Aboard New Aircraft Carrier, President Trump Calls for ‘Major Expansion’ of Navy Fleet
By Ayesha Rascoe NEWPORT NEWS, Va., March 2 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Thursday he wants a U.S. military buildup of more ships and planes
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By Ayesha Rascoe NEWPORT NEWS, Va., March 2 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Thursday he wants a U.S. military buildup of more ships and planes
March 2 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, rose on Thursday as rates
By Peter Apps March 1 (Reuters) – For much of the last week, the U.S. aircraft carrier Carl Vinson has been patrolling the South China Sea. It is just
COLOMBO, March 1 (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s cabinet has approved the awarding of a $180 million deal for three offshore patrol vessels for the
SINGAPORE, March 1 (Reuters) – China’s Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Holdings Ltd plans to cut another 10 percent of its workforce in 2017, its
By Tom Hals Feb 28 (Reuters) – A subsea and offshore contractor affiliate of Ezra Holdings Ltd, a struggling Singaporean oilfield services firm, filed
FRANKFURT, Feb 28 (Reuters) – German container shipping firm Hapag-Lloyd on Tuesday reported a 66 percent year-on-year fall in operating profit for 2016,
By Gwladys Fouche and Ole Petter Skonnord OSLO, Feb 28 (Reuters) – Rig firm Seadrill, battling with $14 billion in debt and liabilities, said on Tuesday
Feb 28 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, tumbled on Tuesday,
OSLO, Feb 28 (Reuters) – ** Dry bulk shipper Golden Ocean’s CEO Birgitte Ringstad Vartdal says industry now faces more positive outlook after
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON, Feb 27 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump is seeking what he called a “historic” 9 percent increase in military
JERUSALEM, Feb 27 (Reuters) – Israel’s State Attorney has ordered the opening of a criminal investigation into the awarding of a maritime
By Ben Blanchard and Michael Martina BEIJING, Feb 26 (Reuters) – The PLA Navy is likely to secure significant new funding in China’s upcoming
WASHINGTON, Feb 26 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of the Navy withdrew from consideration on Sunday, the second time
By Karl Plume and Michael Hirtzer CHICAGO, Feb 23 (Reuters) – A glut of idled river barges is clogging Mississippi River shorelines from St. Louis to New
By Jonathan Saul and Carolyn Cohn LONDON, Feb 24 (Reuters) – U.K.-regulated ship insurers are preparing plans to open new outposts in European Union
By Mark Tay SINGAPORE, Feb 24 (Reuters) – Traders are selling oil held in tankers anchored off Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia in a sign that the
By Keith Wallis SINGPAORE, Feb 23 (Reuters) – Freight rates for large capesize dry cargo vessels on key Asian routes, which hit multi-week highs on
MADRID, Feb 21 (Reuters) – Spanish dock workers have called nine days of strikes to protest government plans to allow ports to hire non-unionised labour,
SINGAPORE, Feb 22 (Reuters) – Singapore’s Sembcorp Marine Ltd (SembMarine) swung to profit in the fourth quarter of 2016 after provisions pulled
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