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SHANGHAI, April 8 (Reuters) – China’s COSCO Shipping Holdings said it would report a profit in the first-quarter, boosted by an improving market

By Karl Plume April 7 (Reuters) – Two separate barge accidents halted navigation on the flood-swollen Mississippi and lower Ohio rivers on Friday,

By Wa Lone and Shwe Yee Saw Myint YANGON, April 7 (Reuters) – Some 20 people died and about a dozen were missing on Friday after a wooden boat

By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS, April 7 (Reuters) – World No. 1 shipping company Maersk Line is set to win EU antitrust approval for its acquisition of Hamburg

By Ron Bousso and Libby George LONDON, April 6 (Reuters) – Traders are shipping more gasoline from Europe to the U.S. East Coast ahead of the summer

DUESSELDORF, Germany, April 6 (Reuters) – Demand for ocean and air freight has been better than expected this year, with increasing volumes and rates

April 5 (Reuters) – The upcoming Atlantic Ocean hurricane season could include at least three severe tempests, but will likely involve fewer storms than

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