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The nation's two busiest container ports posted double-digit declines in January cargo volumes, but industry leaders say the dip reflects comparison against

A confrontation between Cuban Border Guard forces and a Florida-registered speedboat in Cuban territorial waters has left four people dead and six injured,

The Supreme Court’s decision striking down sweeping tariffs imposed under emergency powers may provide a temporary lift to U.S. port volumes—but the bump

EDP Renovaveis, the world's fourth-largest wind producer, reports 50% profit growth and optimism for U.S. expansion despite Trump's offshore wind ban. CEO says

Iran loaded 20.1 million barrels of oil onto tankers from Kharg Island in just six days, tripling January's pace as the U.S. assembles its largest Middle East

Saudi Arabia's National Shipping Co. (Bahri) provisionally hired at least five supertankers as freight rates approach $200,000 per day, the highest since 2020.

APM Terminals has begun temporary operations at Panama’s Port of Balboa on the Pacific side, launching an 18-month stabilization phase designed to

The U.S. Department of the Treasury escalated its economic pressure campaign against Iran today, sanctioning over 30 entities, individuals, and vessels in a

Australia is shipping LNG much further than its main buyers in Asia as demand for the super-chilled fuel in the region

The hospital ship USNS Mercy departed Alabama Shipyard on Tuesday, transiting southbound through the Gulf of Mexico at about 10.5 knots, closing out

VLCC charter rates have pushed back into six-figure territory, with DHT Holdings (NYSE:DHT) securing a one-year time charter at $105,000 per day for the

Trading houses and buyers of Venezuelan oil have chartered the first very large crude carriers (VLCCs) to export from the South American country since a

Ten years ago today, the LNG carrier Asia Vision departed Louisiana's Sabine Pass Terminal carrying 3.3 billion cubic feet of liquefied natural gas bound for

Four years to the day after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the United Kingdom has delivered what officials are calling their most comprehensive

Hong Kong conglomerate CK Hutchison alleges Panama threatened employees with criminal prosecution after seizing two strategic canal ports and awarding

U.S. forces have boarded the sanctioned oil tanker Bertha in the Indian Ocean, marking the tenth vessel seized or interdicted in an intensifying campaign

Iran is close to a deal with China to purchase anti?ship cruise missiles, according to six people with knowledge of the negotiations, just as the United States

The UK government announced new sanctions on Russia’s so-called shadow oil fleet as it ramped up efforts to squeeze energy revenues funding the Kremlin’s

China’s nuclear regulator has granted Jiangnan Shipyard (Group) Co., Ltd. approval to manufacture and install key civil nuclear safety equipment, a move that

The European Union is keeping its warships in the Red Sea. EU member states have agreed to extend EUNAVFOR ASPIDES through February 28, 2027, allocating

President Trump’s proposal to dispatch a U.S. hospital ship to Greenland would run into a combination of environmental and logistical hurdles that make such

Panama on Monday published in its official gazette a Supreme Court ruling canceling key port contracts held by a subsidiary of CK Hutchison, clearing the way

West African crude traders are slashing prices as soaring freight costs and an unfavorable Brent-Dubai spread kill Asian demand. Tanker rates to Asia hit

President Donald Trump on Monday said any countries that wanted to "play games" after a key U.S. Supreme Court tariff ruling that they would face much higher

The Proteus Bohemia carrying 100,000 tons of diesel from India's Reliance facility has arrived in Rotterdam, the first such cargo since EU sanctions on