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(Bloomberg) — Petroliam Nasional Bhd., Malaysia’s state oil and gas company, raised its buyout offer for shipping group MISC Bhd. by 3.8 percent to

(Bloomberg) — The Baltic Dry Index, a gauge of costs to transport grains and minerals by sea, fell the most since Dec. 19 amid slowing charters of

(Bloomberg) — The number of gasoline cargoes booked on tankers for shipment to the U.S. will expand in the next two weeks, according to a Bloomberg

(Bloomberg) — Canada is pulling ahead of the U.S. in the contest to be the first exporter of liquefied natural gas from the North American shale bonanza

(Bloomberg) — Frontline Ltd., the oil-tanker operator led by shipping billionaire John Fredriksen, said it’s rejecting some cargoes after a rout in

(Bloomberg) — Record U.S. exports of liquefied petroleum gas are spurring StealthGas Inc. to redeploy tankers as far as 13,500 miles to take advantage of

(Bloomberg) — Exxon Mobil Corp., the largest U.S. oil company, plans to develop a floating liquefied natural gas project to develop the Scarborough field

By Yuji Okada and Chou Hui Hong March 29 (Bloomberg) — Japan, the biggest buyer of liquefied natural gas, plans to list the world’s first futures

(Bloomberg) — Japanese shipbuilders may post losses next fiscal year as the yen’s weakening fails to mitigate the impact of a global supply glut

March 28 (Bloomberg) — Billionaire investor Wilbur Ross Jr. said he’s prepared to invest $1 billion more in the shipping industry, increasing his

By David Lerman (Bloomberg) — The U.S. Navy’s troubled Littoral Combat Ship, a vessel intended to be small and speedy for use in shallow waters

(Bloomberg) — Exports of diesel fuel from the U.S. Gulf Coast are poised to climb as refineries returning from maintenance boost production, widening the

(Bloomberg) — Singapore LNG Corp., the island state’s importer of liquefied natural gas, received its first cargo and will use the spot shipment

By Isaac Arnsdorf and Jasmine Wang March 27 (Bloomberg) — A Chinese supertanker able to haul 2 million barrels of crude sent a signal from Iran’s

March 26 (Bloomberg) — Transocean Ltd. properly maintained its Deepwater Horizon rig before the April 2010 blowout of a BP Plc well that set off the

(Bloomberg) — Stronger demand for iron ore and coal shipped by sea, led by record monthly steel production in China amid slowing fleet growth, is poised

March 26 (Bloomberg) — Rates for Panamax ships carrying grains ended their longest rally in a decade amid speculation demand temporarily declined before

(Bloomberg) — India’s JSW Group, controlled by the billionaire Jindal family, plans to spend 40 billion rupees ($736 million) to build its first

(Bloomberg) — John Fredriksen, the richest shipping investor, is spending $2.6 billion on the biggest fleet of fuel-efficient ships in history, betting

(Bloomberg) — Centrica Plc, the U.K.’s largest household energy supplier, signed a 20-year deal to import natural gas from the U.S., securing