Four people died when a disgruntled former employee went on a shooting rampage at a shipping company in the southern Athens suburb of Glyfada on the morning of February 12.

Safety equipment manufacturer Survitec has received type approval for upgrades to its Dry Chemical Powder (DCP) fire extinguishing system to protect vessels using LNG and LPG fuel.

Finnish manufacturer Norsepower has signed the largest order for rotor sails, 18 units in total to install on three cargo vessels for Airbus.

Angela Chao, the CEO of US-based bulker owner Foremost Group, has died in a car accident.

Four people, including an owner of the vessel operator European Navigation have been shot dead in the southern Athens suburb of Glyfada.

QatarEnergy, which owns the world’s largest fleet of LNG carriers, has selected Nakilat (Qatar Gas Transport Company Limited) to own and operate up to 25 new LNG carriers of 174,000m3 to be built at shipyards in South Korea.

Furetank has ordered two more of its Vinga class tankers at China Merchants Jinling Shipyard, vessels which will complete its fleet renewal.

On the eve of Star Bulk Carriers’ full year results the Houthi Movement has launched a missile attack on the Star Iris, a panamax bulk carrier, in the Bab al-Mandeb straits, off Yemen.

The North American subsidiary of Agunsa, AGS Agunsa, has acquired a significant stake in the US maritime services firm AR Savage Company, as well as its operating and subsidiary companies.

Broekman Logistics has announced it is selling the port terminal Distriport in Oostenhaven, Port of Rotterdam, to its neighbour CLdN, the Belgian-Luxembourg maritime and logistics group of the Cigrang family.