Cyprus.
War Risks, Emerging Fuels and Personal Service: Alexandros Vourgos on Charting Aphentrica’s Next Chapter
In an era defined by global broker consolidation, volatile trading corridors and rapid regulatory transformation, the core value of specialist marine insurance broking is undergoing a profound test.…
Island Oil Group Highlights People, Governance and Sustainability Progress in 2025 ESG Report
Island Oil Group has released its 2025 ESG Report, presenting the Group’s latest progress across environmental, social and governance priorities and outlining the steps taken to further integrate…
CSN Summer Holidays: 12 to 21 August 2026
Dear CSN Readers, Please note that the CSN office will be dropping anchor for a short summer break between the 12th and 21st of August 2026. During this period, our daily news updates will be paused…
Exclusive CSN Interview: Kratinos Socratous on the Evolution of Capo Bay Hotel and the destination’s branding as ‘Protaras Riviera’
Welcome to a special feature on Cyprus Shipping News. While our daily focus remains on the maritime and shipping sectors, the broader economic resilience of our island is closely tied to the…
Greece.
Statement of the President of the Union of Greek Shipowners UGS, Melina Travlos, ahead of the next round of negotiations on maritime decarbonisation at the IMO London, 1-4/9/2026
“Climate change is a reality that we are experiencing with ever-increasing intensity. The growing frequency of extreme weather events makes the substantial reduction of greenhouse gas emissions an…
Diana Shipping announces Time Charter Contract for m/v Florida with NYK
Diana Shipping, a global shipping company specializing in the ownership and bareboat charter-in of dry bulk vessels, today announced that, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, it has entered…
Diana Shipping and Star Bulk Carriers announce mutual agreement to terminate vessel sale and purchase agreement
Diana's Offer to Acquire All Outstanding Shares of Genco Remains on the Table Termination of Agreement Has No Impact on Diana’s $1.411 Billion in Committed Financing Nearly Eight Weeks Have Passed…
A new investment in state-of-the-art equipment to enhance productivity and improve service quality at the Thessaloniki port
Eight new hybrid Straddle Carriers, as part of the new growth phase of the Port of Thessaloniki, upgrade its service levels, storage capacity and energy efficiency. ThPA S.A. has received and is…
World.
Iran lets Iraqi oil tankers pass Hormuz as Trump claims “total control”
Iran has granted permission for a number of Iraqi oil tankers to transit the Strait of Hormuz following repeated requests from Baghdad, state news agency IRNA reported on Saturday. The concession…
Strategic changes in a key crude oil shipping lane as unrest continues
Iran has granted special permits to some Iraqi oil tankers seeking to pass through the Strait of Hormuz. With passage through the Strait of Hormuz,…
IIno Lines announced delivery of LPG-Dual-Fuel Ice-Class VLGC “LUMI AURORA”
IINO Kaiun Kaisha, Ltd announce that "LUMI AURORA," an LPG dual-fuel Ice Class Very Large Gas Carrier (VLGC, the "Vessel") was delivered at Hanwha…
Syria’s tanker trade: what the data shows
AXSMarine TradeFlows, load and discharge sides · Wet cargo only · January–July 2025 against January–July 2026 · Extract dated 17 August 2026.Barrels,…
Crowley, Port Houston connect Central America and the U.S. Gulf with new Weekly Shipping Service
Crowley, a global leader in logistics, marine and energy solutions, today announced a new weekly container service connecting Port Houston to Santo…
Asia-US container rates rise, tanker rates ex-USG steady; Panama Canal lowers draft limits
Rates for shipping containers from east Asia and China to the US were mostly higher, liquid…
Dry Bulk Market: Capesizes Showing Signs of Strength
Capesize The market delivered a mixed but broadly resilient performance, with the Pacific…
