By Scott Malone SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Sept 6 (Reuters) – Monster Hurricane Irma hammered the Caribbean island of St. Martin on Wednesday as it packed a

The U.S. Navy is planning to haul the damaged guided missile destroyer USS John S. McCain to its ship repair facility in Yokosuka, Japan where damage

By Rakteem Katakey (Bloomberg) — Europe’s biggest energy companies have a message for the aging U.K. North Sea oil industry: We may be selling assets,

By Devika Krishna Kumar Sept 5 (Reuters) – Fuel distributors and traders in Florida braced for a second supply shock as Hurricane Irma barreled

By Thomas Seal (Bloomberg) Britain will go ahead with the construction of a new generation of cut-price, multipurpose warships as it seeks to spur naval

by Christian Shepherd (Reuters) – China’s navy and air force has carried out exercises near the Korean peninsula, practicing to defend against a

By Brian K Sullivan (Bloomberg) Hurricane Irma, the most powerful storm to form in the open Atlantic Ocean, was barreling toward Puerto Rico late

Henning Gloystein (Reuters) – Oil prices dipped on Wednesday as crude demand remained subdued on the back of refinery closures following Hurricane Harvey

By Christopher Palmeri (Bloomberg) Carnival, Royal Caribbean, and Norwegian Cruise Line all tumbled in Tuesday trading as Hurricane Irma threatened to do to

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will buy five new frigates as part of a new shipbuilding strategy aimed at boosting the navy and exports following decades of

By Jemima Kelly LONDON, Sept 6 (Reuters) – Consultancy EY, data security firm Guardtime, Microsoft and ship operator Maersk have joined to build a

The 14,414 TEU CMA CGM Theodore Roosevelt has set a new record as the largest capacity containership to ever visit the U.S. east coast after calling at the

(Drewry) – Despite a recovery in cargo shipping markets, ship manning costs will remain suppressed as shipowners and operators continue to be financially

South Korean shipping company Hyundai Merchant Marine has confirmed that it has signed a contract for the construction of at least five VLCCs at Daewoo

By Scott Malone SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Sept 5 (Reuters) – Highly dangerous Category 5 Hurricane Irma rolled toward the Caribbean and southern United

By Gary McWilliams and Daniel Trotta HOUSTON, Sept 5 (Reuters) – Houston area residents picked up the pace of their recovery from Hurricane Harvey on

The U.S. Coast Guard on Monday monitored the recovery and transit of a grounded drillship in Aransas Pass near Corpus Christi, Texas. The Paragon Offshore

By Abigail Morris (Bloomberg) — The U.K. North Sea is on track for the biggest year of oil and gas field startups in a decade, continuing the aging

HAMAD PORT, Qatar, Sept 5 (Reuters) – Qatar inaugurated a new $7.4 billion port along its Gulf coast on Tuesday that officials said would become a

Inmarsat (LSE: ISAT.L) has signed a ground-breaking Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Samsung Heavy Industries (“SHI”), establishing a relationship to