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China's sanctions against five U.S.-linked affiliates of South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean 042660.KS are seen as a warning gesture without immediate

Swedish prosecutors have closed their investigation into damage to a communication cable between Sweden and Latvia in the Baltic Sea, concluding that the

Russia’s seaborne crude shipments rose to a 28-month high in the past four weeks, amid rising production and Ukrainian attacks on refineries that are forcing

President Donald Trump announced another military strike against a suspected narco-trafficking vessel in international waters off Venezuela, killing six

The world’s shipping regulator is on the verge of green-lighting a global charge on the industry’s emissions, something that has prompted the Trump

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) kicked off its second extraordinary meeting of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC ES.2) today,

China announced sanctions on Tuesday against five U.S.-linked subsidiaries of South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean amid trade tension between the world's

The U.S. Coast Guard will continue to receive paychecks despite the ongoing government shutdown, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announced today.

Australia’s icebreaker RSV Nuyina made contact with the ocean floor off the coast of Heard Island in the Southern Ocean during sea floor mapping

The United States and China on Tuesday will begin charging port fees on ocean shipping firms that move everything from holiday toys to crude oil, making the

Blocked from accessing western tech, Russia's United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) aims to construct the country’s first ice-class gas carrier. The company

JPMorgan Chase has announced a $1.5 trillion, 10-year Security and Resiliency Initiative to finance and invest in industries critical to national economic

DHT Holdings, Inc. says that its fleet should not be subject to new Chinese port fees on US-linked vessels that are set to take effect on Tuesday, based on

Bearish signs are cropping up across the oil market after US President Donald Trump’s latest tariff threats fanned fears of an imminent

Hamas freed the last living Israeli hostages from Gaza on Monday under a ceasefire deal and Israel sent home busloads of Palestinian detainees, as U.S.

In July 1989, coal miners in Russia’s Kuzbass Basin walked off the job in what would become one of the most significant labor strikes in Soviet history,

U.S. container import volumes declined sharply in September 2025, falling 8.4% from August to 2,307,933 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), according to

Water shortages in South Texas are posing major risks to a fast-growing industrial hub that’s crucial to President Donald Trump’s twin goals of dominating

The latest U.S. sanctions on a major Chinese crude oil terminal have forced refining group Sinopec to divert a supertanker and ask some plants to cut crude

DNV has launched the first public tender portal for e-methanol procurement across the European Union and United Kingdom, connecting industrial offtakers with a

Oct 10 (Reuters) – The United States Trade Representative’s office said on Friday it would modify certain maritime-related fees for foreign-built

The European Union has reaffirmed its support for the International Maritime Organization’s Net-Zero Framework ahead of a critical vote this week,

Chinese containership Istanbul Bridge arrived at the UK’s largest terminal Felixstowe early on October 13. The Panamax vessel completed the 7,500 nautical

By Weilun Soon Oct 12, 2025 (Bloomberg) –The European Union and US have squared off over a proposal to slash the global shipping industry’s carbon

By Alison Withers COPENHAGEN, Oct 13 (Reuters) – Global warming is crossing dangerous thresholds sooner than expected with the world’s coral reefs