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Hanwha’s push into U.S. naval shipbuilding was on display Wednesday as Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao toured the company’s Philadelphia shipyard and

LONDON, Sept 9 (Reuters) – A container ship arrived in Britain on Wednesday after a landmark voyage from China via the Arctic, as

By Laura Curtis (Bloomberg) — A Southern California startup with plans to deploy floating nuclear power plants may be one step closer to providing

A group representing 18 major shipping nations is warning that growing geopolitical tensions, unilateral trade measures and the expansion of the shadow fleet

The peak shipping season at major U.S. container ports is proving longer than expected, with September now forecast to become the busiest month of the year for

The armed conflicts, trade wars, and extreme weather events hammering maritime supply chains are not one-offs, but rather signs of a “structural shift” for

Iran said on Wednesday it had attacked 10 ships near the Strait of Hormuz after the U.S. sank five Iranian oil tankers, in the biggest declared wave of

U.S. forces destroyed five Iranian crude oil tankers Tuesday after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targeted a U.S. Navy warship with ballistic missiles

The U.S. Maritime Administration has designated 16 additional maritime training institutions as Centers of Excellence, expanding a federal program aimed at

Samsung Electronics America is seeking at least $186 million from CMA CGM in a new complaint before the Federal Maritime Commission, accusing the French

Europe’s largest industrial carbon capture facility has officially opened at Yara’s ammonia and fertilizer complex in Sluiskil, the Netherlands, creating a

Suez Canal revenue rose 42% in July from the year earlier, as the Iran war’s effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz and Houthi threats in the southern Red

Oil tanker company Hunter Group ASA says it’s owed $55 million by a counterparty that’s disputing its contractual obligations after a surge in the

MSC Shipmanagement Limited and the owner of the containership MSC Samira III have been ordered to pay a combined $1.75 million fine after pleading

Arctic LNG 2, a liquefied natural gas project led by Russia's Novatek NVTK.MM, is seeking about $1 billion in damages from South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha

European natural gas prices hit a fresh three-year high as traders race to fill fuel storage facilities ahead of winter, while awaiting details of an Iran-Oman

Ilya Espino de Marotta took office Monday as Administrator of the Panama Canal, becoming the first woman to lead the waterway as it confronts renewed water

By Sabrina Brigance, CMIP Ports have traditionally measured performance through cargo volume, vessel calls, crane productivity, and infrastructure capacity.

Russia has begun loading crude from its giant Vostok Oil development onto tankers at the newly built Bukhta Sever terminal on the Kara Sea, marking the start

For decades, China’s maritime pressure on Taiwan centered on the major shipping strait separating the two neighbors. Now, Beijing is piling unprecedented

Iran said it will announce a new restricted zone in the Gulf in the coming days, along with maps of a new shipping corridor through the Strait of Hormuz, as a

By Florence Tan SINGAPORE, Sept 7 (Reuters) – An average of 10 commodity ships transited the Strait of Hormuz per day over the past 10 days,

By Andreo Calonzo Sep 6, 2026 (Bloomberg) –For decades, China’s maritime pressure on Taiwan centered on the major shipping strait separating the

By Jennifer A. Dlouhy and María Paula Mijares Torres Sep 6, 2026 (Bloomberg) –US Navy escorts that are helping tankers cross the Strait of Hormuz