AD Ports Group has more than doubled its first quarter earnings compared to Q1 2023, with a 22% uplift on a like-for-like basis.

Despite robust new loan generation as 2023 progressed, at the dawn of 2024 bank lending to Greek shipowners was down reported the 23rd annual analysis by Petrofin Research of bank lending to Greek shipping companies.

Tankers, dry bulk vessels, container ships, chemical tankers and offshore wind vessels all contributed to the first results from a new-look Euronav.

Intermarine has moved into bulk shipping services under the new brand Intermarine Bulk Carriers.

The dry bulk shipping sector should embrace the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) agenda, Intercargo said in its first ESG review.

A Houthi missile struck the bulk carrier Cyclades, while another MSC containership linked to Zodiac Maritime has been fired upon.

Lately, it seems that ocean shipping only gets into the news when its cargo is drama such as allisions with bridges, or vessel seizures, for example.