Euroseas 'discussing' new acquisitions Greek owner sees better prospects in both its sectors but is leaning towards adding boxships
Euphoric cape market reported as earnings rise 18% Earnings boosted by strong activity from Brazil, Australia and South Africa
Navios tanker arm sees red in second quarter Results marked by impairment loss on Navios Midstream investment and lower charter rates
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VLGC earnings drop further as US-Asia arbitrage fails to open Panama Canal approves higher transit fees for gas carriers, further clouding prospects
Long range product tankers boosted by naphtha and diesel trades Earnings of LRs near year-to-date high on Asian fuel demand, refinery outages
Yang Ming continues to shrink its losses Volumes rise 6.8% in second quarter
UK Ship Register selects deputy director As yet unnamed official does not come from a UK government position
DHT bets on US crude exports benefiting tankers New York-listed owner expects more shipments from the Atlantic moving to the Pacific, helping rates
A gift that goes on giving You cannot just design ships and their equipment without considering the people who will operate them
Five Most Read: Korea unites South Korean container carriers align as dry bulk and crude markets keep growing
Euronav revamps dividend to have fixed and variable components Move comes amid strong balance sheet and significant changes to company's tanker market outlook
Epic Gas posts wider second-quarter net loss But company seeing green shoots in the LPG transportation sector with signs of a recovery from record low market levels
Wilh. Wilhelmsen net profit hit by WWL merger Group incurs $267m accounting loss related to the WWL merger deal
Vale offloads two valemaxes to Bocomm and closes in on two more Shandong Shipping expected to lease ships as Brazilian mining giant offloads vessels to boost its balance sheet and focus on...
NAT boosts time charter deals with Shell to three Two new time charters both have a duration of 18 months
Qatar crisis yet to shake LNG carrier demand LNG shipping outlook in graphs: Booming LNG trades support tanker demand despite rapid fleet growth
US coal exports to bolster dry bulk shipping recovery Demand continues to grow in Europe as well as East Asia
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Will NAT's dividend-in-kind be the new norm? Nordic American Tankers boss Herbjorn Hansson leaves no stone unturned in his quest to keep dividend streak alive
'Challenging' market hits Aegean's profit But independent bunker supplier sees improvement from first quarter in volumes and margin.
SemGroup targets mid-2018 for suezmax dock US energy logistics firm also plans for additional crude oil storage at marine terminal.
NOAA sees higher odds of Atlantic hurricanes Mid-year update sees 'above-normal' probability of hurricanes in Atlantic Basin.
Navios Acquisition targets boost in tanker charter coverage New York-listed shipowner aims to use fourth quarter to boost 2018 time-charter coverage to two thirds of fleet.
Conti-Lines behind Navision bulker purchase
Vietnam takes another Team Tankers vessel
Thor Dahl unveils big writedown
Seaspan flips ships to pocket $16.4m Four panamax vessels bought for $5.6m each eight months ago have been sold for $9.7m apiece
More Polaris VLOCs head for repairs
SWS' Valemax losses serve as a warning
EU cash incentives needed to address recycling issues
Shipping Bank sells sole LPG tanker for demolition
Gener8 ships heading for 'green' Bangladesh Suezmaxes sold for green recycling in country that has so far made little progress improving safety and environmental standards
Surfing at sea is not the same as logging on at your local cafe One thing is for certain: crew demand for reliable, private connectivity is strong and will continue to grow, says Gregor Ross, Globecomm Maritime sales and marketing director, Europe
Empire offloads its oldest ship
Poor market spoils charity vessel plans
SM Line tally of boxship buys swells further
Westfal-Larsen improves but is still in the red
Cape orders feeder boxships at Ouhua
Socatra lines up order for series of new MR tankers French owner signs LOIs for up to four vessels each in South Korea and China
Talks start on Tangguh Train 3 LNG ship needs
Departure date slides back for Golar's first FLNG unit Developer takes advantage of remaining in yard to complete more commissioning work
Kogas seeks partners in quest to crack FSRU sector
LNG bunker barge delivery nudged into Q4
Gas Natural tipped for MSC cruiseships LNG supply job Spanish utility's LNG bunkering ambitions revealed as it steams into the gas fuelling arena
OSV players see small rise in working rigs
Hornbeck urges fellow owners to resist the 'illusion of utilisation' HOS boss warns it makes no sense to reactivate ships for a day rate that does not cover expenses and says shipowners working hard to 'refresh' their balance sheets are the ones to worry about
DNV GL 'flying squad' saves time and money in Game of Drones Cheap technology scores high-value win in class society's first inspection at sea
Car carrier player Hoegh hits reverse
Bariba left with two bulkers after supramax sale
Tschudi sees sharp increase in its red ink
Helios fixes gas carrier to IOC in rare one-year deal
Grounded self-discharging bulker shuts St Marys River Traffic halted on leg of Saint Lawrence Seaway as Rand Logistics prepares salvage plan.
