By Jessica Jaganathan SINGAPORE, Oct 11 (Reuters) – Hong Kong-based trader Winson Oil has bought a very large crude carrier (VLCC) to store oil in the

  In 2012, PT Indo Straits began researching the purchase of new spring line ropes for these vessels. The ropes were needed to position and stabilize

The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has issued a Request For Proposals (RFP) to four pre-qualified port operators selected to compete for the concession to

International classification society the American Bureau of Shipping has been awarded a research by the U.S. Maritime Security Center to conduct a two-year

The Marshall Islands Registry has obtained the status of the number one ship registry for the world’s tanker fleet with 44.6 million gross tons, the

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Oct 10 (Reuters) – Missile attacks from Yemen on Western military craft risk spilling over into nearby busy sea lanes which

(BIMCO) – BIMCO, the world’s largest international shipping association, has today voiced serious concerns about some of the conclusions of the

By Gwladys Fouche SVALBARD, Norway, Oct 10 (Reuters) – A surge in Arctic tourism is bringing ever bigger cruise ships to the formerly isolated, ice-bound

PARIS, Oct 10 (Reuters) – The French government said on Monday it was not planning to take a majority stake in the French subsidiary of struggling South

By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON, Oct 9 (Reuters) – A U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer was targeted on Sunday in a failed missile attack from territory in

TOKYO, Oct 9 (Reuters) – Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is planning to stop taking new orders for large passenger ships, downsizing its

The U.S. Coast Guard and other first responders as well as good samaritans responded to a 34-foot recreational sailboat that capsized near San

By Captain Paul Lobo – Sadly, today I read in gCaptain about another ship pilot killed in the line of duty. This time the accident happened while a

TOTE Maritime’s new LNG-powered containership Perla Del Caribe arrived in Puerto Rico on Friday after sailing around Hurricane Matthew. AIS data showed

A network of ports from northern Europe to Singapore and even the United States have banded together to develop the the world’s first set of harmonized

Check out this amazing video showing a crew of NOAA Hurricane Hunters fly through the eye wall and into the eye of Hurricane Matthew aboard a WP-3D Orion

By Joseph Guyler Delva and Scott Malone CHANTAL, Haiti/COCOA BEACH, Fla., Oct 7 (Reuters) – Hurricane Matthew killed more than 800 people and left tens

The U.S. Navy’s newest littoral combat ship USS Montgomery has suffered a crack in its aluminum hull after being hit by a tug as the ship sortied

By Naomi Tajitsu and Keith Wallis TOKYO/SINGAPORE, Oct 7 (Reuters) – Nippon Yusen, Japan’s biggest shipper by sales, warned it would book a $1.9

The stricken drilling rig Transocean Winner has been loaded onto a semi-submersible heavy lift ship nearly two months after the rig ran aground on the Isle of