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Kpler Secures $1 Billion Investment From Sixth Street

Published Jun 4, 2026 8:58 PM by The Maritime Executive

Kpler, a top shipping data and analysis vendor, has secured an equity investment of $1 billion from San Francisco investment house...

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China’s Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Completes Strategic Investment in Seaspan

Published Jun 4, 2026 8:24 PM by The Maritime Executive

China’s Yangzijiang Shipbuilding reported it completed its planned investment in Seaspan, a leading maritime asset-owner and opera...

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K Line’s Car Carrier Orders Focus on Expanding European Short Sea Shipping

Published Jun 4, 2026 7:07 PM by The Maritime Executive

After a rush by many of the large, inter-ocean car and vehicle transport companies to order massive vessels, Japan’s “K” Line (Kaw...

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Marinakis: "Better to Pay a Fee" for Hormuz Transits

Published Jun 2, 2026 11:03 PM by The Maritime Executive

Most shipowners are reticent to discuss the arrangements they might be willing to make with sanctioned regimes, but on Tuesday, pr...

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Ritz-Carlton Yachts Refinanced as Brand Works to Build Ultra-Luxury Segment

Published Jun 2, 2026 1:44 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection, which entered service in 2020, promising to reinvent ultra-luxury travel, has reportedly had to...

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Six Estonian Maritime Companies Solving Retrofit and Port Challenges

Published Jun 2, 2026 11:28 AM by Trade Estonia

As the maritime industry faces growing pressure to modernize fleets, improve energy performance, and prepare for tighter sustainab...

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Dali Civil Trial Delayed to Consider Legal Issue After Most Claims Settle

Published Jun 1, 2026 3:07 PM by The Maritime Executive

The U.S. federal district court judge scheduled to hear opening arguments in the civil trial related to the containership Dali exp...

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The Hidden Clause Contradictions Driving Demurrage Claims

Published May 31, 2026 11:59 PM by Janani Yagnamurthy

A bulk carrier arrives at Paranagua on a Saturday morning at 08:00 local time. Sugar cargo, clean fixture, terms agreed weeks earl...

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Victims’ Families Settle on the Eve of the Dali Civil Trial

Published May 29, 2026 5:44 PM by The Maritime Executive

With the civil trial due to start on Monday, June 1, additional settlements were reached with the families of those killed when th...

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Report: Israel’s Economy and Agricultural Ministers Oppose Zim Acquisition

Published May 28, 2026 5:47 PM by The Maritime Executive

Media reports from Israel report mounting opposition to the approval of the sale of Zim to Hapag-Lloyd. Calcalist, which was the f...

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