NEW DELHI—India on Friday approved Reliance Industries Ltd.’s proposed $7.2 billion asset sale to BP PLC, paving the way for the U.K. oil

MSC BRUXELLES entering the Port of Charleston. Photo courtesy Port of Charleston Charleston, SC – South Carolina welcomed the largest container ship to

Too often in the shipping community good ideas, new innovative ideas, suffer from lack of support and, strangled in red tape, die an early death. But today we

WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)–U.S. investigators are delaying the release of a much-anticipated report on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, citing the need for

By Scott Borgerson and Scott Minerd The Arctic might be the world’s final — and possibly most attractive — emerging market. While most

Merchant ships are a critical piece of worldwide movement of goods and materials around the world, and on occasion, they run into problems.  The following

COVINGTON, LA  Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. (NYSE: HOS) and Marine Spill Response Corporation (MSRC) announced today that they have entered into a

Moving oil from the Middle East to Europe isn’t as easy as it used to be. For many European nations, sourcing oil from countries such as Saudi Arabia or

WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)–A group of mostly Republican lawmakers blocked a key vote on legislation to strengthen oil-drilling safety Thursday after efforts

gCaptain.com’s Rob Almeida interviews Dr. Eleanor Kirtley from the Seattle-based naval architecture firm Glosten and Associates. Their discussion focuses

Maritime Crime and Piracy Incidents by Region, July 14 – 20, 2011 (Source: U.S. Office of Naval Intelligence) CENTRAL AMERICA–CARIBBEAN: HAITI: A

HOUSTON -(Dow Jones)- Rowan Cos. Inc. (RDC) on Wednesday said it will sell its fleet of land rigs to Ensign Energy Services Inc. (ESI.T, ESVIF) for $510

TOKYO—Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. has donated six 20-foot reefer containers to the Soma-Futaba Fisheries Cooperative Association as part of its support

SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)–Keppel Corp. Ltd. (BN4.SG) Thursday reported better-than-expected growth in second-quarter net profit after profit contributions

(Dow Jones) Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc.’s (DO) second-quarter earnings jumped 19% as the company posted stronger revenue, though day rates fell and

SEOUL (Dow Jones)–Hyundai Steel Co. (004020.SE), South Korea’s second-largest steelmaker by sales, said Thursday that it expects to win orders in

BEIJING—China plans an ultradeep dive by a manned submersible beneath the Pacific that would propel it past the U.S. in a race to explore potentially

NORFOLK, Va. —Three accused Somali pirates pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges of killing four Americans on a hijacked yacht off the coast of

(Graphic by Jack Cook, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) Taking another major step in sleuthing the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, a research team led

FIRST PLACE IMAGE: (c) Luis Carlos Amaral Laranjeria (EUNAVFOR) To record the work of Operation ATALANTA and to increase the library of related photographs,