New York-listed SEACOR Marine has disclosed agreements to offload a pair of liftboats for $76m.

Japanese shipping giant Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK Line) has officially named its newly build very large gas carrier (VLGC), the Luna Pathfinder, in a ceremony held on August 5 at the Sakaide Works of Kawasaki Heavy Industries.

Premuda, the Italian shipping company founded in 1907, has secured over $100m financial support for fleet growth and management buy-out. ING Italia has publicized the completion of two important financial transactions in support of Premuda.

Nikolas D. Pateras-led Contships Logistics Corp. has a positive outlook for the feeder containership size segment,

New York-listed drybulk shipowner Genco Shipping & Trading Limited is buying a modern Imabari built capesize vessel as part of the company’s growth strategy to further modernize its “asset base” and improve its “earnings capacity.”

The Kremlin has accused Britain of plotting “mass raids” on Russia’s “shadow fleet” in a bid to use media coverage to pressure the US to take secondary sanctions on Moscow’s energy buyers.