Cargo ship

Greek shipowners in 2024 in the shipbuilding order sector. In total, they have placed 163 orders with most of them or 88 being for tankers 53.9%.

These include 22 MR2, 19 Suezmax and 17 Aframax/LR2.

They also placed 31 orders for LNG carriers rate 19%. They have placed 27 orders for dry cargo carrier shipbuilding, 16.5% percentage of which 18 are for the Kamsarmax segment.

According to an analysis by shipbroking firm Xclusiv Shipbrokers, through the first half of 2024, Greeks have placed a total of 121 orders for tankers, gas carriers, freighters and container ships.

In detail:

– 65 orders in 2024 so far (Suezmax sector is their main preference with 18 orders)

Ship traffic in Turkey's Bosphorus Strait is set to resume for southbound vessels as of 0700 GMT on Friday, after a suspension due to an engine failure on one vessel, the Tribeca shipping agency said.

The Liberia-flagged cargo ship Cornelia had resumed sailing after a brief engine failure, according to a report shared by the agency. [Reuters]

Traffic was suspended in Turkey's Bosphorus on Friday after a cargo ship had an engine failure during northbound transit through the strait that runs through Istanbul, shipping agent Tribeca said. [Reuters]

The cargo ship, searched in the Black Sea by the Russian Navy after a warning shot, is off the coast of Bulgaria, according to data from several specialized maritime traffic monitoring sites.

It is currently not far from Cape Kaliakra.

Diana Shipping Inc, the NYSE-listed shipping company of the Palios family, secured a fare four times higher than the previous one.

The ship's charter, which is expected to generate approximately US $ 5.04 million gross revenue for the minimum scheduled timeframe period, is indicative of the recent significant increase in the bulk cargo freight market.

Turkish Cargo ranked third among the world's top global freighters in June, a statement said on Aug. 5.

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The subsidiary of national flag carrier Turkish Airlines jumped three positions from last year.

Turkish Cargo had the "largest growth ratio among the top 25 air cargo carriers, with a 5.7% market share in June 2021," the statement said.

Interest in the construction of new ships carrying liquefied natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas has been expressed in recent days, according to brokerage firm Intermodal.

A total of nine LNG Carriers and LPG Carriers agreements were signed last week.

Gizem Turan, 31, has become the first woman official to serve in the Directorate General of Coastal Safety assigned with the duty to guide and assist vessels of 250-meters-long or more that pass the Istanbul Strait.

"I am the chief officer of the towing boat called Kurtarma 8, and the only woman working in a tugboat under the Directorate General of Coastal Safety," Turan said.

A total of 41,112 vessels passed through Turkey's Bosphorus Strait in 2019, according to official data.

The number of vessels using the strait was unchanged with the previous year's figures of 41,103, the country's Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry announced.