Shipping 24 February 2026 - 25 May 2026

Golar LNG slides even after posting record quarterly results
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Golar LNG slides even after posting record quarterly results

• Golar LNG shares dropped around 2.6% by midday in the U.S., trailing both the broader market and other LNG names.• Investors are sizing up a strategic review and a push for a fourth unit, while energy stocks are weak and execution risk remains. Golar LNG Limited shares fell in midday trading Wednesday, extending last week’s drop after results. Investors seemed to question how much of the floating-LNG expansion was already priced in.
May 27, 2026
Pyxis Tankers Stock Gets a Holiday Pause — The Freight-Rate Test Comes Next
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Pyxis Tankers Stock Gets a Holiday Pause — The Freight-Rate Test Comes Next

Pyxis Tankers Inc. heads into the shortened U.S. trading week with a post-earnings gain to defend, after Nasdaq shut Monday for Memorial Day and pushed the stock’s next regular session to Tuesday. Nasdaq lists May 25 as a closed market day for 2026. The timing matters because Pyxis is a freight-rate stock before it is a broad-market stock. Its vessels move refined fuels and dry-bulk cargoes, so investors are watching whether last week’s earnings lift can survive a four-session week marked by shifting tanker rates, Middle East shipping risk and thin small-cap trading.
May 25, 2026
IEA’s 2030 LNG Warning Is Pushing NextDecade to Charter More Ships
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IEA’s 2030 LNG Warning Is Pushing NextDecade to Charter More Ships

NextDecade is looking to line up additional LNG carriers, with the Middle East conflict shuffling LNG trade routes and driving exporters to lock in shipping capacity for extended periods. LNG—short for liquefied natural gas—refers to gas cooled into a liquid state to ship in tankers. The International Energy Agency flagged on Thursday that the Iran war has taken roughly 120 billion cubic metres of global LNG supply off the table for 2026 through 2030. IEA analyst Gergely Molnar, speaking at the Budapest LNG Summit, warned that market tightness could persist longer than earlier forecasts suggested.
May 8, 2026
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Q4 Profit Falls 93% as Hapag-Lloyd Deal Freezes 2026 Outlook
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ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Q4 Profit Falls 93% as Hapag-Lloyd Deal Freezes 2026 Outlook

HAIFA, Israel, March 9, 2026, 17:04 IST ZIM Integrated Shipping Services reported a sharp drop in fourth-quarter net income, posting $38 million compared with $563 million a year ago. Revenue for the quarter was down 32% to $1.48 billion as both freight rates and volume softened. For the year, revenue slid 18% to $6.90 billion, and net income came in at $481 million, well off last year's $2.15 billion. ZIM declared a $0.88 per share dividend, but with its pending sale to Hapag-Lloyd, the company is holding off on issuing 2026 guidance.
March 9, 2026