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Panamax bulker spot rates shoot upward as activity in the Atlantic market revives Container ship giant OOIL pays out huge dividend after logging $2.57bn profit Trump aims new sanctions at shadow tankers — and the tugs that serve them ‘Crucial questions unanswered’ in wake of North Sea disaster as tanker fires finally out Trumponomics sends investors scrambling for dividend stocks. Can shipping provide shelter? UK regulator ditches name-and-shame plan for badly behaved workers Capesize spot market leaps to near-four month high as brokers toast ‘strong upward momentum’ Zim hatches contingency plan ahead of D-day for Donald Trump's proposed port levy Bulker newbuilding orders fall to lowest level in over 30 years with no new deals in February P&O Ferries owner DP World sees profit slip amid challenging global landscape

Panamax bulker spot rates shoot upward as activity in the Atlantic market revives

Trump aims new sanctions at shadow tankers — and the tugs that serve them

Buyers circling as Navigator puts three LPG carriers up for sale

Freshly-listed Heidmar breaks into offshore with $100m-plus PSV deal

Trumponomics sends investors scrambling for dividend stocks. Can shipping provide shelter?

Crucial questions remain in wake of North Sea disaster as tanker fires finally out

Container ship giant OOIL pays out huge dividend after logging $2.57bn profit

Moment of impact: Video shows container ship and Stena tanker collide

Golden Ocean takeover ‘increasingly likely’, terms of $1.4bn loan reveal

Zim hatches contingency plan ahead of D-day for Trump's port levy

Insurance industry fears $100m payout from North Sea ship fires and cleanup

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Boxships

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Wan Hai weighs $240m LNG fuel switch for methanol-ready container ships

Former top dog Germany slides to third in container shipping league

‘Massive’ $1.7bn fleet renewal needed at Global Ship Lease, analysts say

Container freight rates drive up profit for Spanish shipping logistics operator

Virtually all container ship calls in US will be hit by proposed port charges, says trade body

MPC Container Ships hives off veteran brace in resilient S&P market

Hapag-Lloyd takes majority stake in French container terminal

CMA CGM promises US investment as Trump gears up to announce ‘largest ships in the world’

DNB charts shipping forecast with ‘geopolitical uncertainty at a completely different level’

BlackRock and MSC forge $22.8bn CK Hutchison deal that includes ports under Trump pressure

Hong Kong-listed SITC sees 2024 profit double to over $1bn

Capesize spot market leaps to near-four month high as brokers toast ‘strong upward momentum’

UK regulator ditches name and shame plan for badly-behaved workers

Bulker newbuilding orders fall to lowest level in over 30 years with no new deals in February

Don't fear potential end of Russian sanctions, says D’Amico boss

New venture Kratos Gas dives into LNG sector with secondhand buy

C Transport Maritime aims to revive panamax pool amid weak outlook

A ‘very normal’ man went to Monaco to work for Peter Livanos — now he’s in charge

P&O Ferries owner DP World sees profit slip amid challenging global landscape

Jobs

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Fleet Operator

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Shipping company in Chalandri, Greece

Senior Handy/Supramax Operations Manager

Seastar Maritime Ltd

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Maritime Ship Brokers Pte Ltd.

Fleet Operator

Starbulk Carriers Corp.

Post Fixtures Officer

Starbulk Carriers Corp.

Vessel Operator

Shipping company in Chalandri, Greece

Senior Handy/Supramax Operations Manager

Seastar Maritime Ltd

Dry Bulk Chartering Broker

Maritime Ship Brokers Pte Ltd.

Fleet Operator

Starbulk Carriers Corp.

Post Fixtures Officer

Starbulk Carriers Corp.

Vessel Operator

Shipping company in Chalandri, Greece

Senior Handy/Supramax Operations Manager

Seastar Maritime Ltd

Dry Bulk Chartering Broker

Maritime Ship Brokers Pte Ltd.

Fleet Operator

Starbulk Carriers Corp.

