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The influential education-research company Princeton Review, just published its 2016 annual college handbook and ranked the State University of New
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The influential education-research company Princeton Review, just published its 2016 annual college handbook and ranked the State University of New
The RORO Modern Express is reflected in water on the dock as it lists at a mooring in the port of Bilbao, in Zierbena, northern Spain, February 4, 2016.
A German containership has been damaged after being struck from behind by another cargo ship in the Kiel Canal. The incident occurred Friday morning in the
A new report by NGO Shipbreaking Platform reveals that more than 60% of 768 ships sold for scrap last year were broken on the beaches of India, Pakistan
Crowley Maritime Corp. has christened its second LNG-ready product tanker for use in the Jones Act coastwise trade. The 50,000 dead-weight-ton (dwt),
An unladen tanker had a tough time navigating the Mississippi River near New Orleans on Tuesday, crashing into a water tank tower followed by a pier
Video shows the November 2015 sinking of a former Mexican Navy patrol boat off the coast of Rosarito, Mexico to create the first artificial reef in Baja
Jensen Maritime has been selected to design two new escort/rescue tugboats for McAllister Towing. The boats, to be named Brian A. McAllister and the
Vard Marine will design an Antarctic icebreaking vessel for the Chilean Navy. Operating throughout the Southern Ocean, the 125-meter long ship will provide
The Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) is protesting over the federal government’s award of a special license to Pacific Aluminium allowing the company to
South African Salvage Master Nick Sloane has joined Resolve Marine Group as Senior Salvage Master. Sloane has been in the business for decades but is
Check out this photo from January 29th in the westernmost North Sea as a Hurricane Force low was rapidly developing in the northeast Atlantic, producing
Svitzer signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Guangzhou Port Group to create a towage and marine services joint venture for the world’s 5th largest
Philly Shipyard announced that it has started construction on the first product tanker in a four vessel order for American Petroleum Tankers (APT). The
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has issued a strongly worded statement against Spain’s decision to sentence the former
The American Maritime Partnership is the demanding the retraction of what it says is an erroneous report released by an infrastructure lobbying group slamming
The European Commission has presented new EU Operational guidelines for ships in need of assistance. The guidelines have been developed by a group comprised of
BG Group and Keppel Offshore & Marine have secured a license to supply LNG bunkers to vessels in the Port of Singapore after submitting a joint bid to the
The U.S. Coast Guard is getting ready to hold its first marine investigation hearing as part of its probe into the loss of the American cargo ship El Faro
The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) saw a significant growth in container volumes last year. On Monday, the authority reported that it achieved record container
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