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Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation (NYSE: NNA) has announced that four of their eleven MR2 newbuild product tankers have just received charter contracts.

The Port Of Rotterdam reports that the 102455 DWT containership Hanjin Hamburg struck a Fin whale in the Bay of Biscay on Friday. The adult female was

OSLO – Marlink has been chosen by the CMA CGM Group, the world’s third largest container shipping group, to upgrade the majority of its fleet to

By Lieutenant Stephanie Young, USCG August 4 is a special day of the year for Coast Guard men and women as we celebrate our anniversary of service to the

Gibdock has underlined its growing reputation in the offshore vessel sector by securing its first dry docking contract from Technip, a world leader in project

The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has announced the release of the ABS Guidance Notes on Accidental Load Analysis and Design for Offshore Structures. ABS

Teekay LNG Partners L.P. (NYSE:TGP), announced today that it has issued approximately 0.93 million common units in a private placement to an institutional

2nd Officer Yaroslav Karetnikov of the Mærsk McKinney-Møller created a timelapse video of his ship’s maiden port call to Busan, South Korea. Watch it

Prospector Offshore Drilling S.A. (PROS) has announced today that their newbuild Freide & Goldman JU2000E jack-up rig, Prospector 5, has been awarded an

On 16 July 2013, the 53,450 dwt bulk carrier Bridgegate was loaded with her cargo of bauxite at a port at the Rio Tinto alumina refinery in Gove, also known

On July 25, 2013, President Barack Obama used Florida's Port of Jacksonville, or JAXPORT, as the backdrop to speak about the importance of manufacturing and

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) announced Wednesday $9.46 million to help improve 12 shipyards in 10 states.

Note: This article has been reposted from March 22, 2013, with an update that the sentence was handed down yesterday, July 23, 2013.  Shipping firms Columbia

July 23, 2013 – Athens, Greece – Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ: SHIP) announced today that it has closed on

State-run Qatargas announced this week that it has sold Qatar’s first ever cargo of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) to Malaysia as the country continues its

The Great Eastern Shipping Company Limited (G E Shipping) has signed contract to buy a Very Large Gas Carrier (VLGC) of about 49,300 dwt (73,800 cbm). The

"We believe that the timing is right to divest of our non-core Downstream segment in order to strategically focus our energies on our Upstream core business,"

The International Maritime Organization has issued a statement that IMO Secretary-General Emeritus, Dr. C.P. Srivastava, KCMG, has died in Italy at the age of

BG Tunisia has extended it’s charter for Solstad Offshore’s (SOFF) anchor handling vessel (AHTS) Nor Star for an additional two years, with one

SINGAPORE — Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Mark Neeland, supervisor Activities Far East Marine Inspection Detachment Singapore, presented a U.S. Coast Guard