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Executive Interview: Hayato Suga, President & CEO, ClassNK

Published Jun 12, 2026 7:44 PM by The Maritime Executive

Tell us about yourself. How did you pick the maritime industry as a career, and what brought you to ClassNK? In 1986, when the mar...

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Diana and Genco Fine-Tune Positions as Takeover Battle Nears Key Vote

Published Jun 12, 2026 4:37 PM by The Maritime Executive

Diana and Genco Fine-Tune Positions as Takeover Battle Nears Key Vote With the shareholder meeting for Genco Shipping & Trading no...

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Lloyd’s Register Group Maps Succession with Appointment of New Chair

Published Jun 11, 2026 8:31 PM by The Maritime Executive

Lloyd’s Register Group (LR) and the Lloyd’s Register Foundation announced their plans for the succession of the Chair of the Board...

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Markets Expect Oil Shortage if Hormuz Stays Shut, Oversupply Once it Opens

Published Jun 9, 2026 7:10 PM by The Maritime Executive

The oil market is telling two distinct stories, and future pricing depends upon which one prevails. In the short run, energy marke...

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EU Calls for Sanctions on Bunker and Support Vessels in New Russian Package

Published Jun 9, 2026 1:20 PM by The Maritime Executive

Saying that the goal is to maintain the pressure from the West on Russia, the European Commission outlined its plans for the 21st...

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Podcast: Marcura CEO Henrik Hyldahn on AI for Modern Vessel Operations

Published Jun 7, 2026 11:59 PM by The Maritime Executive

In this edition of The Maritime Executive's podcast series, Marcura Group CEO Henrik Hyldahn joined TME to talk about the advent o...

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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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