The Swedish Club reports strong financial performance amid challenging market conditions
The Swedish Club has reported a strong and disciplined financial performance for the first half of…
MOL lease 4 Berths at newly completed Kobe International Container Terminal new facility will become one of Japan’s largest container terminals
Driving Smarter, Safer Terminal Operations Through Digital Transformation Mitsui O.S.K. Lines,…
60 days of a broken US-Iran MoU: the market stopped waiting for Hormuz
The 60-day window under the Islamabad MoU lapsed on 17 August with no deal, no extension, and no…
Crude markets underpricing an impending supply tightness
For a brief window in mid-July, global crude markets looked well-supplied. After the US-Iran MoU…
Iran lets Iraqi oil tankers pass Hormuz as Trump claims “total control”
Iran has granted permission for a number of Iraqi oil tankers to transit the Strait of Hormuz following repeated requests from Baghdad, state news agency IRNA reported on Saturday. The concession…
Strategic changes in a key crude oil shipping lane as unrest continues
Iran has granted special permits to some Iraqi oil tankers seeking to pass through the Strait of…
IIno Lines announced delivery of LPG-Dual-Fuel Ice-Class VLGC “LUMI AURORA”
IINO Kaiun Kaisha, Ltd announce that "LUMI AURORA," an LPG dual-fuel Ice Class Very Large Gas…
Syria’s tanker trade: what the data shows
AXSMarine TradeFlows, load and discharge sides · Wet cargo only · January–July 2025 against…
Crowley, Port Houston connect Central America and the U.S. Gulf with new Weekly Shipping Service
Crowley, a global leader in logistics, marine and energy solutions, today announced a new weekly…
Asia-US container rates rise, tanker rates ex-USG steady; Panama Canal lowers draft limits
Rates for shipping containers from east Asia and China to the US were mostly higher, liquid…
Dry Bulk Market: Capesizes Showing Signs of Strength
Capesize The market delivered a mixed but broadly resilient performance, with the Pacific…
The Swedish Club reports strong financial performance amid challenging market conditions
The Swedish Club has reported a strong and disciplined financial performance for the first half of…
MOL lease 4 Berths at newly completed Kobe International Container Terminal new facility will become one of Japan’s largest container terminals
Driving Smarter, Safer Terminal Operations Through Digital Transformation Mitsui O.S.K. Lines,…
60 days of a broken US-Iran MoU: the market stopped waiting for Hormuz
The 60-day window under the Islamabad MoU lapsed on 17 August with no deal, no extension, and no…
Crude markets underpricing an impending supply tightness
For a brief window in mid-July, global crude markets looked well-supplied. After the US-Iran MoU…
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22 Sept 2026
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19 Nov 2026
Technical.
Lone Star Funds completes sale of Vigor Marine Group
Lone Star Funds announced that an affiliate of Lone Star Fund XI, L.P. has completed the sale of Vigor Marine Group, a provider of maintenance, repair and overhaul services, as well as marine fabrication and services to the naval, defense and commercial maritime sectors in the United States, to Antin Infrastructure Partners. Based in Portland, Oregon, Vigor Marine Group operates shipyard and…
HD Hyundai pursues U.S. Shipyard Acquisition
HD Hyundai establishes HD Hyundai USA, Negotiating U.S. Shipyard Stakes to Tap MASGA Opportunities Under Executive Vice Chairman Chung Kisun…
MacGregor advances direct ship-to-well LCO₂ transfer, built on 50 years of proven bow-loading technology
New Bow Transfer System enables flexible, direct connection between LCO₂ carriers and offshore injection sites, removing the need for costly onshore buffer and conditioning facilities MacGregor has…
EcoStone Solutions launches manufacturer-independent service for shipboard environmental systems