‘It’s a downward trajectory from here’, says Fearnley as investors advised to sell Zim

Hapag-Lloyd takes majority stake in French container terminal

Russian oil exports hold firm in face of largest ever sanctions measures

WinGD talks up test data from its new dual-fuel ammonia engine

US VLCC spot market turns ‘eerily quiet’ as Chinese buyers steer clear of Trump tariff uncertainty

Diana Shipping takes lower kamsarmax rate from Cargill after dry-docking

Insight & Opinion

Comment

My experience as a seafarer makes me fear crew fatigue was a factor in North Sea shipping disaster

‘You’re only supposed to blow the bloody doors off’: Trump, China and shipbuilding

Trump’s shipyards comments ‘a monumental moment’ for US builders

Viewpoint

Dividends or buybacks? Reputation’s role in shipping payouts

Unregistered and cleanskin tankers keep Russian oil flowing as sanctions escalate, researchers say

Andrew Forrest’s iron ore giant Fortescue will retrofit zero-carbon engines to bulkers ‘by end of decade’

Analysis

‘Brilliant’: CMA CGM and MSC jostle for favour with dealmaker-in-chief Donald Trump

Wavelength podcast: Reaction to Fredriksen selling Golden Ocean

Why Trump will need to play the long game to take on Chinese shipping

Wall Street’s $6.7bn Chinese tanker fleet: New York-listed owners control huge stable of ships facing Trump fees

‘Dry was never John’s favourite’: What has turned Fredriksen from buyer to seller?

Women in Green Shipping network hits London with biggest meeting to date

US-China tit-for-tat tariffs to boost Brazilian soy shipments

Majority of Baltic Sea jamming comes from ships, study says

Arsenio Dominguez doubles down on diversity at IMO as Donald Trump turns tables

Zim forges deal to buy neo-panamax duo from tonnage provider Seaspan

Taiwan's CMT to lift order for newcastlemax bulk carriers to four

Enesel suezmax ships first Algerian crude cargo to giant Nigerian refinery

‘Cancelled’ German FSRU to spend remainder of charter in Egypt

Hoegh Autoliners takes over leased vessel as size push rolls on

BW Offshore banking $125m from sale of veteran FPSO

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Profile

A family of Caribbean container experts: Gisholt Shipping celebrates 50 years of niche shipbroking

Shipping stalwart at 70: How Morten Arntzen earned his tanker stripes

‘We didn’t want to sell,’ says Navig8’s Busch as Adnoc L&S eyes global impact of deal

How trade warrior Donald Trump could take on China’s shipbuilding dominance

A shipping czar, China and maritime powerplays: Mapping Donald Trump’s first 100 days

Person of the year

How Idan Ofer built the world’s largest private shipping fleet

Maria Angelicoussis fills her father’s shoes in landmark year for Greek shipowner

How sanctioned Iranian oil navigates through a dark and twisted supply chain to China

‘Pencils down’: Regulatory uncertainty keeps many US clean fuels projects on the shelf

The restaurant that fed Lloyd’s of London: Underwriters’ bolthole under threat

‘Pure luck’ saved lives: Dramatic accounts emerge of close shaves as Red Sea crisis spiralled

In-depth

Bottom is here and winter is coming for VLGCs: How hot will rates get?

Beer money, banking and secrets to Sammy Ofer’s success. Charting the career of OSG boss Sam Norton

How former shipbroker and Wall Street banker ‘woke up’ at Ardmore

Ardmore Shipping taps ‘strong bench’ as it prepares for life after Tony Gurnee

Meet MOL’s climate tech leader in California’s Silicon Valley

Women shipbrokers call for end to ‘boys’ club’ culture

Women in shipbroking: Tickbox culture or a genuine shift to inclusion?

Comment

Shipbroking needs to embrace true equality and real respect so women may flourish

Deals, banks and growing pains: How Tidewater pulled off over $2bn in takeovers and still wants more

Trump tariffs weigh on sluggish panamax bulker spot rates as market pins hopes on Brazil soy exports

SSY opens Aberdeen office staffed with ex-Clarksons offshore brokers

Master arrested over North Sea tanker collision that left one dead

UK investigators take lead in probe to determine cause of fiery collision

Former Advantage Tankers VLCC reported flipped as prices stay ahead of paper valuations

LNG carrier lay-ups set to double as number of idle ships grows

People

‘A nice, polite letter from the Houthis’: Thanassis Martinos looks back at years of turmoil

