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The container sector and, to some extent, the dry bulk sector would probably be the shipping segments most affected by the recently announced US and China

South Korea’s flagship container shipping company Hyundai Merchant Marine has confirmed a long-rumored plan to order 20 eco-friendly mega containerships

Singapore shipbuilder Keppel Offshore & Marine has announced that a subsidiary has secured a contract to build Singapore’s first dual-fuel bunker

The P&O Cruises Grand-class cruise ship Ventura has just completed a two-week docking at Damen Shiprepair Brest. Launched in 2008, this was the first visit

  ABS today announced it is engaged in a two-year project with the US Navy’s Military Sealift Command (MSC) to deliver the industry’s first

A Maltese-flagged bulk carrier crashed into a historic mansion on the shores of Istanbul’s Bosphorus Strait on Saturday after its steering gear failed,

By Nick Ameen (USCG) Each year when the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star visits Antarctica, its crew faces a unique challenge. Creating a navigable channel

A former fishing vessel captain is facing up to six years in prison and large fine after a jury found him guilty of discharging oily waste directly into

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), the trade association representing the interests of the world’s national shipowner associations at the

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South Korea’s government will help the nation’s shipping companies place orders for about 200 ships over the next three years to help the

Happy 406 Day! Each year on April 4 we celebrate 406 Day, a national campaign run by NOAA to spread awareness of the importance of emergency position

Next week, the International Maritime Organization’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) is meeting at IMO Headquarters in London for its

In week eleven, the SAL Heavy Lift vessel MV Lone successfully loaded a new batch of eleven Damen flat-top pontoons in Shanghai. The MV Lone is now en route

The U.S. Marines have fired a long-time Navy Chaplain who was caught on video having sex with a woman a New Orleans bar, USA Today reported Wednesday. On March

U.S. East Coast ship repairer Detyens Shipyards has been awarded a $20.6 million contract from U.S. Navy for a 94-calendar day shipyard availability for the

Shanghai Salvage Company has started moving personnel and resources to New Caledonia to carry out the final removal of the stricken cargo ship Kea Trader from

Port officials in Miami along with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have dedicated a new real-time current mapping system that will

Editor’s Note: The following Safety Alert is being distributed by the United States Coast Guard, Inspections and Compliance Directorate following the

One of the U.S. Navy’s newest littoral combat ship is finally underway to her homeport in Mayport, Florida after spending the winter stuck in ice in