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ABUJA, April 29 (Reuters) – Pirates have kidnapped five crew members from a cargo ship off Nigeria, the vessel’s management company said on Monday,

President Barack Obama plans on Monday to nominate Charlotte, North Carolina, Mayor Anthony Foxx to be his next transportation secretary, a White House

An Indian anti-terrorism agency will investigate the case of two Italian marines accused of murdering two Indian fishermen, raising the possibility once more

Cargotec has been struggling to improve profitability for the past few years as global economic uncertainty and a glut of vessels have made shipping companies

DNB, one the world's largest lenders to the shipping industry has struggled with souring loans in the shipping

Maritime police in Somalia's semi-autonomous region of Puntland seized five Iranian ships and detained 78

"I would characterize it as more opportunities for new build equipment because of increased volumes and an aging fleet than through acquisitions," said Kirby's

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, April 24 (Reuters) – Iran is storing millions of barrels of oil on tankers in its territorial waters as Tehran struggles with

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Six Greenpeace activists boarded a coal ship bound for South Korea near Australia’s Great Barrier Reef on Wednesday, protesting

Barge shipping on the Illinois River and parts of the Mississippi River will remain impeded until at least early next week as the flood-swollen waterways

China's CITIC Pacific is delaying completion of its $8 billion Sino Iron project in Australia until late May because of engineering

FRANKFURT, April 23 (Reuters) – NordLB’s, one of the world’s top ten ship financiers, expects the shipping industry to have passed its

LONDON, April 22 (Reuters) – Clean tanker rates for refined petroleum products on top export routes were mostly lower on Monday while active bookings

Deal marks Navios' entry into the container ship

The U.S. Coast Guard has closed a portion of the Mississippi River near St. Louis after 114 barges broke free late

OSLO, April 21 (Reuters) – Norway took a major step towards opening up an environmentally sensitive Arctic area to oil and gas exploration when the

Barge shipping was halted Friday on parts of the Illinois and Mississippi rivers as flooding forced the closure of several locks until at least the middle of

Eight Mississippi River locks between Muscatine, Iowa, and Clarksville, Missouri, were expected to close beginning on Friday, effectively closing the river to

The specialized nuclear transport ships Pacific Heron and Pacific Egret left the Cherbourg Harbor in northern France on April 17th

Vale mega ship called at a port in eastern China this week, marking the first entry of the vessels since Beijing banned them in January