canal announces increase in draft and daily transit

The Panama Canal announced, through an Advisory to Shipping, that it will increase to...

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...

Thessaloniki Port Authority: Revenue up 8.9% to €58m in H1 ’26

Thessaloniki Port Authority S.A. (ThPA S.A.), a member of the Core Network of the Trans-European Transport Network and a port of international significance, announced...

Piraeus Chamber of Commerce: More value created by shipping to flow into the city’s economy

Piraeus is not only home to Greece’s largest port, but also the historic heart of Greek shipping and one of the world’s major maritime...

Piraeus container traffic soars 18% in August

Container throughput at the port of Piraeus remained strong in August, with a significant improvement recorded at Terminals II and III as the global...