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Workers at Brazil’s Santos port will participate in a six-hour work stoppage on Feb. 22 to protest government plans for shipping terminals in the

By Isaac Arnsdorf Feb. 15 (Bloomberg) — The world’s largest heavy transport vessel loaded the biggest semi-submersible offshore platform hull for

By Margaret Newkirk and Christopher Palmeri Feb. 15 (Bloomberg) — Robin Burgess was enjoying the last full day of her cruise on Feb. 10 when she smelled

Petroleo Brasileiro SA may receive a spot cargo of liquefied natural gas from the U.S. today, according to ship-tracking data. The LNG Capricorn, with a

Earnings are about zero for the biggest oil tankers, hauling almost half the world’s seaborne crude, and owners of the ships may opt to remove them from

The price gap between liquefied natural gas in Asia and Europe will support demand for shipping even as new vessels are built before fuel output expands,

Transocean Ltd. and federal prosecutors won approval of the oil driller’s agreement to plead guilty to violating the U.S. Clean Water Act for its role in

Returns for Panamax ships, the main grain and coal carriers, reached the highest in almost two months as the reopening of some Asian offices after holidays and

Disruptions to the supply of liquefied natural gas in Nigeria and Egypt will curb shipping rates as more vessels compete for fewer cargoes of the fuel,

The U.S. is poised to become a net exporter of liquefied petroleum gases for the first year ever as shale-based energy production jumps, prompting new orders

Overseas Shipholding Group Inc., the largest U.S. tanker operator, owes $463 million in U.S. taxes, the Internal Revenue Service said. The bankrupt

Returns for Panamax vessels that haul coal and other commodities strengthened, nearing a two- month high, on increasing exports of the mineral from the U.S.

Oil tankers that move crude between U.S. ports are reaping windfall profits as domestic production surges and American laws prohibit exports. Rates for Jones

By Michelle Wiese Bockmann (Bloomberg) — Earnings for ships that carry dry- bulk commodities are set to start recovering in 2014 as fleet growth slows to

By Isaac Arnsdorf (Bloomberg) — Tankers hauling liquefied petroleum gas will gain as shale oil and gas production boosts U.S. exports and fleet growth

In fact, Shell is sending both Alaskan rigs to Asia for repairs By Brian Swint (Bloomberg) — Royal Dutch Shell Plc sent two of its drill rigs in Alaska

By Michelle Wiese Bockmann (Bloomberg) — The Baltic Dry Index, a measure of costs to transport minerals and grains by sea, fell for a second session as

BP Plc, Europe’s second-biggest energy company, signed a deal to export U.S. gas from the Freeport terminal in Texas, joining Royal Dutch Shell Plc,

(Bloomberg) — Nordic American Tankers Ltd., the third-largest owner of oil tankers hauling 1 million-barrel cargoes, said it may double its fleet within

(Bloomberg) — A South Korean shipping company with 10 vessels hired out to Vale SA, the world’s largest iron-ore producer, bought an 11th vessel