Striking Ferry Workers Shut Channel Tunnel, Blockade Calais Port
Traffic was halted through the Channel Tunnel linking Britain and France on Tuesday after striking French ferry workers set fire to tires, while Britain's
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Traffic was halted through the Channel Tunnel linking Britain and France on Tuesday after striking French ferry workers set fire to tires, while Britain's
Singapore opened the newest addition to its container port on Tuesday, aiming to handle more of the increasing number of mega-ships plying the
Mexico's state-run oil company, Pemex, confirmed on Monday there was an accident on an oil platform at one of its major operations in the southern Gulf of
The European Union will use submarines, warships, drones and helicopters in an operation to gather intelligence on gangs who smuggle thousands of
Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Company (NLNG) is sponsoring the construction of the first major ship yard in Africa's biggest economy at the cost of $1.5
The hijacked oil tanker Orkim Harmony has been released by pirates, who fled in the ship's rescue boat, Malaysian navy and maritime officials said on
Maritime regulators from the United States, China and the European Union agreed on Thursday to cooperate more closely to monitor increased tie-ups among
The Chinese government has approved a plan requiring civilian shipbuilders to ensure that new ships can be used by the military during an emergency, a
KUALA LUMPUR, June 18 (Reuters) – A Malaysian naval vessel has made contact with the pirates onboard hijacked tanker Orkim Harmony and is trying
Some 574 Norwegian rig workers could go on strike from next Thursday, potentially reducing oil production, unless a wage settlement is reached during talks
Flooding halted barge traffic on the Illinois River on Wednesday and high water levels prompted futures market operator CME Group Inc to declare force majeure
Vestas will step up testing of its 8 megawatt (MW) wind turbine, the world's most powerful, by installing two of them in the port of Esbjerg in southern
Marine fuel prices are set to fall further after plunging to their lowest since late 2013, with traders in Singapore, the world's largest ship refueling hub,
Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras will likely delay details of major cuts to its $221 billion five-year spending plan until July, two sources said, when
SEATTLE, June 15 (Reuters) – A Royal Dutch Shell PLC drilling rig that will search for oil in the Arctic left its temporary base in Seattle on
Iran is storing as much as 40 million barrels of oil on supertankers at sea as it prepares for a sales drive if a nuclear deal can be
Norwegian oil major Statoil has awarded rig firm Odfjell Drilling contracts worth up to $1.04 billion for work on the giant Johan Sverdrup field in the North
A small oil tanker was hijacked off the southeast coast of Malaysia over the weekend in the second such incident in the same area this month, raising further
(Reuters)Australia would have stooped to a “new low” if reports that its navy paid people-smugglers bound for Australia thousands of dollars to
Egypt's New Suez Canal will open on Aug. 6, its overseer said on Saturday, a project President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi sees as a potent symbol of national pride
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