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Piracy along Africa’s Atlantic coast is threatening to raise costs for the vast amount of seaborne trade that passes through the region, as the activity

Here is a collection of photos sent in to us from the scene of the MV Amsterdam Bridge fire near Mumbai.  As gCaptain has reported, the 4,380 TEU

In early September, Nam Cheong Limited, Malaysia’s largest Offshore Support Vessel shipbuilder announced that it had won two contracts for the

FAL Oil Co., a United Arab Emirates-based energy trader that’s under U.S. financial restrictions for links to Iran, faces the forced sale of a fuel

Norwegian energy conglomerate Statoil signed a letter of intent yesterday with South Korean shipyard Samsung Heavy Industries for the construction of a new

Malaysian tanker owner and operator AET, announced today they have entered into a long-term contract with Norwegian energy giant Statoil ASA to operate two

TOKYO–Japan’s coast guard said Friday that two Chinese patrol boats have entered Japanese territorial waters around the Senkaku islands. The coast

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) says it is calling for the Panamanian and Mexican authorities to disclose the results of an

Piracy Incidents By Region: SEP 5 – 12 WEST AFRICA NIGERIA: Oil tanker fired upon while underway on 9 September at 06: 09 N – 002: 53 E,

LONDON–Up to 4 million barrels of North Sea Forties crude oil, the main component of global pricing benchmark Brent, are set to leave the region for

Teekay Offshore Partners LP‘s (TOO) sale of roughly 7.4 million of its common units, representing limited-partner interests, priced at a 3.9% discount to

AMSTERDAM–Dutch dredging and maritime services provider Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (BOKA.AE) said Thursday that its Smit Lamnalco associate has been

On Saturday, the US Navy will christen the Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV) Choctaw County, named for three U.S. counties, located in Mississippi, Alabama and

South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries announced today it had secured a USD $620 million order to build a drillship for Houston-based drilling contractor

Wilbur Ross, whose company manages about $10 billion of assets, said private-equity investors are increasingly interested in shipping after a four-year rout

The fire on board the containership MV Amsterdam Bridge that broke out earlier this week has been extinguished, the vessels owner said in a statement today.

Crowley Maritime Corp. said Wednesday that it has taken delivery of the tug, Ocean Wave, the first of four high-bollard-pull Ocean Class tugboats under

HOUSTON–A Brazilian appeals court has denied a request by the national oil regulator to suspend an injunction barring Transocean Ltd. (RIG) and Chevron

LONDON–The growing use of private security firms to protect ships from pirates in the Indian Ocean is throwing up new risks for ships navigating those

PRESS RELEASE — Ocean Signal, UK manufacturer of communications and safety at sea equipment, has appointed MS Service, based in St Petersburg, as its