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By Vallari Srivastava and Sumit Saha Nov 6 (Reuters) – The Iran conflict has sent tanker rates soaring, forcing sellers to deepen discounts on heavy

India’s Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) has agreed to acquire Netherlands-based liquid storage operator Evos B.V. in a €2.56 billion ($2.88

The Trump administration has expanded sanctions targeting Cuba’s maritime and energy sectors, identifying five Cuban-flagged vessels as blocked property

A European Parliament committee has voted to oppose the approval of two Indian ship recycling yards, dealing a setback to shipping industry efforts to expand

Beijing has approved a law to improve China's Antarctic research and strengthen regulation of its exploration activities, the official Xinhua news agency

One seafarer was killed in an explosion believed to have been caused by a missile attack on an oil products tanker in the Gulf on Thursday, the ship's

German container shipping giant Hapag-Lloyd has completed its acquisition of a 25% stake in APM Terminals Maasvlakte II in Rotterdam, strengthening its ties

Finland expects to operate at least as many icebreakers in the coming decades as it does today, despite rising temperatures and declining average ice coverage

Iranian oil exports have dwindled to almost nothing under the US naval blockade, but the chance of an imminent deal between the two sides to end the war is

Australia has completed its first green ammonia bunkering operation involving an ammonia-powered bulk carrier, marking another step toward bringing alternative

A Finnish court on Thursday jailed the Russian captain and an Azerbaijani crew member of the cargo ship Fitburg for aggravated sabotage over damage to two

The Trump administration has approved a $1 billion offshore crude oil export project off the coast of Louisiana, clearing a major regulatory hurdle for a

Danish offshore wind developer Ørsted has completed its 704-megawatt Revolution Wind project off the U.S. East Coast, marking a major milestone for a

Maritime experts warn that the westward spread of attacks between Russia and Ukraine, toward NATO coastlines, is now having commercial

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council has backed Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez for a second four-year term, extending its support for his

A.P. Moller-Maersk is pressing ahead with one of its largest containership ordering programs in years, confirming in its third-quarter earnings report that it

What Buyers, Sellers and Investors Often Miss During Due DiligenceBy Sabrina Brigance, CMIP, Managing Director, Marine Practice, Hylant Maritime mergers and

A French maritime patrol aircraft deployed to Romania to bolster surveillance after a series of deadly strikes on merchant ships in the Black Sea on the edge

AP Moller-Maersk A/S shares slumped after a guidance upgrade and third-quarter earnings from the world’s second-largest shipping line fell short of analyst

The U.S. Coast Guard is exploring the use of commercial icebreaking vessels to help keep Northeast ports and waterways open this winter, as the service

The United States on Wednesday sanctioned a network of individuals and companies accused of operating fraudulent ship registries that helped Iran’s

Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday blamed Republicans’ midterm election losses on the Trump administration’s eight-month war with Iran, which has

As lawyers for Mercuria Energy Group presented the commodity giant’s case against the Baltic Exchange this week, a group of smartly dressed Norwegian

The American Maritime Partnership (AMP) is urging President Donald Trump to allow the emergency Jones Act waiver to expire on November 15, warning that nearly