Trump official walks back claim of free Panama Canal tolls

UK Chamber issues accolade for promoting maritime career in young people

Shipping stalwart at 70: How Morten Arntzen earned his tanker stripes

Norden executive bonuses take a big hit as some staff get nothing at all

Crews in crisis: Research reveals 100-hour weeks and no days off

Europe will support strong green ambitions at IMO with doubts over US position, says EMSA boss

Panama officials clash with Trump administration over canal claims

Oil Brokerage hires former oil major man to head freight derivatives in US

OSM Thome hires former Grieg Green chief Pia Meling to run new division

Seacon Shipping hires ex-ExxonMobil freight trader for tanker desk

Houthis release Galaxy Leader crew 14 months after hijacking of ship sparked Red Sea crisis

Engineer plans to scrap ships like sliced bread and rescue European steel industry

Shipping veterans launch new investment manager Zeaside Capital Partners

George Economou-backed tanker venture goes live with first vessel on the water

Dry cargo chartering broker leaves Hartland Shipping to join SSY

Steem1960 adds four brokers after training programme success

Stephenson Harwood targets Greek expansion as it hands Dora Mace-Kokota new role

Grieg promotes Hege Leirfall Ingebrigtsen to top role

Kristian Siem buys bankrupt Petter Olsen’s childhood home for bargain price

Zim braced for profit slump as Red Sea return expected to hit second half

Navigator to remove joint-venture director after arrest in Pertamina fraud probe

Navigator sees profit rise as it begins to fix out ethylene carrier newbuildings

Russian missile attack on Odesa kills four seafarers

Echoes of 2008: Record container ship orderbook with long lead times mirror pre-crash boom

Ukraine-Russia ceasefire opens door for ‘maximum pressure’ on Iran

Business Focus

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Will Donald Trump’s ‘drill, baby, drill’ policy make him a knight in shining armour for tanker owners?

Ammonia will follow in footsteps of established gas shipping markets, Adnoc L&S executive says

‘Wild card’ market: Why owners have ‘hedged their bets’ with very large ammonia carriers

China’s economic slowdown raises questions for tankers

Why tankers carrying dirty cargoes are lagging on uptake of alternative fuels

Survival of the fittest: How ship recyclers and cash buyers are surviving the big squeeze

Owners circulating shadow fleet VLCCs for demolition as sanctions put Chinese imports under pressure

Can shipping’s green recycling ambitions survive the downturn?

When will Gianluigi Aponte pull the trigger on a demolition derby?

Cruise industry’s newbuilding revival focuses on big ships like never before

How China has taken a generational grip on the global shipbuilding industry

Japanese shipbuilders eye new breed of vessels as they play catch-up on global stage

Big hitters forecast further consolidation in fragmented ship management market

Giants make Greece a springboard for third-party ship management

The big picture: Ship managers look outside maritime to diversify operations

Dark fleet rises: How shadow ships serving Russia, Iran and Venezuela are adding cost and stress to ship managers

Family ties: German ship management giant forged as Zeaborn morphs into Wilhelmsen Ahrenkiel

‘There will be more M&A,’ says ship management veteran Carl Schou as he eyes retirement

Future-proofing: Four factors shaping the next generation of LNG carriers

Floating LNG starts to come of age as in-service units show results

Pollution fund urges rapid probes for oil spills from unsafe tankers

Angelicoussis sells two oldest capesize bulkers to Sharma-backed Lila Global

Baumarine pool adds upside for S’Hail Shipping through fixed-hire switches

Zim logs $2.15bn profit in ‘exceptional’ turnaround year

Arrested master of burning North Sea container ship identified as Russian national

Houthi attacks or not, shipping still steering clear of Red Sea

Sustainability

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Odfjell makes first tanker suction-sail move in Bound4blue deal

Wan Hai weighs $240m LNG fuel switch for methanol-ready container ships

Eastern Pacific teams up with DongHwa Entec on high-pressure compressor for LNG boil-off gas

Ship speeds at all-time lows as industry slow-steams towards green goals, Clarksons data shows

Livanos and Vardinoyiannis-backed firms team up on bunkering partnership

AET to retrofit lightering support vessel with marine batteries

MOL acquires Dutch bulk liquid storage company LBC Tank Terminals

Wavelength podcast: Reaction to Fredriksen selling Golden Ocean

Zero-emission ultramax bulkers get closer to reality as class societies grant approval

