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Australian coal miners are shrugging off a global glut of the fuel, exporting a record 158.5 million tonnes in the January-September period from the key mining

The Russian navy twice interfered with a Finnish state environmental research vessel in international waters in August and September, the Finnish Environment

A giant iron-ore freighter owned by Vale SA was allowed to dock at a Chinese port last week, Reuters data showed, the first since the Brazilian miner signed

South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries plans to build three Arctic tankers for Russian oil company Gazprom Neft, which has been targeted by Western

Shipping freight rates for transporting containers from ports in Asia to Northern Europe fell 10.2 percent to $738 per 20-foot container (TEU) in the week

Denmark's A.P. Moller-Maersk said on Thursday its shipping alliance with MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co would begin operations in January next year after

Pirates that captured a Vietnamese oil tanker last week after it left Singapore have released the vessel, the company that owns the ship said on

By Jonathan Saul, Gustavo Bonato and Ros Krasny Oct 8 (Reuters) – Brazil, Argentina and the United States have tightened port entry procedures for ships

The captain of a South Korean ferry that capsized in April killing about 300 people, most of them school children, apologised in court on Wednesday for his

A ship carrying radioactive concrete was forced to put down its anchor just off the Scottish coast in the North Sea on Tuesday after a fire in one of its

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Oct 7 (Reuters) – European Union sanctions on Iran’s main oil tanker firm NITC have been annulled after the EU failed to

Piracy will increase in the Gulf of Guinea as Nigeria prepares for an election next February in order to funnel ransom money into campaign financing,

Canada will have trouble ensuring marine safety in the Arctic as climate change melts the sea ice and shipping increases, Parliament's environmental watchdog

A group of Cuban migrants drank their own urine and blood after the engine of their homemade boat failed, leaving them adrift in the Caribbean for three weeks

Scientists have devised a new map of the Earth's seafloor using satellite data, revealing massive underwater scars and thousands of previously uncharted sea

A German court delayed a long-awaited ruling on Thursday on the proposed dredging of the river Elbe for large container ships in Hamburg, Germany's largest

Crude oil shipping firms Frontline Management and Tankers International formed a chartering joint venture called VLCC Chartering Ltd to increase their joint

South Korea's largest bulk shipper Pan Ocean Co Ltd has been put up for auction, according to a sales notice on Wednesday, becoming the latest asset to be sold

The first U.S. export of Alaskan crude to South Korea in more than a decade set sail at the weekend, according to a company source and shipping data, marking

China has given four shipping lines including China Cosco 1.8 billion yuan ($293.3 million) in subsidies to encourage them to retire and upgrade their vessels,