Italian-based shipping company Giuseppe Bottiglieri Shipping Company S.P.A., owner and operator of the M/V Bottiglieri Challenger, and Vito La Forgia, the

In just two short years, Apple’s iPad has grown to dominate the world of tablet computing with over 48 million units sold. Tomorrow Apple is set to

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HOUSTON (Dow Jones)–Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest oil producer, plans to drill its first deepwater exploratory well in the Red Sea by year-end,

The first four container handling gantry cranes for the EUROGATE Container Terminal Wilhelmshaven, Germany’s only deep-water container port, arrived

It’s a bit of an experiment.  Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) announced today that they are modifying the engine of one of their newbuilds and hooking it up

Maersk Supply Service has won three new contracts with the Brazilian state owned oil company Petrobras (SAO:PETR3) for anchor handling tug supply (AHTS)

– Tom Boardley, Marine Director, Lloyd’s Register Future technology and innovation is needed in shipping as emission regulations and fuel prices

The drilling engineers and geoscientists at Chevron Nigeria (CNL) knew that there was a good chance the unimpeded flow from the blown-out Funiwa 1A natural gas

Fugro Geoteam, the marine seismic data acquisition arm Fugro, has been awarded contracts with four major international oil companies for 3D and 4D seismic

LONDON (Dow Jones)–Danish oil and shipping company A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S (MAERSK-B.KO) expects growth on its Asia-Europe container trade route to

The 648-foot car carrier that was detained by USCG officials after losing power near the mouth of the Columbia River last week has been released. The U.S.

Nato officials have confirmed that the chemical tanker M/V Royal Grace has been hijacked by Somali pirates off the coast of Oman. Reports first surfaced Friday

The 48-year-old captain of a Greek-flagged refuelling tanker has died after his ship sank off the west coast of Athens on Monday, according to a Reuters report

The World Ocean Council (WOC) is reaching out to the maritime community and vessels transiting between Japan and North America for information and observations

– By Lauga Oskarsdottir, MTS Logistics Working in a global industry means communicating daily with individuals across borders, oceans and continents. It

DK Group says it has received an order to install its patented Air Cavity System (ACS) technology on a 12,580 deadweight tonne (DWT) multi purpose vessel owned

M/V Laconia. Photo (c) Clark Crawford via MarineTraffic.com Update: The captain of the Maltese-flagged M/V Laconia that was arrested last week after failing a

Greek shipping company, Diana Containerships Inc. (NASDAQ: DCIX), announced today that they had taken delivery of the Panamax container vessel, MV APL Spinel,

LONDON (Dow Jones)–The chief executive of commodity giant Glencore International PLC (GLEN.LN) said the share swap ratio in its proposed merger of equals