Trump’s assault on DEI hasn’t cancelled diversity efforts in shipping

MOL completes first step to building fleet of green ‘power plant’ ships

Women leave leadership waiting room as shipping’s diversity drive threatens to stall

Women in Green Shipping network hits London with biggest meeting to date

Norwegian shipowners and government sign declaration for gender equality

Greek shipowners warn Brussels over going solo in green drive

Europe bans trio of ships after nine detentions in three years

LNG dominates alternative-fuelled newbuildings uptake in February, DNV says

IMO headed for ‘difficult discussions’ as shipping and green groups call for carbon progress

Carbon reduction alliance Zemba issues second e-fuel focused tender

EU court criticises lax enforcement as ships slip through pollution net

Major shareholder in owner of the stricken Solong ordering new ships

Second elderly LNG carrier of 2025 sold for demolition as sales candidates ratchet up

Eastern Pacific clears out capesize bulker brace as it takes delivery of newbuildings

Houthi rebels restate threat against Israeli shipping

Investors price in CMB.Tech-Golden Ocean merger after Saverys swoop for Fredriksen stake

Stena reveals new bond sale as liquidity hits $1.8bn

Insurance

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American Club boosts premium income from ‘virtually unchanged’ renewal tonnage

London Club takes fight to larger rivals with increase in tonnage

NorthStandard targets $1bn premium goal after reversing renewal vessel losses

Marine Alliance adds London base with takeover of third insurance broker

UK P&I Club reveals tonnage tonic as shipowners lock down renewal contracts

UK P&I’s Greece boss Sean Geraghty takes on claims director role

Uni-Fuels US IPO raises further $1.26m, drumming up $9.7m in total

No change for now in Red Sea high-risk areas, say insurers

UK’s top court to rule on deadly container ship explosion

‘Trump 2.0’ dominates the talk at annual Greek-Norwegian ship forum

Warships, submarines and drones to protect Baltic infrastructure after ship sabotage

US sanctions sting will create ‘fly-by-night’ maritime insurance market, claims Russian insurer

Armed gangs turn to crew hostage-taking as negotiating tactic

US and UK team up to fight Putin’s fleet of shadow ships

Lloyd’s of London boss John Neal exits for Aon

Biden swings sanctions sledgehammer in 180-ship crackdown on shadow fleet

West acquires Nordic marine specialist in diversification drive

‘Threat to safe shipping’: How 80% of blacklisted vessels trade with unknown insurance

UK honours senior Wista figure for diversity work

American Club files $3.4m claim against owners of grounded cargo ship

Ship Management

Columbia brings in OSM Thome executive as crewing boss after Faouzi Fradi leaves

'Wild uncertainty' stalling term tanker deals, broker Braemar says

Yang Ming profit surges to $2bn amid ‘significant uncertainties’ ahead

Sohmen-Pao's BW Group buys $6.6m Hafnia shares as stock slump deepens

Odfjell makes first tanker suction-sail move in Bound4blue deal

Wan Hai weighs $240m LNG fuel switch for methanol-ready container ships

LNG

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Trio of Russian LNG cargoes head towards Asia after ship-to-ship transfers

DNB charts shipping forecast with ‘geopolitical uncertainty at a completely different level’

US FLNG project developer Delfin Midstream wins export licence extension

LNG trade set to double by 2050 transforming gas trades, exporting nations say

LNG-fuel retrofit market may emerge as gap-filler to greener options, Lloyd’s Register says

Venture Global fires up final investment decision process for third US LNG project

Dynagas LNG Partners offers no vessel availability until 2028

LNG dominates alternative-fuelled newbuildings uptake in February, DNV says

SEA-LNG broadens board expertise with fresh faces from supply and shipowner sectors

Excelerate Energy poised to buy LNG carrier as first FSRU conversion candidate

Shipping on tenterhooks after draft US order proposes to pile more fees on industry

VIEWPOINT

‘You’re only supposed to blow the bloody doors off’: Trump, China and shipbuilding

UK removes Turkish ship manager from Russia sanctions list

Ship Management

Hong Kong-based Caravel Group buys Indian seafarer training institute

Trump’s shipyards comments ‘a monumental moment’ for US builders

My experience as a seafarer makes me fear crew fatigue was a factor in North Sea disaster

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