ISTANBUL, Oct 24 (Reuters) – A U.N spokesperson said on Monday that “urgent” steps are needed to relieve a backlog of more than 150 ships

By Joori Roh (Reuters) – A South Korean court on Saturday issued arrest warrants for a former defense minister and a former coast guard chief

Representative Elaine Luria (D-VA), a veteran US Navy ship driver who is one of the nation’s strongest advocates for US shipbuilding, is facing stiff

by John Konrad (gCaptain) Snaking along the Gulf of Mexico’s seabed are thousands of pipes sending oil and gas from the myriad of oil, rigs and platforms to

by Markus Wacket (Reuters) The European Commission warned the German government last spring not to approve an investment by China’s Cosco into

By Serene Cheong Oct 22, 2022 (Bloomberg) –Traders, tanker companies and the world’s most powerful governments are becoming increasingly fixated

BEIRUT, Oct 22 (Reuters) – Lebanese President Michel Aoun and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday discussed delineating their

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers are demanding answers from the Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over his decision to

By Kim Chipman (Bloomberg) –“Serious concerns” over critically low water levels in the Mississippi River system led port authorities to limit vessel

By Jonathan Landay MYKOLAIV, Ukraine, Oct 22 (Reuters) – Sveta has no doubt about why the Ukrainian-held southern city of Mykolaiv, a

By Barry Parker (gCaptain) – Green Corridors, conceived a year ago through the Clydebank Declaration at COP26 taking place along the banks of the River

Bridging the gap between ship and shore requires investment and bigger and better software solutions, says maritime software provider Dualog. The industry is

by Captain John Konrad (gCaptain) Shots were fired this week when a newly released US Maritime Administration (MARAD) document from 2020 showed that a

The U.S. Department of Transportation and the State of New York today announced the expansion of local law enforcements’ jurisdiction to the

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) have released a draft strategy for the protection of

Oct 21 (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday accused Russia of deliberately delaying the passage of ships carrying

By Joan Faus BARCELONA, Oct 21 (Reuters) – Spanish authorities moved a luxury yacht linked to the sanctioned head of Russian defense group

Imports into the top 10 U.S. container ports fell 5.5% in September driven by a steep drop on the West Coast, industry veteran John McCown said in his latest

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Ocean carriers are endeavouring to top up their ships from China with heavily discounted spot cargo as their contracted

By Arne Delfs and Birgit Jennen (Bloomberg) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz denied reports that he has already reached a decision over the disputed sale