By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – The response of the remaining countries to the US decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal will likely

A group of Japanese companies including shipping companies NYK and K-Line are teaming up to launch a new LNG bunkering business in Japan. With the new

By Angelina Rascouet, Alex Longley and Rupert Rowling (Bloomberg) — European oil refiners and trading houses began preparing to cut purchases

BEIJING, May 10 (Reuters) – Three ships carrying livestock feed grain, sorghum, from the U.S. to China switched their destinations on Thursday to Japan

In 2017 alone, over ten billion tons of cargo was carried by the world’s fleet of over 50,000 registered ships. Each of those ships is unique –

  Press Release – Metal Shark – Jeanerette, LA – May 10, 2018: Four new high speed patrol boats manufactured by Louisiana, USA-based

Press Release – ABS – (Houston) ABS, the American Club, and Lamar University are launching a new initiative aimed at reducing maritime-related

Update: Panama Canal Says Tugboats Captains Broke the Law The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) is not providing proper staffing and equipment for new larger locks,

By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – Shipping lines serving Iran have a six-month window to leave or cease their operations in the country, following

When two of the world’s top trading partners, get entangled in a stand-off, where the outbreak of a trade war could become the extended tool of intense

John Fredriksen-controlled Northern Drilling has entered into agreements to acquire two newbuild ultra-deepwater drillships from South Korea’s Daewoo

The U.S. Coast Guard will conduct a formal public hearing to consider evidence related to a fatal fire that occurred last year aboard the Bouchard No. 255 Tank

You know the saying, “when life gives you lemons, make lemonade”. That’s exactly what maritime pilots in Finland do when it’s simply

Norwegian energy giant Statoil is awarding Subsea 7 Norway AS a five-year contract for IMR services to be carried out by the Seven Viking vessel for subsea

Panama Canal towboat Captains are part of the first-ever work stoppage in the canal’s history, citing safety concerns. When the new canal locks were

By Julian Lee (Bloomberg) — The snap-back of U.S. sanctions on Iran’s oil exports may well see international shipping companies, which have carried

By Clara Denina , Jonathan Saul, Dasha Afanasieva and Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen LONDON/COPENHAGEN, May 9 (Reuters) – Shipping group A.P. Moller-Maersk

Press Release – Damen –Damen’s Head of Communications, Sylvia Boer, has recently been appointed President of the Netherlands chapter of WISTA – the

CARACAS, May 8 (Reuters) – A legal dispute between ConocoPhillips and Venezuelan state oil firm PDVSA could leave Curacao’s economically important

By Jessica Resnick-Ault, Jane Chung and Osamu Tsukimori NEW YORK/SEOUL/TOKYO, May 8 (Reuters) – Iran’s exports of oil to China, Europe and other