By Marcy Nicholson NEW YORK – Dock workers on the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf coasts moved closer to a potential strike, which would disrupt the delivery of

Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions and services provider, said Wednesday that its ship design unit has been hired to design a new

Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), now the world’s largest cruise industry trade association, on Wednesday briefed the media on the progress

The U.S. Navy has come under fire this week after it was revealed that its uniforms are extremely flammable and, in some cases, can actually lead to more

LUXEMBOURG–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Pacific Drilling S.A. (NYSE: PACD) announced today that it has reached an agreement with Samsung Heavy Industries to

An Argentine naval vessel detained in Ghana at the request of a hedge fund seeking payment on defaulted government bonds left the West African country on

LONDON – Pirates have attacked and looted a tanker off the coast of Nigeria, taking five crew members hostage, the ship’s operating company said on

Members of the Royal Navy icebreaker HMS Protector dressed as Santa Claus and Rudolf pose during a charity run for the ship’s affiliated charity, East

NAIROBI – A dozen soldiers guarding a North Korean ship impounded in Somalia’s autonomous Puntland region for maritime violations have hijacked the

The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society suffered a setback in court this week when the US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ordered that the controversial

Chinese port operators agreed to buy a $135 million stake in a Taiwanese container terminal, the second-biggest mainland acquisition on the island, as closer

Damen Shipyards Group announced Wednesday that it is has acquired the French ship repair yard Arno Dunkerque, the sole operator for ship repair and conversion

By Scott Hamilton European container-shipping operators such as A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S may benefit little from higher volumes next year as carrier lines

Julie Cruz TUI AG rose in Frankfurt after its shipping unit Hapag-Lloyd said it is discussing a possible merger with Hamburg Sud. TUI shares advanced as much

Goldenport Holdings (LSE: GPRT) announced the sale of a second ship in as many months today, one that is likely heading to the scrapyard in the very near

By Ivana Sekularac ZEEBRUGGE, Belgium – CMA CGM, the world’s third-largest container group, plans to list shares on the Paris Stock Exchange to get

By Tim Jones The drought-depleted Mississippi River was closed to traffic today south of St. Louis as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reported progress

A ship is loaded with iron ore at the port in Geraldton, Western Australia December 3, 2012. A new deepwater port on Australia’s Indian Ocean Coast was

Cheniere Energy Partners LP (CQP) reached an 20-year deal under which Total SA (TOT, FP.FR), the France-based energy major, has agreed to purchase nearly half

The U.K.’s ports, shipping and maritime services industries employ 635,000 people, contributing 8.45 billion pounds ($13.71 billion) in tax revenues,