By Andrew Davis and Chiara Vasarri March 21 (Bloomberg) — Two Italian marines charged with killing fishermen will return to India to stand trial in a bid

UPDATE (Mar. 21): Italian Marines Agree to Return to India to Stand Trial, Diffuse Diplomatic Row By John A.C. Cartner, Special to Piracy Daily Amidst all

By Chijioke Ohuocha LAGOS, March 21 (Reuters) – Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Company (NLNG) will sign agreements this week with South Korea’s

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, March 21 (Reuters) – Crude oil tanker earnings on the major Middle East route rose on Thursday, helped by firmer bookings,

Nord Integrity Captain Cut the Power and Drifted for Days to Save Fuel By Isaac Arnsdo (Bloomberg) — A tanker owned by D/S Norden A/S, Europe’s biggest

This timelapse, produced by Discovery Channel and Maersk Line, shows the construction of Maersk Line’s first Triple-E containership at the DSME

By Ari Rabinovitch JERUSALEM, March 21 (Reuters) – Israeli shipping company Zim shrugged off a 58 percent increase in fourth-quarter losses by pointing

Cat Generator Sets to Power CNOOC Platform, FPSO in Enping Oilfield Beijing, China – Caterpillar Global Petroleum is pleased to announce Cat® 16CM32C

On July 16, 1969, the world watched as the historic Apollo 11 mission took off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, which of course ended

BP refrained today from bidding on any new oil-drilling leases in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) following the US government’s recent decision to prevent the

Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) said Wednesday that its surveyors will inspect Sea Shepherd Australia’s vessel, the SSS Sam Simon, and

This timelapse video comes to us via Vigor Industrial, which is building Washington State’s new 144-car ferries at their Seattle shipyard. On March 5,

Editor’s Note: We’ve heard it before; the number one cost faced by shipowners is the cost of fuel. With that in mind, A.P. Moller-Maersk, with an

COTONOU, March 20 (Reuters) – Nearly two dozen West and Central African nations have pledged to combat the growing threat of piracy and maritime crime in

On Tuesday March 19, 2013, Shell’s Kulluk drilling rig was loaded onboard the Chinese heavy lift ship, Xiang Rui Kou, in Captain’s Bay, Unalaska in

By Jonathan Saul and Asma Alsharif LONDON/CAIRO, March 20 (Reuters) – When it raises tolls in May, Egypt’s Suez Canal Authority will know that fuel

Jasmine Wang and Aibing Guo (Bloomberg) — China Shipping Development Co.’s venture will order six liquefied natural gas tankers worth about $1.2

(Bloomberg) — BG Group Plc, the U.K.’s third- largest natural gas-producer, agreed to a long-term sale of liquefied natural gas to India. BG will

What do the Plimsoll Line, iPhone and Nathaniel Bowditch have in common? In the opening presentation of the Connecticut Maritime Association’s Shipping

Knightsbridge Tankers announced today signed contracts for a pair of 182,000 DWT Capesize bulk carriers new-builds from Japan Marine United Corporation (JMU).