Genoa-based company combines independent, mixed OEM aftersales support with access to Bluestone Group’s global engineering and turnkey retrofit capability EcoStone Solutions has launched as a new…
Lehmann Marine Powers Germany’s next-gen research vessel for the German Aerospace Center DLR
Lehmann Marine, a Sunlight Group company and specialist in maritime energy storage, has secured the debut commercial order for its newly developed AQUBE liquid-cooled battery sys- tem. The…
MacGregor to supply proven 165-tonne AHC crane for Ulstein SX121 newbuild
MacGregor has secured a contract to supply a 165-tonne active heave compensated crane for a newbuild Ulstein SX121 vessel ordered by Jan De Nul and under construction at China Merchants Heavy…
Lone Star Funds completes sale of Vigor Marine Group
Lone Star Funds announced that an affiliate of Lone Star Fund XI, L.P. has completed the sale of Vigor Marine Group, a provider of maintenance, repair and overhaul services, as well as marine…
HD Hyundai pursues U.S. Shipyard Acquisition
HD Hyundai establishes HD Hyundai USA, Negotiating U.S. Shipyard Stakes to Tap MASGA Opportunities Under Executive Vice Chairman Chung Kisun Analysts say that HD Hyundai is accelerating its…
GenFlat and Group Global One Launch Collapsible Container Trial in Vietnam
Trial will evaluate GenFlat’s collapsible container technology in one of Southeast Asia’s…
MacGregor advances direct ship-to-well LCO₂ transfer, built on 50 years of proven bow-loading technology
New Bow Transfer System enables flexible, direct connection between LCO₂ carriers and offshore…
EcoStone Solutions launches manufacturer-independent service for shipboard environmental systems
Genoa-based company combines independent, mixed OEM aftersales support with access to Bluestone…
Lehmann Marine Powers Germany’s next-gen research vessel for the German Aerospace Center DLR
Lehmann Marine, a Sunlight Group company and specialist in maritime energy storage, has secured…
Digitalisation.
SES expands into Global Direct-to-Device Services through strategic collaboration with Elveo Mobile
Elveo unites the heritage of two pioneers in direct-to-device (D2D) services and will deliver mobile connectivity from space to mobile phones, devices and machines around the world. SES, a global leader in space solutions, announced an expanded strategic investment and collaboration with Elveo Mobile (Elveo), the new company created through the completion of the Lynk and Omnispace merger. Elveo…
Telenor selects Vodafone to manage its international voice operations across Nordic markets and Maritime
Telenor and Vodafone Procure & Connect today announced an agreement for Vodafone to manage Telenor’s international voice operations, currently…
Gilat signs $14 Million agreement to expand Broadband Internet Access in Peru
Digital inclusion project to extend connectivity to public institutions and expand access to essential services across underserved communities Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd., a worldwide leader in…
Dualog replaces Slack and Teams with Workspace, the platform it built for shipping
Maritime software provider Dualog has moved all of its internal messaging and file sharing from Slack and Teams to Workspace, the ship-shore collaboration platform it recently introduced to shipping…
Starcloud raises $250 Million at $2.3 Billion Valuation to scale AI with Orbital Data Centers
Manhattan West leads, with participation from NVIDIA, Cisco Investments, Benchmark, and EQT, as Starcloud and NVIDIA collaborate on the NVIDIA Space-1 Vera Rubin Module Starcloud, the company…
Slingshot Portal User Base grows more than 400% as Slingshot expands AI-Powered Space operations capabilities
Portal surpasses 630 users as Slingshot introduces AI-driven collision avoidance, high-fidelity tracking and advances on-demand intelligence. Slingshot Aerospace, the leader in Space Operations…
Energy.
