Maritime news
Monitor breaking maritime news and insights for profitable, efficient and safe shipping.
Tagged in Ultramax
NORDEN sells two additional vessels
Norden has sold two additional vessels - one Ultramax and one Handysize vessel. Both vessels were declared purchase options. Year-to-date, Norden sold in total seven vessels from the active fleet and three newbuildings that have been sold to new …
Apr 14, 2025 / Curious
Icon Energy Corp. Announces Fleet Expansion with and Time Charter Contract for a 2020-Built, Scrubber-Fitted, Eco, Ultramax, Dry Bulk Carrier
Icon Energy Corp. (Icon) (Nasdaq: ICON), an international shipping company that provides worldwide seaborne transportation services for dry bulk cargoes via its fleet of oceangoing vessels, announced today that it has entered, through a separate …
Mar 24, 2025 / Vessels
Globus Maritime Limited Announces the Delivery of a 2024-Built Ultramax Dry Bulk Vessel Glbs Magic, Expanding Fleet to Eight Vessels
Globus Maritime Limited (Globus) (NASDAQ: GLBS), a dry bulk shipping company, announced today that it took delivery of the M/V “Glbs Magic,” a 2024 new built Ultramax dry bulk carrier, on September 20, 2024. The M/V “Glbs Magic” was built at the …
Oct 3, 2024 / Vessels
Castor Maritime Announces the Acquisition of its First Ultramax Vessel
Castor Maritime Inc. (NASDAQ: CTRM), (Castor), a diversified global shipping company, announces that on July 16, 2024, it entered, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, into an agreement to acquire a 2015-built Ultramax dry bulk carrier vessel …
Jul 29, 2024 / Curious
MOL Announces Delivery of Bulk Carrier Green Winds, 2nd Vessel Equipped with Wind Challenger Hard Sail Propulsion System
TOKYO-Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) today announced that on July 10, the Green Winds, a 63,896 DWT Ultramax bulk carrier equipped with the Wind Challenger hard sail wind power propulsion system (Note 1), was completed at Oshima Shipbuilding Co., …
Jul 10, 2024 / Vessels
Carras Aquataurus Becomes World’s First Vessel to Earn ABS Biofuel-1 Notation
Carras (Hellas) S.A. is taking the next step in its sustainability journey by receiving the ABS Biofuel-1 notation for its Aquataurus Ultramax bulk carrier, the first vessel in the world to qualify. The notation is assigned to vessels that use a …
Apr 23, 2024 / Curious
Belships Announces Fleet Expansion
Belships has expanded its newbuilding program with two new 64 000 dwt Ultramax bulk carriers which will be delivered in 2028. The vessels are leased on similar terms as previously announced transactions, and Belships is not required to make any down …
Apr 22, 2024 / Curious
Globus Maritime Limited Announces the Delivery of a 2024-Built Ultramax Dry Bulk Vessel Glbs Hero, Expanding Fleet to Seven Vessels
Globus Maritime Limited (Globus) (NASDAQ: GLBS), a dry bulk shipping company, announced today that it has taken delivery of the M/V “Glbs Hero,” a 2024 new built Ultramax dry bulk carrier it acquired for a purchase price of about $37.5 million, of …
Jan 26, 2024 / Vessels
China Shipbuilding Industry’s First Methanol-Fueled Ultramax Bulk Carrier Receives ABS Approval
Lemissoler Navigation Ltd. and Shanghai Merchant Ship Design and Research Institute (SDARI) received ABS approval in principle (AIP) for its design of a 65K DWT methanol-fueled Ultramax bulk carrier, the first such methanol vessel for China’s …
Jan 10, 2024 / Curious
ABS and AL Group to Study Ultramax Bulker Methanol Fuel Conversion
ABS and Asiatic Lloyd Maritime LLP, member of the AL Group, have signed a joint development project (JDP) to study the feasibility of converting the fuel system of an Ultramax bulk carrier, from conventional diesel to methanol. The study is focused …
Sep 27, 2023 / Curious