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By Lori-Ann LaRocco The Port of Los Angeles handled a record 1,026,872 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in October, marking its second-busiest month ever

Saronic has awarded a contract worth more than $100 million to Norway’s Syncrolift to design and supply what the companies say will be the world’s

A projectile struck the engine room of the Liberia-flagged crude oil tanker Dominica Prosperity off the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday, forcing the

French shipping company Neoline says its wind-powered cargo vessel Neoliner Origin has delivered fuel savings of up to 70% during its first year of commercial

Finland's military said on Thursday its forces had detected "a strike" on a Russian warship in the Baltic Sea a day earlier, but that the security situation in

Singapore has retained its position as the world’s leading maritime hub, while Shanghai has climbed to second place and Asia now accounts for three of

The legendary ocean liner, which still holds the transatlantic speed record, took hours to sink off Florida’s Gulf Coast, ending a remarkable chapter in

The European Union paid an estimated €8.7 billion for liquefied natural gas from Russia’s Yamal project in the first 10 months of 2026, exceeding the

Oman's National Emergency Management Committee discussed on Thursday the latest developments in handling the grounding of an oil tanker off Al Qibliyah Island

Benin has rejoined the ranks of West Africa’s oil-exporting states, with its first crude oil cargo headed to Europe from an offshore field that had been

(Bloomberg) — A tanker carrying Russian diesel that had briefly signaled the US made a U-turn about 400 nautical miles off New York, compounding

A new study says the United States has enough spare ethanol production capacity to supply a meaningful share of the global marine fuel market, offering

US companies are unlikely to import Russian diesel as a tanker full of the fuel idles off the US Eastern Seaboard, experts said, despite President Donald

Despite market bets on a de-escalation in the Iran war, new evidence has emerged in recent days of strikes on tankers in the Strait of Hormuz and on energy

International Maritime Organization (IMO) Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez has called on governments to step up enforcement of international maritime

The Panama Canal is increasing its daily transit capacity to 34 vessels and restoring the maximum allowable draft at its Neopanamax locks to 50 feet, easing

The UK is moving ahead with a £90 million investment in autonomous underwater systems, advanced sensors and artificial intelligence to strengthen the Royal

The German government will go ahead with a planned 24-terawatt-hour crisis gas reserve to be funded by user surcharges, the economy ministry said, following

Polish energy company Orlen SA terminated one of its long-term liquefied natural gas contracts with QatarEnergy, citing the export giant’s inability to

OSLO, Nov 10 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s energy chief said on Tuesday the US was confident that the first cargo of Russian diesel headed

The Trump administration has formally extended its suspension of port fees targeting Chinese-built and Chinese-operated vessels for another two months, keeping

The Georgia Ports Authority is expanding automotive shipping capacity at the Port of Brunswick as a growing number of global automakers establish manufacturing

In March this year, inside a 282-year-old institution responsible for one of the most important prices in global oil markets, one man staged a quiet

The U.S. Department of Energy has closed a $480 million loan to modernize 22 offshore platforms in the Gulf of Mexico, marking the department’s first