Nuclear maritime investing: SMR stocks and LNG shipping in a shifting energy landscape
When one of America’s largest LNG export hubs formally endorses nuclear-powered shipping, it is not a press release — it is a policy signal that reprices an entire asset class. The Port of Corpus Christi’s alignment with nuclear maritime propulsion marks the moment a fringe technology debate became a mainstream infrastructure question, and for investors positioned correctly, the timing could not…
Oil majors pile in on Americas projects to plug production gap
The world’s major oil companies are sharpening their focus on Americas oil and gas projects and tightening their belts for future price volatility…
Equinor and Uniper sign 15-year gas sales agreement for supplies to Germany
Equinor and the energy company Uniper have signed a 15-year agreement for supplies of natural gas to Germany. Under the agreement, Equinor will deliver more than 30 TWh of natural gas per year to…
Pakistan’s oil refiners set to export 185,000 mt of fuel oil in August
Pakistan’s oil refineries have received regulatory approval to export about 185,000 metric tons of fuel oil in August, while maintaining adequate strategic reserves to meet the needs of the…
Baltica 2 reaches major milestone with completion of 111 monopile installations
Van Oord has successfully installed all 111 monopiles for the Baltica 2 wind farm in Poland, including 107 for wind turbines and 4 for offshore substations. Delivered safely and on schedule,…
The global diesel crunch: Russia’s refinery crisis meets Middle East turmoil
The global refined products market is being squeezed by two major disruptions occurring simultaneously. In the Middle East, the escalation of the US-Iran conflict and the effective closure of the…
Yachts & Cruises.
Oceania Cruises® Spotlights longer voyages as the ultimate way to explore the world
As luxury travelers increasingly seek more meaningful ways to see the world, Oceania Cruises® is shining a spotlight on its portfolio of longer voyages, offering guests the opportunity to explore the…
Norwegian Cruise Line unveils new ways to unwind ,dine and vacation aboard the soon-to-debut Norwegian Aura™
The Company's Newest and Largest Ship Will Feature the Industry’s Most Expansive Thermal Spa Experience Designed for Relaxation and Rejuvenation; Tamara, NCL's First Specialty Indian Restaurant; and…
Critically endangered Elkhorn corals out planted to browns cay reefs as marine heatwave looms
32 nursery-grown elkhorn coral fragments outplanted near Browns Cay, bringing the programme total to 285 Further outplanting paused and fragments retained in underwater nurseries as marine heat…
MSC World Asia offer ultimate wellness escape at sea with a new comprehensive spa and beauty experiences
MSC Cruises unveils one of its most comprehensive spa and wellness offering to date aboard MSC World Asia Guests can experience everything from holistic thermal rituals to advanced wellness…
Events.
SMM 2026: It’s all about technology – and meeting the maritime world
Hamburg becomes the “place to be” for the international maritime community The countdown is on: In one week, SMM 2026 will open its doors. What the industry has developed over the past two years is now coming to Hamburg. Around 2,300 exhibitors, 50,000 participants and more than 90,000 m² of exhibition space across twelve halls will once again turn Hamburg into an international meeting place for…
Wind propulsion charts its biggest course yet through SMM 2026
Wind propulsion will have its largest-ever presence at the Shipbuilding, Machinery and Marine Technology trade fair in September, underlining the…
ICOMIA takes its World Marinas Conference to Mainland China for the first time
Shanghai hosting reflects the Chinese government's push to grow leisure yacht and marina infrastructure as a national economic priority. The 2027 ICOMIA World Marinas Conference (IWMC2027) will be…
Register Now for the 2nd Northern European Crewing Conference in Hamburg – 22 September 2026
“Crewing 5.0: Bridging the Gap Between Digital Efficiency and Human Reliability” REGISTER HERE Date: 22 September 2026 Time: 09:00-15:00 Venue: Hotel Hafen Hamburg - Elbkuppel The 2nd CSN Northern…
World Maritime Forum brings key fleet decisions together in Copenhagen
The two-day maritime conference will be held at Copenhagen’s AC Bella Sky Convention Center on 23-24 February 2027. World Maritime Forum 2027 is set to return to Copenhagen for a two-day gathering at…
The 4th CSN Mediterranean Crewing Conference – “The Regulatory Shield – RightShip’s RISQ & Crew Welfare Self-Assessment” by Martina Meinders, Managing Director – Marin Shipmanagement – VIDEO
The 4th CSN Mediterranean Crewing Conference - "The Regulatory Shield – RightShip’s RISQ & Crew Welfare Self-Assessment" by Martina Meinders, Managing Director - Marin Shipmanagement …
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