Shipping

Four-nation shipping summit reflects targeted diplomatic push, says deputy minister Cyprus, Greece, Malta and Italy will meet in Limassol on September 9 for an expanded maritime cooperation meeting, with Italy taking ...

Limassol will host a meeting of the maritime ministers of Cyprus, Greece, Malta and Italy on September 9, 2026, the Cyprus Shipping Deputy Ministry has announced. The “Trilateral+1 Meeting” is scheduled to ...

Businesses and organisations from Cyprus and Croatia will come together in Limassol on September 25, 2026, for a business and innovation forum aimed at strengthening cross-border cooperation and creating new opportunities in ...

Merchant ships are now taking fire at both maritime gateways to the Middle East and in the Black Sea, leaving crews exposed across three of the world’s most important ...

DP World Limassol completed its annual two-month internship programme, giving four undergraduate students hands-on experience in port operations and the wider maritime sector. Now in its sixth consecutive year, the ...

Cyprus has renewed its efforts to attract shipowners to its flag, pointing to tax stability, its European Union status and a strong international inspection record as the registry continues to ...

Euroseas has placed much of its future income beyond the immediate reach of a fall in containership rates, securing contracts for more than 95 per cent of its available fleet days ...

The world notices shipping when fuel prices rise, cargo is delayed or goods become more expensive. Far less attention is paid to the people still on board, watching through the ...

International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez has condemned the deadly attack on the cargo ship Tihamah off Yemen, warning that continued violence against commercial vessels is endangering seafarers and ...

Nearly two-thirds of tanker crossings through the Strait of Hormuz since July 14 took place without active tracking signals, leaving oil traders, shipowners and regulators with an increasingly incomplete picture of ...

Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz fell to six on Monday, compared ​with a 10-day average of about 11 vessels, ‌shipping data showed, amid fading hopes of a peace deal ...

Shipping companies in Cyprus and Greece could face a radically different carbon bill depending on which of four rival proposals prevails at the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), with the options ...

EmissionLink managing director Philippos Ioulianou has called for fairer treatment of shipping under the proposed expansion of the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), warning against double charging and urging ...

Greek shipowner Semiramis Paliou has taken back OceanPal’s remaining fleet through an affiliated company, closing the shipping chapter of a business spun off from Diana Shipping less than five ...

Commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has all but stopped, with only two commodity vessels passing through the waterway on Wednesday, as negotiations over a new transit corridor struggle ...

Cyprus is set to introduce its first solar electric passenger vessels by April 2027 after the marine and maritime institute signed a cooperation agreement with Indian shipbuilder Navalt on Thursday. The ...

Eight leading maritime associations, including the International Chamber of Shipping headed by Cypriot secretary-general Thomas Kazakos, have urged the United Nations and the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to prevent the ...

A widening series of attacks on merchant vessels across the Strait of Hormuz, the Red Sea and the Black Sea is squeezing energy exports and raising the cost of moving ...

Cyprus may have built one of Europe’s largest shipping centres, but its next competitive test will be decided by the number of young people willing to build a life ...

Cypriot shipping executive Thomas Kazakos has taken the International Chamber of Shipping’s (ICS) campaign for a toll-free Strait of Hormuz to Bahrain’s Foreign Minister, as the industry steps ...

Island Oil will contribute towards a scholarship for a newly admitted University of Cyprus student joining the MA in Peace, Conflict and Democracy for the 2026/2027 academic year. The scholarship will ...

Limassol-based Lemissoler Navigation has named MV Lem Azalea and MV Lem Plumeria, the first two vessels in its four-ship dual-fuel methanol newbuilding programme. The naming ceremony took place end of ...

Freight transport on European Union inland waterways reached 118.0 billion tonne-kilometres in 2025, marking a three per cent decrease equivalent to minus 3.7 billion tonne-kilometres compared with 2024, according to Eurostat. Between 2015 and 2017, freight ...

The Cyprus Shipping Association (CSA) has welcomed the revision of the European framework for the green transition in shipping, saying it represents a significant opportunity for Cyprus to accelerate investment ...