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Tokyo-based Astomos Energy Corp has placed an order today with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) for a very large liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carrier.  This

Yeongam, South Korea-based Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries (HSHI), an affiliate of Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), announced today the completion of the

Check out this video showing what life is like aboard the Jack/St. Malo platform in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of

The chief engineer of a car carrier has been sentenced to prison after pleading guilty in federal court in Baltimore, Maryland to obstruction of justice and

The U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) and the U.S. Coast Guard have today issued a Joint Safety Alert in response to a dynamic

Lithuanian Energy Minister Rokas Masiulis is in the United States this week and is expected to seek political support from the U.S. for natural gas supplies to

SEACOR Holdings Inc. has announced this week that Oivind Lorentzen has resigned from his post as Chief Executive Officer and will continue as a director and

The U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) have released proposed regulations that they

JAXPORT’s Board of Directors on Monday unanimously approved an expanded, long-term lease with Crowley Liner Services Inc., a subsidiary of the

The Canadian Coast Guard’s 234-foot multi-mission medium icebreaker Griffon is working this weekend to break free the 26,500 gross ton bulk carrier

Intermanager and the European Community Shipowners' Association are saying that it is unrealistic for merchant ships to continue bear the burden of conducting

Marine terminal operations were suspended for the day Thursday at the Port of Oakland as longshore workers took the day off for a union meeting, the Port said

In response to a staggering number of boat migrants rescued and killed in the Mediterranean Sea in recent days, International Maritime Organization (IMO)

Antwerp’s Scaldis Salvage & Marine Contractors NV has announced an order for a unique self-propelled DP2 crane ship with 4,000 ton lifting capacity

DNV GL on Thursday announced that it has welcomed the MSC Oscar containership into its class, which at 19,224 TEU is the world's largest containership by

U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee, and Senator Heidi Heitkamp, today joined with 19 of their Senate

Two Stena Line ferries are set to become the first ships to be retrofitted with a new in-line closed loop gas scrubber systems from Wärtsilä that will help

BW LPG Ltd announced today that its seven-ship new construction program of very large gas carriers (VLGCs) has gained USD $400 million in debt financing. The

Jacob Stolt-Nielsen, a maritime and offshore industry giant has passed away today at his home in Oslo at age 83. Mr. Stolt-Nielsen saw an unbelieveable level

Niall Farrell from Greystones, Ireland sent us the following drawing he sketched up today on his notepad. This might be the first drawing that has ever been