The Coast Guard on Saturday issued a certificate of inspection to the LNG-powered MV Isla Bella. The 736-foot, 3,100 TEU, U.S.-flagged vessel is the

  FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Container shipping group Hapag-Lloyd has received bids for all of the shares on offer for its planned stock market flotation

  By Greg Torode HONG KONG (Reuters) – The next time the United States sends warships by China’s man-made islands in the disputed South China,

  By Nicholas Brautlecht and Gaspard Sebag (Bloomberg) — The European Union agreed to let HSH Nordbank AG shed more than 8 billion euros ($9.1

  Sunday – The tanker Tokyo Spirit was refloated Sunday afternoon with the help of tugs. The ship was to be towed to a local repair yard. We are

  By Brian Wingfield and Joe Carroll (Bloomberg) — The U.S. Interior Department canceled the two remaining Arctic oil and gas lease sales scheduled

  The first shipment of liquefied natural gas (LNG) has been from the US$18.5 billion Santos GLNG project at Curtis Island in Queensland, Australia. The

  LONDON, Oct 16 (Reuters) – The global shipping industry is unlikely to meet an end-2016 deadline for setting targets and developing a plan to

  Italian authorities have seized more than 20 tons of hashish hidden inside the hull of a general cargo ship at the port of Cagliari in Sardinia,

APM Terminals, the port and terminal operating arm of Denmark’s Maersk Group, has agreed to purchase full ownership of Barcelona-based Grup Maritim TCB

  By John Clarke WASHINGTON, Oct 15 (Reuters) – A U.S. Navy seaman and his wife pleaded guilty on Thursday in a Virginia federal court to charges of

  The National Transportation Safety Board on Thursday released a preliminary report on its investigation into the October 1 sinking of the

  Oil removal operations from the wrecked Flinterstar off the coast of Belgium were halted for a third straight day Thursday due to weather.

  A port town in northern Brazil has been brought to a near standstill more than a week after a livestock carrier loaded with thousands of cattle capsized

  By Victoria Cavaliere Oct 14 (Reuters) – U.S. and Alaska state officials announced on Wednesday they will no longer seek an additional $92 million

  By Keith Wallis SINGAPORE, Oct 15 (Reuters) – Freight rates for capesize bulk carriers could bottom next week as owners resist charterers’

  By Anna Shiryaevskaya (Bloomberg) — Cheniere Energy Inc. is unsure if it will ship first cargo of liquefied natural gas from the lower 48 U.S.

  MILAN, Oct 15 (Reuters) – Shares in Fincantieri plunged as much as 18 percent Thursday after the Italian shipbuilder said problems in Brazil would

  By David Adams and Barbara Liston Oct 14 (Reuters) – The family of a crew member missing from the El Faro cargo ship is seeking $100 million in

With all this talk about unmanned ships, could this be a glimpse into the future of containerships? Let’s hope not. But seriously… pictured here is