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April 5 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, registered its biggest

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON, April 4 (Reuters) – The U.S. trade deficit fell more than expected in February as exports increased to a two-year high and

By Abdiqani Hassan BOSASSO, April 4 (Reuters) – Pirates who hijacked an Indian cargo dhow with 11 crew on board have moved the vessel to an undisclosed

SAO PAULO, April 3 (Reuters) – Brazilian miner Vale SA said on Monday that 260,000 tonnes of fine iron ore on a South Korean ship that sank in the

Update: The EU Naval Force has confirmed that an Indian-registered cargo dhow was seized by suspected pirates on April 1 and is now in the vicinity of Hobyo,

By Henning Gloystein SINGAPORE, April 3 (Reuters) – Prices for shipping containers, the metal boxes that carry 90 percent of the world’s

by Matías Larramendi (Reuters) Uruguay’s navy said on Sunday it was losing hope of finding alive any of 22 crew members missing two days after a South

Update (April 2): A KC-130 aircraft with the Brazilian Air Force has joined the search for survivors from the MV Stellar Daisy, which is believed to have

by Yara Bayoumy (Reuters)  The United Nations does not advocate a military operation in and around Yemen’s Hodeidah port where more than 70

By Keith Wallis SINGAPORE, March 31 (Reuters) – Freight rates for very large crude carriers (VLCCs), which have fallen to six-month lows, are likely to

By Elaine Lies TOKYO, March 31 (Reuters) – Japan’s whaling fleet returned on Friday from its months-long Antarctic hunt in the name of scientific

By Keith Wallis SINGAPORE, March 31 (Reuters) – Freight rates for large capesize dry cargo vessels on key Asian routes, which hit multi-month highs on

March 30 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, fell on Thursday after

By Olesya Astakhova SABETTA, Russia, March 30 (Reuters) – An ice-breaking tanker docked for the first time at Russia’s Arctic port of Sabetta to

SHANGHAI, March 30 (Reuters) – China’s COSCO Shipping Holdings Co Ltd made a loss last year of 9.9 billion yuan ($1.44 billion), the company

By Scott DiSavino March 29 (Reuters) – The last time the United States was a net exporter of natural gas was in 1957, when Dwight Eisenhower was

SHANGHAI, March 29 (Reuters) – China and Hong Kong stocks rose on Wednesday as further signs of a pick-up in global trade boosted shares of port

By Stine Jacobsen COPENHAGEN March 28 (Reuters) – A.P. Moller-Maersk’s new chairman committed to automating its systems as the oil and shipping

SEOUL, March 28 (Reuters) – South Korea on Tuesday said forensic examination showed bone fragments found near a salvaged ferry that sank in one of its

By Jonathan Saul and Arno Schuetze LONDON/FRANKFURT, March 28 (Reuters) – A merger of Hapag-Lloyd and United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) has hit a snag,