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A Houston ship pilot’s extended personal cell phone conversation and multiple failures to maintain a proper lookout led to the fatal 2024 collision between

RWE has become the latest offshore wind developer to reach a settlement with the Trump administration, agreeing to relinquish its U.S. offshore wind leases in

Germany’s economy is being threatened by a chronic lack of water in the Rhine, according to Transport Minister Steffen

A proposed deal between Iran and Oman that would give Tehran control over ships entering the Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz is not easily workable due

Swedish prosecutors have expanded the criminal investigation into last month’s fatal collision between the Norwegian cargo ship Misje Verde and

The wait for an Iran-Oman deal that partially reopens the Strait of Hormuz continued into Thursday, after the Islamic Republic said an agreement on proposed

The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) will impose another round of draft restrictions for vessels transiting its Neopanamax locks later this month as water levels

Almost six months into the U.S./ Israel war with Iran, the state of the Strait of Hormuz is still constrained. Ambrey has alerted another tanker aborted its

Russia has dispatched an unprecedented convoy of oil tankers to within 500 nautical miles of the North Pole sending the fleet onto one of the most northerly

The U.S. Navy’s ambitious plan to design and build a new class of nuclear-powered battleships would cost an estimated $275 billion over the next three

Europe’s first meaningful rains in weeks are unlikely to be widespread or sustained enough to quickly raise critically-low river levels, prolonging costly

The Houthis on Wednesday claimed responsibility for another attack on a Saudi oil tanker, while UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) issued a fresh warning

The global shipping industry is urging the United Nations and the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to oppose any attempt to impose compulsory tolls or

Iran and Oman have reached an understanding on the geographic coordinates for a shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz, and a joint announcement is

A proposed deal between Iran and Oman would give Tehran control over ships entering the Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz, a senior Iranian source and two

U.S. President Donald Trump said his administration had "very good discussions" with Iran during all-day negotiations on Tuesday, fueling expectations of an

A growing flotilla of Iranian oil tankers is gathering off the country’s coast, a sign the renewed US naval blockade is disrupting Tehran’s energy exports

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said the Trump administration is likely to extend its temporary emergency waiver of the Jones Act again, arguing the measure

An Indian-flagged cargo vessel sank in the Red Sea on Monday after being struck by what appears to have been an explosives-laden boat off Yemen, marking

The White House is expected to extend a waiver of the century-old Jones Act in the coming days, sources say, reaching for one of the few tools it has to try

Finnish state-owned icebreaking company Arctia has secured a contract to deploy one of its multipurpose icebreakers to Canada’s Arctic later this year,

Oil production in Brazil reached a record high in June as rising supplies from producers a world away from the Middle East cushion disruption from the fallout

A cargo ship transiting the Strait of Hormuz was struck by an unknown projectile late Monday, leaving one crew member missing and the ship disabled in the

The prospect of a deal between the US and Iran appeared to be gaining traction on Tuesday, after Qatar said a proposal had been drafted and American Treasury

Disruptions on one of Europe’s most important trade arteries are poised to intensify after the Rhine fell to the lowest on record ahead of the peak summer