While at the NorShipping conference in Olso, Rolls-Royce signed a contract with Bergen Tankers AS today to convert the Lloyd’s Register-classed chemical

June 4 (Bloomberg) — Shipping faces $500 billion in extra costs to meet environmental legislation at a time when a rout in rates has become so severe

Oslo-based shipping firm Belships ASA has placed an order for two fuel efficient Supramax bulk carriers from Imabari Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. The design provided

Chemfleet, one of the largest chemical tanker shipping companies in Turkey, has selected Inmarsat’s FleetBroadband (FB) service to provide critical data

International Bunkering Group announced today that Mr. Christoffer Berg Lassen has been promoted from the position of International Sales Manager to Group CEO.

AdvanFort, a Washington, DC-based maritime security firm announced today they have hired Axel Tuetken, former country president in Tokyo for Maersk Line and

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has set a timetable requiring all vessels to be fitted with Electronic Chart Display Information Systems

Tired of staid common shares?  Looking to spice up your day-trading life? How about some Series-B Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Shares? (I cannot

The licence partners of Gullfaks and Oseberg Area Unit have acquired two new category J jack-up rigs. The rigs will be owned by the licenses and will

Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M) through its subsidiaries Caspian Rigbuilders BV (an affiliated company of Keppel FELS) and Caspian Shipyard

Ulstein Group's next generation, harsh environment IMR vessel, M/V Seven Viking, has taken home the prestigious "Ship of The Year" award at the 2013

Congress will take a close look at the Pentagon’s $34 billion Littoral Combat Ship program and may consider restrictions on the Navy’s $2 billion

With a focus on innovation, the Next Generation Ship Award honors the most promising design for ships that will be at sea in the coming

Over the weekend we posted a somewhat scary video of a cameraman getting a face full of wood at a unidentified ship launch. The video quickly went viral, but

The U.S. Senate voted on Monday to make only a minor change in the main U.S. global food aid program, rebuffing President Barack Obama's call for the biggest

West African heads of state will meet, maybe as soon as this month, to adopt a code to fight growing piracy in their coastal waters that would include use of

Leading ship owners said on Tuesday new environmental legislation is set to cost their industry over $500 billion in coming

Marinexplore, the ocean’s big data platform, today announced that Dr. Christopher W. Clark, Director of the Bioacoustic Research Program at the Cornell

By Alexander Healey Panama finally reveals what happened to three bulkers lost in 2010. But little action is being taken to improve safety for seafarers. Ever

By Karl Plume June 3 (Reuters) – The Mississippi River was effectively closed to barge traffic from northern Iowa to St. Louis as flooding shuttered