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Solstad Maritime ASA – Contract extension for CSV Normand Ocean

Solstad Maritime ASA announced a 1-year contract extension for the CSV “Normand Ocean” with DeepOcean. The contract commences 1 January 2026, in direct continuation of...

Yangzijiang Shipbuilding bags eight contracts worth $567.6m

Yangzijiang Shipbuilding has secured additional shipbuilding contracts for eight vessels with an aggregate contract value of $567.6m (US$440m). In a bourse filing, the company said...

Carnival raises annual profit forecast on resilient cruise demand, high costs loom 

Carnival Corp raised its annual profit forecast on Monday, leaning on strong demand and higher ticket prices for its cruise vacations to offset mounting...

Seacon Shipping to acquire 40% stake in CIMC Xinde Leasing and provide guarantee

Seacon Shipping Group Holdings Limited announced that its wholly owned subsidiary has agreed to acquire a 40 percent equity interest in CIMC Xinde Leasing...

Iron ore dips on weak steel demand, rising China port inventories

Iron ore futures prices declined on Monday, pressured by sluggish steel demand and mounting inventories at Chinese ports. The most-traded January iron ore contract on...

Baltic index falls on decline across all vessel rates

The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk sea freight index, which monitors rates for vessels moving dry bulk commodities, fell on Monday, pressured by declining rates...

OPEC+ plans another oil output hike in November, sources say

OPEC+ will likely approve another oil production increase of at least 137,000 barrels per day at its meeting next Sunday, as rising oil prices...

Hapag-Lloyd and DHL sign agreement to further decarbonize supply chains

Hapag-Lloyd and DHL Global Forwarding have achieved a major milestone in their joint efforts to decarbonize supply chains. The two companies have signed a...

Havila Shipping ASA: Contract extension with Equinor Energy for Havila Troll

Equinor Energy has exercised one year option for Havila Troll, keeping Havila Troll until November 2026. Equinor Energy has 3 additional options, each for one...

2020 Bulkers Ltd. (2020) – Sale of Bulk Sandefjord, Bulk Santiago and Bulk Shenzhen

2020 Bulkers announced that it has signed agreements to sell each of its 2019 built Newcastlemax vessels, Bulk Sandefjord and Bulk Santiago, and the...

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Kongsberg Maritime begins trading on Oslo Stock Exchange

Kongsberg Maritime ASA, a global leader in maritime technology, begins trading on Euronext Oslo Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol KMAR. The company has...

Qatar’s Nakilat posts 1.3 percent rise in Q1 profit amid geopolitical challenges

Qatar Gas Transport Company Nakilat has reported a rise in net profit for the first quarter of 2026, despite what it described as geopolitical...

2025 a “milestone year” for Thessaloniki Port

ThPA S.A. announces the financial results in accordance with IFRS for the year ended December 31st, 2025. For another year, dynamic business operations led...

Castor Maritime reports Q4 Net Income of $17.6 Million

Castor Maritime Inc., a diversified global shipping and energy company, announced its results for the three months and year ended December 31, 2025. Highlights of...

Robin Energy reports strong revenue growth

Robin Energy Ltd. announced strong revenue growth in the fourth quarter of 2025, reflecting the growth phase it is in. Total vessel revenue amounted to...

Greek-managed vessel confirmed seized by Iran in Hormuz Strait

A Greek-managed container ship has been seized by Iranian forces in the Strait of...

Iran seizes two ships in Hormuz αfter Trump halts attacks indefinitely

Iran seized two ships in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, tightening its grip...

Military planners to discuss Hormuz reopening in London

Military planners from more than 30 countries will hold two-day talks in London from...

Wärtsilä launches next-generation simulation platform to support future-ready maritime training

Technology group Wärtsilä announces the launch of NTPRO 7, a next‑generation bridge and ship‑handling...

The Strait of Hormuz crisis and the lubricant supply chain: What every maritime operator...

The conflict between the United States and Iran has, in just a matter of...

Panama Canal says $1 million-plus auction slots reflect temporary surge in demand

The Panama Canal Authority said on Thursday that some ships had recently paid more than $1 million for crossing slots at auction, but ​said...

Throughput in the port of Rotterdam remains stable, with a slight decline of 0.7%

Throughput at the port of Rotterdam fell slightly by 0.7% in the first quarter of 2026 compared with the same period last year. Throughput...

High-level meeting on European strategies for the maritime industry and ports

A high-level meeting on the implementation of the European Maritime Industrial Strategy and the European Ports Strategy will be hosted in Athens on April...

Piraeus Port maintains its strategic role as key logistics hub for Eastern Mediterranean and SE Europe

The Port of Piraeus is resilient to the disruptions caused by the conflict in the Middle East on global supply chains. However, downward pressure is...

2025 a “milestone year” for Thessaloniki Port

ThPA S.A. announces the financial results in accordance with IFRS for the year ended December 31st, 2025. For another year, dynamic business operations led...