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.

Cairo-based shipowner United Marine Egypt (UME) is expanding in the bulk cargo market with an order at China’s New Dayang Shipbuilding for two bulkers.

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.

Anglo American has rejected a takeover bid from BHP, averting for now what would be the biggest shake-up in the mining sector in a decade, but analysts see a merger having limited impact on dry bulk shipping.