Shipping

Diana Shipping Inc. extends time charter contract for m/v Melia with Nidera.

Key Asian routes are seeing surging freight rates for large capesize cargo vessels.

Navis announces Bluetracker is launching a MRV module that includes data validation and plausibility checks to ensure compliance with data quality of MRV reports.

Golden Ocean Group Ltd enters into agreements to acquire 16 modern dry bulk vessels in an all-share transaction.

Amsterdam-based shipping company Spliethoff has placed an order for six multipurpose vessels at the Zhejiang Ouhua Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., shipyard in China.

The Symphony Provider is one of two ECOBOX DP2 vessels that will be delivered to Symphony Shipping.

The company has announced successful completion of its first shipment from the Baobab Phosphate Project in the Republic of Senegal.

According to the Ukrainian Grain Association, the volume of grain exports from Russia totalled 24.551 million t since that start of 2016/17 MY.

The company has announced the acquisition of two modern kansarmax vessels and the delivery of one newcastlemax vessel.

Diana Shipping Inc. announces time charter contracts for m/v Philadelphia with Koch and m/v Calipso with Transgrain.

The following financial review discusses the results for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015.

The US Department of Justice has approved the establishment of G2 Ocean.

Algoma Central Corp. and Nova Marine Carriers SA to partner for a new venture in global short-sea shipping.

The Board of Directors of Pacific Basin Shipping Ltd has announced the results of the company and its subsidiaries for the year ended 31 December 2016.

Diana Shipping Inc. has announced a direct continuation of the time charter contract for m/v Polymnia with Cargill International.