Diana Shipping Inc. (NYSE: DSX), (the “Company”), a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of dry bulk vessels, announced that it has signed, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, a Memorandum of Agreement to sell to an unaffiliated third party, the 2001-built vessel “Oceanis”, with delivery to the buyer latest by April 16, 2021, for a sale price of US$5.75 million before commissions.

During INTERCARGO’s recent Annual General Meeting, members unanimously approved renewal of terms from 1st January 2021, inviting both the Chairman, Dimitris Fafalios of Fafalios Shipping S.A., and Vice Chairman, Mr Spyros Tarasis of Olympic Vision Maritime Co Inc, to renew their term of office, while also electing a new second Vice-Chairman of the Association.

The Cyprus Shipping Deputy Ministry (SDM) facilitated a virtual debate on Monday 7th December 2020 which explored the European Commission’s (EC) proposed Emissions Trading System (ETS) for shipping.

The UK Chamber of Shipping is delighted to announce Nick Brown, Lloyd’s Register’s (LR) Marine and Offshore Director and the incoming Group CEO from 01 January 2021, has been appointed to the Supervisory Board of the UK Chamber of Shipping.

In order to respond to the current challenging market conditions impacting port activities and schedule reliability, MSC has decided to streamline its Santana service by removing the Vancouver call, providing an exclusive Pacific South West coverage into Los Angeles, on this service.

World-class ship management and maritime services provider, Columbia Shipmangement (CSM) is pleased to announce that Xanthos Kyriacou has taken over as Managing Director of CSM Italy, the new joint venture with CSM and the Italian ship-owning Group Premuda.