Greece
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Dry Cargo
Safe Bulkers amends DVB Bank credit facility
Safe Bulkers has continued to tweak its repayment schedules by amending its loan with DVB Bank, under which $101.2m is…
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Europe
Tsipras calls for further Chinese maritime investment
Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras has used his state visit to China to try and drum up more maritime investments,…
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Americas
Cargill takes another Alpha Bulkers capesize on period charter
Cargill has taken a capesize bulk carrier owned by Alpha Bulkers on period charter for the second time in just…
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Bunkering
Greek owner commits suicide
A well-known Greek shipowner shot himself dead over the weekend. Kyriakos Mamidakis was found dead at his home near Athens…
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Dry Cargo
Empire Navigation buys three bulkers
Greece’s Empire Navigation has been busy in the S&P markets with three ship acquisitions in the past week coming to…
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Asia
Dire conditions reported onboard stranded Greek bulker off India
Local seafaring unions in India are asking for help to assist the crew on the handy bulk carrier , which…
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Europe
Piraeus port deal hits a snag
China Cosco Shipping has claimed the Piraeus port sale submitted to parliament in Athens is not the same as what…
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Dry Cargo
Star Bulk gets extra breathing space from banks
Embattled Star Bulk has won a two-month extra standstill agreement from its banks. The line, which has offloaded nine ships…
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Americas
SwissMarine charters Diana panamax
Geneva-based SwissMarine Services has booked Diana Shipping’s panamax Crystalia (77,525 dwt, built 2014) on an 11- to 14-month timecharter. The…
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Americas
Alpha Bulkers capesize fixed on timecharter at decent rate
Today saw a rare capesize period fixture on a day in which the Baltic Dry Index advance by 13 points…
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Europe
Another charter extension for NewLead bitumen tanker
The unnamed charterer of the NewLead Granadino (5,887 dwt, built 2009) has extended the contract for a second time for…
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Asia
Kyklades sells suezmax for $20m
Mumbai-based Aza Shipping is paying Greece’s Kyklades Maritime Corp $20m for a 16-year-old tanker, the 150,709 dwt , according to…
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Americas
TEN’s new aframax begins long-term charter to Statoil
The 112,700-dwt Elias Tsakos has been delivered to Tsakos Energy Navigation from Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries and is to commence a long-term…
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Americas
Owner, operator and engineers convicted over bulker’s dumping of oily waste
The owner and the operator of a Greek bulk carrier have been convicted in US District Court in Seattle of…
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Americas
Freeseas rubbishes claims of majority buy-out
Freeseas has rubbished claims that Havensight Capital is to launch a tender to acquire an 85% stake in the company,…
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Americas
Star Bulk plans reverse stock split
Star Bulk has become the latest listed shipping company to perform a reverse split of its stock to boost the…
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Bunkering
Arista Shipping: ‘Setting the bar high for others to follow’
There’s a quote on the homepage of Arista Shipping that sums up the pioneering attitude of this Greek shipowner. “Quality…
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Containers
Box Ships delays debt repayments
Box Ships has announced it has reached agreements with two banks to delay the repayments of its debts. The company…
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Americas
Bank waives Paragon Shipping’s debt
Paragon Shipping has entered into an agreement with Unicredit Bank, the last of its credit lenders, which will discharge the…
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Americas
Diana Containerships fixes post-panamax to SeaGo Line
Diana Containerships has fixed its post-panamax boxship March (5,576 teu, built 2004) to SeaGo Line for seven to 12 months.…
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