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Two German shipping companies have pleaded guilty to environmental crimes related to the use of a so-called “magic pipe” to bypass one of its

A Petrobras FPSO in Brazil’s Campos Basin has been shutdown after a fire on the facility on Thursday afternoon. The state-run oil company confirmed the

Oil giant BP decided to take the last Aussie-crewed fuel tanker, the MT British Fidelity, off the Australian coast. The vessel, currently in Singapore, was

Florida-based Crowley Marine Services has lost a bid to continue to provide tanker escort and oil spill prevention and response services in Valdez and

The Hoegh Osaka had no chance of surviving the Bramble Bank turn shortly after the vessel departed from the port of Southampton on January 3, 2015 with

Shipping company Golden Ocean Group raised about U$7.8 million through a subsequent offering of 34.37 million new shares. The company was able to sell about

Maersk’s E-Class Emma Maersk departs Damen Shiprepair Brest in northern France following drydock services, a Special Survey and maintenance works. Photos

Farrell Lines, a subsidiary of the Maersk Line, Limited, and a subcontractor have paid about $3.66 million in civil fines for submitting

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) announced that it has delivered the fuel-efficient AIDAprima cruise ship to AIDA Cruises at a ceremony held at Nagasaki

A simulation study on the operational and financial impacts of ‘megaships’ with a carrying capacity of more than 18,000 TEU on lines,

Island Offshore has announced the lay ups of its two platform supply vessels (PSVs), Island Dragon and Island Duchess, effectively immediately, pushing

For full-year 2015, Bourbon Offshore reported a loss of €76.6 million (US$85 million), attributed to a reduced utilization rate and an unrealized foreign

A new report by the International Research Institute of Stavanger showed that oil and gas industry will need to recruit more than 20,000 workers by 2020 in

Sunoco Logistics reported that the first tanker carrying Marcellus Shale ethane to Europe from the U.S. was loaded at its Marcus Hook Industrial Complex. The

A grand jury in Seattle has indicted two shipping companies and two engineers for crimes related to the illegal discharge of oily wastewater from the

Japanese classification society ClassNK has received U.S. Coast Guard authorization to participate in the Coast Guard’s Alternate Compliance Program

South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering will cut 12,000 jobs from its workforce by 2019 as it tries to revive its business following a

The unidentified buyer of a new-design subsea vessel at the Norwegian ship technology company Havyard has cancelled the shipbuilding contract amid horrible

Houston-based Kirby Corporation (NYSE: KEX) announced an agreement Wednesday to purchase the inland tank barge fleet of SEACOR Holdings for $88 million in

The Port of London says more larger ships than ever called at the port in 2015, helping the total tonnage of cargo handled at Thames terminals climb to 45.4