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Chun Han Wong SINGAPORE–A group of shipwreck survivors rescued near Myanmar last week remains in limbo off Singapore’s coast despite concerns they

HONG KONG–Cnooc Ltd. (CEO), China’s largest offshore oil-and-gas producer by capacity, confirmed Saturday that the Canadian government approved

LONDON–Brazilian miner Vale SA (VALE) said Thursday the company’s shipping strategy isn’t about owning a fleet of ships but rather making

Did you miss out on the International Workboat Show in New Orleans this week? Even for those of you that attended, the show is so massive that there is

The head of a commission tasked with investigating Hong Kong’s worst maritime disaster in a generation ruled Friday that a series of public hearings

Freight shippers are starting to make contingency plans in case labor strife idles seaports along the U.S. East Coast, just as they begin recovering from an

A subsidiary of Sembcorp Marine Ltd. (S51.SG) has secured a contract worth US$434 million to construct two jack-up rigs for Mexico’s Integradora de

TOKYO–JFE Holdings Inc. (5411.TO) and IHI Corp. (7013.TO) on Tuesday said they will proceed with a Jan. 1 merger of their shipbuilding operations,

RIO DE JANEIRO–Brazilian mining giant VALE SA (VALE, VALE5.BR) believes global demand for iron ore is “far from peaking,” though growth in

(Dow Jones) Chevron Corp. (CVX) is working with Brazilian regulators to restart production at its Frade offshore field, after a court dismissed an injunction

[Dow Jones] SembMarine’s (S51.SG) new drillship order from Sete Brasil for US$806 million was a pleasant surprise, Barclays says. “The seventh

AMSTERDAM (Dow Jones)–Dutch dredging company Koninklijke Boskalis Westminster NV (BOKA.AE) has kept its offer for maritime services company Dockwise

SAO PAULO–Brazilian government-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PBR, PETR4.BR) on Thursday said it has canceled plans to hire five drilling rigs

AMSTERDAM–Dutch sea-transporting company Dockwise Ltd. (DOCKW.AE) said Thursday that Monday’s offer price by Dutch dredging company Royal Boskalis

The head of Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. (HII) said Wednesday that it is still looking for partners to convert a Louisiana naval shipyard earmarked

A body found in the Gulf of Mexico has been identified as that of a Filipino oil worker who went missing after an explosion on an offshore platform Nov.

(Dow Jones) Kirby Corp. (KEX) has agreed to buy tank barges and tugboats operator Penn Maritime Inc. and an affiliated company in a cash and stock deal of

By Andrew Erickson and Gabe Collins Two months after China’s first aircraft carrier Liaoning was commissioned, and a year and a half after it began sea

KUALA LUMPUR–SapuraKencana Petroleum Bhd. (5218.KU) plans to acquire the tender rigs business of Norway’s SeaDrill Ltd. (SDRL.OS) for an

By Gabe Collins and Andrew Erickson Sometimes oil companies follow the flag, sometimes the flag follows them — and sometimes they themselves become the