Greece
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Dry Cargo
Diana Shipping ships out capesize to spinoff OceanPal in $22m deal
Greek bulker owner Diana Shipping has struck a deal to sell its 2005-built capesize to its Nasdaq-listed spinoff OceanPal. The…
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Tankers
Iran’s tanker spat with Greece nears conclusion
Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organisation (PMO) said on Tuesday the Iranian-flagged ship seized in April by Greece has been freed…
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Tankers
Jens Martin Jensen leaves John Fredriksen’s Seatankers for second stint at Athenian Holdings
Jens Martin Jensen has left shipping magnate John Fredriksen’s Seatankers Management and rejoined Kyriakou family-controlled Greek shipowner Athenian Holdings as…
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Contributions
Posidonia stereotypes
Jon Chaplin from GMS identifies many characters from Greece’s most famous shipping show. Lunchidonia As in: “Piers mate, it’s Jonno…
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Contributions
Why Greek shipping will continue to thrive
Simon Ward from Greece’s Ursa Shipbrokers takes issue with a recent column penned by Andrew Craig-Bennett. About this time last…
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Europe
Reflections on Posidonia 2022
I’ll admit to a sensory overload and greater exhaustion than normal after attending my first shipping events in more than…
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Gas
GasLog to outfit LNG carrier newbuilds with carbon capture tech
Greek liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipping player GasLog has teamed up with South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME)…
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Gas
Maran Gas in for more DSME LNG carriers
Maria Angelicoussis-led Maran Gas, a gas shipping unit of Greece’s Angelicoussis Shipping Group, has placed a new order at South…
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Tankers
Greece’s tanker spat with Iran takes a twist with latest court ruling
A Greek appeal court on Wednesday overturned an earlier court ruling that allowed the confiscation by the United States of…
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Contributions
The futility of sanctions
It’s been one of the big talking points this week at Posidonia. Santosh Patil adds his thoughts to the sanctions…
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Dry Cargo
Moundreas swoops for ageing cape
Greece’s Moundreas family has dived into a busy secondhand market for dry bulkers with the purchase of one more capesize,…
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Contributions
Piraeus in the spotlight
Under the control of Cosco since 2009, Piraeus has become the Mediterranean’s top port. As part of Splash’s new Mediterranean…
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Bunkering
Sing Fuels acquires Greek bunker broker Prime’s Bunkersplus Services
Singapore-headquartered energy trading firm Sing Fuels has struck a deal to acquire the assets of Athens-based bunker-buying management service Prime’s…
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Europe
‘Disruption, disruption, disruption’: TradeWinds Posidonia event hears the views of top owners
Geopolitics, supply chain disruptions, regulations, market outlook and uncertainties were themes that dominated the final session of the TradeWinds Shipowners…
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Containers
Capital Product Partners snaps up four ships in $597m deal
Capital Product Partners (CPLP) has exercised options to purchase three containerships and one liquified natural gas (LNG) carrier under construction…
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Contributions
Athens as a maritime start-up hotbed
As is evident from the stands at the exhibition halls at Posidonia this week, Greek entrepreneurs are among the world…
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Europe
Greek owners decry sanctions
It was a case of standing room only at a packed room at the Astir Palace for the final session…
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Europe
Greek PM lays out his vision for European shipping
Greek prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis presided yesterday over the official opening of Posidonia 2022, during which he revealed he has…
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Contributions
What Athens must do to improve its global maritime standing
Continuing extracts from this week’s newly published Mediterranean Hubs magazine printed by Splash and distributed at Posidonia, today’s instalment focuses…
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Dry Cargo
OceanPal charters out capesize at more than double the previous rate
Diana Shipping’s Nasdaq-listed spinoff OceanPal has struck a time charter deal with Koch Shipping for its capesize dry bulk vessel,…
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