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In a 93 to 6 vote, the U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed Elaine Chao as head of the U.S. Department of Transportation in the Trump Administration. Hours later

The U.S. Navy’s guided missile cruiser USS Antietam ran aground off the coast of Yokosuka, Japan on Tuesday, damaging the ship’s props and

The two crewmembers of the bulk carrier Shanghai Spirit were seriously injured in a scaffolding accident at Port Alma in Queensland, Australia on Sunday.

The new locks of the Panama Canal saw another milestone on this month with the successful transit of TradeWinds Towing tug Hollywood and barge JMC

Four new 3300 TEU container vessels being built for the French shipping group, CMA CGM, will feature Wärtsilä Ballast Water Management Systems (BWMS). This

Russian shipping company Sovcomflot (SCF) says its new arctic shuttle tankers have now transported one million tonnes of crude oil from the Yamal Peninsula to

John Fredriksen’s Frontline Ltd made a non-binding proposal over the weekend where Frontline would acquire all outstanding shares of common stock of

The U.S. Coast Guard held a memorial service Friday in remembrance of the 23 lives lost after the Coast Guard Cutter Blackthorn collided with tanker and sank

Statoil Petroleum AS has chartered thirteen vessels, including 9 AHTS and 4 PSVs, for work offshore Norway as the company boosts its exploration activities for

Florida governor Rick Scott threatened to cut state funding for any Florida ports looking to do business with Cuba. The warning from Governor Scott, delivered

Jeanerette, LA – January 26, 2017: Louisiana-based shipbuilder Metal Shark has been awarded two separate contracts to produce passenger vessels for the

The first commercial cargo legally imported into United States from Cuba in more than five decades arrived in Port Everglades, Florida on Tuesday. The cargo,

Finnish wind propulsion company Norsepower Oy has announced it has signed an agreement with Finnish shipping line Viking Line to install rotor sails onboard

New regulations on limiting sulphur and nitrogen oxides emissions and a burgeoning global infrastructure are adding to the growing momentum for the widespread

Towage company Svitzer has announced plans to more than double its fleet of Brazilian-flagged tugs in 2017, the company said Wednesday. The company also

The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged U.S.-based shipping conglomerate Overseas Shipholding Group and its former chief financial officer Myles

Shares of stock in Dryships, Inc. (NASDAQ: DRYS) were trading just over $1 on Friday, down more than 70% since the beginning of the year, after the company

Ceremony marks the first crossing of the Equator. Vessel in the video is the Norwegian-flagged offshore supply vessel World Sapphire during a voyage

Carnival Corporation has announced plans to build to new cruise ships at Italy’s Fincantieri to add to the cruise company’s Holland America Line

New amendments entering into force this week under the IMO’s Maritime Labour Convention (MLC 2006) seeking to protect the financial security of