By Roslan Khasawneh and Keith Wallis SINGAPORE, Dec 17 (Reuters) – Six crew members are still missing after a general cargo freighter sank in the

RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec 17 (Reuters) – Brazilian prosecutors on Thursday charged 12 people with a bribery scheme involving Dutch firm SBM Offshore NV, the

The remarkable story of Mexican castaway Salvador Alvarenga has taken grim turn as the family of the boy who accompanied him on his ill fated fishing trip

By Andrea Rothman and Benjamin Katz (Bloomberg) — Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc Chief Executive Officer Warren East culled senior managers including the heads

Maersk Group, owner of the world’s largest fleet containerships, says it is “disappointed’ that the landmark Paris agreement on climate

By John Kemp LONDON, Dec 16 (Reuters) – Congressional leaders have reached a deal to lift the 40-year-old ban on exporting U.S. crude in a symbolically

A section of the Mississippi River is restricted to one-way vessel traffic near Memphis as the Coast Guard and response crews work to salvage a towboat

United Arab Shipping Company says its M.V. Al Muraykh, one of the world’s greenest containerships, has loaded a world record 18,601 TEUs. UASC says the

The 600,000 tonnes Prelude FLNG facility, the largest offshore facility ever constructed, is nearing completion at the Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) shipyard

By Jennifer A. Dlouhy (Bloomberg) — Royal Dutch Shell Plc is fighting to preserve U.S. drilling rights in Arctic waters three months after halting

By Brian Wingfield and Jennifer A. Dlouhy (Bloomberg) — The U.S. is poised to reverse an energy policy that has helped define its relations with the

Update: The Baltic Dry Index slid further Wednesday, closing at 471 points – its new all-time low. By Manisha Jha (Bloomberg) — The shipping

By Jonathan Saul and Maria Tsvetkova LONDON/MOSCOW, Dec 15 (Reuters) – Earlier this year, an old refrigerator ship called the Georgiy Agafonov, built to

By Ron Bousso and Libby George LONDON, Dec 15 (Reuters) – Tankers laden with diesel heading from the U.S. Gulf Coast to Europe are turning around in

By Martin Roebuck (TheLoadstar) AstraZeneca has said it will be using ocean freight for 70% of its international shipments within the next 12-18 months. Julian

BY TIM KELLY (Reuters) In a recent video U.S. Pacific Fleet Commander warns of a possible arms race in the disputed South China Sea which could

By Alessandro Pasetti (TheLoadstar) This month, Singapore container shipping line Neptune Orient Lines finally agreed to be acquired by France’s CMA CGM in a

By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) — Cosco and China Shipping have released details of their forthcoming merger, which is likely to see the latter quit

With no explicit reference to shipping in the historic climate deal unanimously adopted by almost 200 nations in Paris this weekend, it is now up to the

The U.S. Navy’s newest littoral combat ship had to be towed into port last week after losing propulsion off the coast of Virginia.   A