Shipping

Limassol-based Island Oil (Holdings) Ltd has rebranded as Island Energies, introducing a new corporate identity that reflects the group’s evolution, broader energy focus and future direction after more than ...

Shipping Deputy Minister Marina Hadjimanolis is travelling to Brussels on Monday for high-level talks on the future of European shipping and ports, with competitiveness, geopolitical pressures, fleet renewal and decarbonisation ...

Ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz fell to just nine vessels this week, as Cyprus joined dozens of countries in calling for the restoration of free navigation through one ...

Cyprus remains among the EU economies most dependent on sea transport, with 98.6 per cent of imports and 97.2 per cent of exports by weight moving by sea in 2024, as shipping continues ...

Cyprus and China have put maritime cooperation back at the centre of their bilateral agenda, with Shipping Deputy Minister Marina Hadjimanolis and China’s new ambassador Yang Yundong discussing seafarers, ...

The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has moved closer to tightening safety requirements for ships using methanol and ethanol as fuel, after completing a major revision of its interim guidance while ...

Shipping risks at two of the Middle East’s key maritime passages returned to focus on Wednesday after an unexplained explosion near Iran’s Qeshm Island, while the Houthis claimed ...

Twenty years after the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) was adopted, Cyprus has joined a fresh debate over how long seafarers should be expected to work, as fatigue, mental health and ...

Cyprus and Greece reaffirmed their shared maritime priorities at a dinner hosted by the Cyprus Union of Shipowners (CUS) in honour of President Nikos Christodoulides in Athens on September 18. The ...

International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) secretary general Thomas Kazakos has taken the industry’s push for free passage through international waterways to the UN Security Council, warning that commercial ships ...

Cyprus put seafarers’ rights, shipping’s social role and the competitiveness of the European fleet under the same spotlight in Athens, as a three-day maritime programme moved from the people ...

Cyprus brought together leading figures from the Greek and Cypriot maritime communities in Athens this week to emphasise the growing role of women in shipping and the industry’s long-standing ...

Transport Minister Evanthia Tsolaki visited DP World Limassol’s terminal at Limassol Port on Friday, meeting representatives of DP World Limassol and P&O Maritime to discuss their operations ...

Transport Minister Evanthia Tsolaki visited the Eurogate Container Terminal Limassol (Eurogate CTL) at Limassol port on Friday, meeting company executives to discuss issues affecting Cyprus’ maritime trade sector. The visit ...

Cyprus has emerged as part of a four-country Mediterranean bloc pressing for changes to the proposed global shipping decarbonisation framework, as divisions between major maritime states and Brussels deepen ahead ...

The head of the UN’s shipping agency has urged governments to prevent geopolitical conflicts from becoming a pretext for attacks on merchant vessels, after 80 verified attacks around the Strait ...

Cyprus is moving to overhaul the legal framework governing which ships can join its register, widening access to the Cyprus flag while tightening sanctions rules and updating ship-finance provisions under ...

Cyprus used its first official national pavilion at SMM Hamburg 2026 to put the island’s maritime technology and services before a record international audience, as local companies sought new business ...

Shipping Deputy Minister Marina Hadjimanolis is travelling to Athens on Thursday for a three-day working visit focused on promoting the Cyprus flag, meeting shipping executives and taking part in events ...

Star Bulk Carriers has raised €107.8 million through a public share offering in Greece and a parallel listing on Euronext Athens, in what has been described as a first-of-its-kind transaction for ...

International Organisation Maritime (IMO) Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez put seafarers firmly at the centre of his message for World Maritime Day 2026, warning that shipping has faced a difficult year marked by ...

Cyprus and the United Kingdom have agreed on the next steps for putting their maritime cooperation agreement into practice, following talks between Shipping Deputy Minister Marina Hadjimanolis and her British ...

Safe Bulkers chief executive Polys Hajioannou invested €10.05 million in the dry-bulk shipowner’s latest share issue through Moutoulas Shipping Corporation, as the company completed the expansion of its share capital ...

Shipowners and operators face growing financial, commercial and compliance risks from delaying EU allowance transfers until September, according to EmissionLink managing director Philippos Ioulianou, as shipping’s exposure under the ...