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U.S. Navy issues solicitation to haul damaged Fitzgerald back to United States The U.S. Navy is looking to haul the USS Fitzgerald , a guided missile destroyer severely damaged in June during a collision with a contain...
Hub Group launches shipment tracking tool Oakbrook, Ill.-based Hub Group, a multi-modal transportation management company, launched a new tool to provide customers with shipment vis...
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Port Panama City prepares for growth Photo: Port Panama City Phase 1 rendering of the new forest products terminal Port Panama City along Florida's panhandle is gearing up for ...
Yang Ming reports smaller loss in Q2 2017 Yang Ming Marine Transport in the second quarter of 2017 posted a net loss of 445 million new Taiwan dollars (U.S. $14.7 million), a 90 per...
NTSB adds documents to El Faro investigation docket The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has filed additional material to the accident docket of the 2015 sinking of the cargo ship ...
WiseTech Global acquires Oceania tariff data company The global logistics software provider WiseTech Global has acquired Digerati, a provider of tariff research and compliance tools used by th...
MGN uses SimpliShip API integration The domestic transportation management systems provider MGN Logistics will integrate with the international freight rate marketplace Simpli...
RUSSIA DATA: Jan-July crude, product port throughput up 11% on year Russian commercial ports handled 244 million mt of liquid bulk, including crude, oil products and LNG, in January-July, up 11.1% year on year, the Association of Russian Commercial Seaports said Thursday.
Bangladesh BPC to import 1.37 mil mt of gasoil, jet fuel, HSFO in H2 2017 term deal State-run Bangladesh Petroleum Corp. will import around 1.37 million mt of 0.05% sulfur gasoil, A-1 jet fuel and 180 CST high sulfur fuel oil combined at lower premiums under a term deal with Asian suppliers, a senior BPC official told S&P Global Platts Thursday.
ICE Brent October/November backwardation steepens Oil futures weakened Thursday as prices backed off intraday highs into negative territory, while ICE Brent's backwardation steepened at the front end of the curve.
Black Sea-Med Handysize freight at 4-month high post-refinery turnarounds The freight rate to carry a 30,000 mt fuel oil stem on a Handysize vessel from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean region has reached a four-month high of $13.53/mt, equivalent to Worldscale 170.
ARA fuel oil inventories fall 20% on week on VLCC loading Fuel oil inventories in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp region fell by 194,000 mt, or 20%, to 799,000 mt in the week ended Thursday, PJK data showed.
High aluminum, silicon levels found in Fujairah bunker fuel: FOBAS Marine fuel oil testing services company Fuel Oil Bunkering Analysis and Advisory Service has found a high level of aluminum and silicon (Al+Si/catfines) from bunker fuel samples taken at Fujairah last week, the company said in a client note Wednesday.
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UAE's Gulf Petrol Supplies targets bunker sales growth of 20% in 2017 UAE-based Gulf Petrol Supplies aims to grow its bunker fuel sales by about 20% to 1.2 million mt this year by expanding its physical and back-to-back trading operations globally, Gaurav Dwivedi, GPS Bunkers's GM - Trading told S&P Global Platts late Wednesday.
Low sulfur fuel oil glut persists on low Med demand, strong sweet margins Refineries taking advantage of strong sweet crude margins.
Crude steady as exuberance over EIA stocks data wears off Investors watching for further developments in the stand-off between the US and North Korea.
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