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By Caroline Stauffer and Reese Ewing SAO PAULO, Jan 14 (Reuters) – Up to a dozen containers carrying chemicals caught fire at a terminal at

By Jonathan Saul and Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen LONDON/SINGAPORE, Jan 15 (Reuters) – China’s growing military presence in the South China Sea has

SINGAPORE, Jan 14 (Reuters) – The container turnover at the port of Singapore fell for the first time since 2009 to a four-year low in 2015, largely led

By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (Reuters) – The U.S. Coast Guard on Wednesday released a proposed acquisition timeline and requirements for two new

Update (Jan 14) – The Baltic Dry Index fell for a seventh straight day Thursday, down 11 points, or 2.79 percent, at 383 points. The capesize, panamax

By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin and Sam Wilkin DUBAI, Jan 13 (Reuters) – Iran released 10 U.S. sailors on Wednesday after holding them overnight, bringing a

ATHENS, Jan 12 (Reuters) – Greece only received a bid from China’s Cosco Group for a majority stake in Piraeus Port Authority, the operator of the

Update (Tues. January 12, 2016) – The Baltic Dry Index sank to a new record low for the sixth straight session on Tuesday brought down by record low

By Sandhya Ravishankar CHENNAI, India, Jan 11 (Reuters) – An Indian court on Monday sentenced crew members of a private American ship, including 25

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Jan 9 (Reuters) – The U.S. Navy released black-and-white video on Saturday it said was taken by an American helicopter showing

MUMBAI, Jan 10 (Reuters) – India’s Reliance Defence Ltd has signed an accord with a provincial government to set up a naval facility along the

By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen and Liz Hampton SINGAPORE/HOUSTON, Jan 8 (Reuters) – Oil traders in Asia are running the numbers on importing Alaskan crude,

Jan 8 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, which tracks rates for ships carrying industrial commodities, continued its run of

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Jan 7 (Reuters) – The world’s second biggest container shipping line, MSC, has become the latest firm to resume direct

Jan 7 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying industrial commodities, fell to a record low

LONDON/FRANKFURT, Jan 7 (Reuters) – Reinsurance rates in the marine sector continued to fall at the start of the year, in spite of the huge cost of

ABU DHABI, Jan 6 (Reuters) – Container volumes rose by 32 percent at Abu Dhabi’s Khalifa Port in 2015 buoyed by industrial and infrastructure

By Brenda Goh SHANGHAI, Jan 6 (Reuters) – China’s dry-bulk shipping industry will likely see a surge in bankruptcies this year as freight rates hit

Update (Wednesday, Jan 6) – The Baltic Dry Index fell again on Wednesday, ending the day down one point, or 0.21 percent, at 467 points. By Jonathan Saul

By Sabina Zawadzki COPENHAGEN, Jan 5 (Reuters) – Danish companies are eyeing a series of energy and shipping projects in Iran following a visit this week