Reuters

By Marcy Nicholson NEW YORK – Dock workers on the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf coasts moved closer to a potential strike, which would disrupt the delivery of

An Argentine naval vessel detained in Ghana at the request of a hedge fund seeking payment on defaulted government bonds left the West African country on

LONDON – Pirates have attacked and looted a tanker off the coast of Nigeria, taking five crew members hostage, the ship’s operating company said on

Members of the Royal Navy icebreaker HMS Protector dressed as Santa Claus and Rudolf pose during a charity run for the ship’s affiliated charity, East

NAIROBI – A dozen soldiers guarding a North Korean ship impounded in Somalia’s autonomous Puntland region for maritime violations have hijacked the

By Ivana Sekularac ZEEBRUGGE, Belgium – CMA CGM, the world’s third-largest container group, plans to list shares on the Paris Stock Exchange to get

A ship is loaded with iron ore at the port in Geraldton, Western Australia December 3, 2012. A new deepwater port on Australia’s Indian Ocean Coast was

By Adrian Croft BRUSSELS – Pirate attacks off the coast of Somalia have dropped sharply this year but piracy remains a viable “business

ATHENS – A small boat carrying migrants hoping to get to Greece sank near the eastern island of Lesvos early on Saturday, drowning 20 people, Greek

By Jeb Blount RIO DE JANEIRO – Chevron Corp is willing to pay about 300 million reais ($144 million) to settle lawsuits in Brazil over an oil spill last

ROME – Italy has summoned the Indian ambassador to urge that India’s Supreme Court reach a decision before the year-end Christmas holiday to settle

By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA – Brazil’s ports are among the slowest and most costly in the world due to poor infrastructure, high taxes, excessive

By Oleg Vukmanovic LONDON – Gas tanker owners face falling profits over the next few years as delays to Australian gas project leave new ships

By Jonathan Saul LONDON – Western sanctions imposed over the past months against Iran’s shipping industry will seriously affect

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) – Alaska‘s governor will introduce legislation allowing the state to provide $355 million (221 million pounds) in

By John Kemp LONDON, Dec 7 (Reuters) – The Obama administration will find it almost impossible to refuse permission for more liquefied natural gas

COPENHAGEN, Dec 6 (Reuters) – A U.S. port workers union has accused APM Terminals, a port operator of A.P. Moller-Maersk, of spying on union

  By Jessica Donati and Daniel Fineren LONDON/DUBAI, Dec 6 (Reuters) – Iranian oil tankers are sending incorrect satellite signals that confuse

By Thomas Escritt and Anthony Deutsch AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Human error was probably to blame for a collision that killed five crew and sank

Teekay LNG (NYSE:TGP) and Antwerp-based EXMAR (EXM:BB) announced Wednesday plans to create a new 50/50 joint venture that will operate in the midsized LPG