Turkish carrier Akkon Lines is poised to become the country’s largest containerline, capping a remarkable rise in just eight ...

Greek bulker owner Diana Shipping has entered into time charter contracts for two of its dry bulk vessels with Refined Success and Oldendorff. Refined Success hired the 2010-built, 177,773 dwt ...

The Mission to Seafarers is extending its welfare measurement work beyond the ship’s rail, launching a new Shorebased Happiness Index to capture the wellbeing of maritime professionals working on land ...

Swiss commodities trader Mercuria is continuing its move deeper into shipownership with an order for four kamsarmax bulk carriers at Wuhu Shipyard. The 82,000 dwt newbuildings will be tied into ...

The third edition of Geneva Dry, the world’s premier commodities shipping conference, has opened in style, with a packed first day of dealmaking, debate and networking that underlined the Swiss city’s ...

Shanghai Time Shipping has stepped into the newbuilding market with an order for three bulk carriers, marking its first collaboration with Nantong Xiangyu Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering. The ...

An extraordinary simultaneous build-up of ballast vessels across every major crude tanker segment has moved geopolitically driven disruption into a fundamental demand-side crisis. With the Strait of ...

Container shipping appears to be suffering from long covid. New data from Danish consultancy Sea-Intelligence shows that the continuing lack of vessel reliability has created a new baseline for vessel ...

Greek owner Enesel Group has returned to the dry bulk market, with two capesize vessels at China’s Hengli Shipbuilding. The move on the 181,500 dwt newbuilds marks a re-entry into the segment for the ...

South Korea has formally launched a sweeping initiative to align its world-class shipbuilding and shipping industries under a single national strategy, acknowledging years of criticism that the two ...

Norwegian offshore seismic vessel player Shearwater Geoservices has entered into an agreement to sell one of its vessels. Shearwater disclosed that it would sell its 2012-built vessel, SW Baret, to an ...

Norway’s DDW Offshore, a subsidiary of Akastor, has sold one of its anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessels to an undisclosed buyer. The company said that it entered into a binding agreement to sell ...