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By Elena Mazneva and Anna Shiryaevskaya (Bloomberg) — Three weeks after picking up a controversial cargo in the U.K., a liquefied natural gas tanker made

A rapidly developing storm low is forecast off the coast of Japan January 22nd-23rd with storm to hurricane-force winds and significant wave heights to 17

China’s Ministry of Transportation announced on January 17 that the wreck of Sanchi has been located at a depth of 115 meters (377 ft).   By Chen

By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – The 2M alliance of Maersk and MSC is to leave the UK port of Southampton. It has announced it will drop the

Lifeguards in Australia are being credited with saving two swimmers’ lives using a relatively new life-saving drone in what is believed to be a

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – The number of containerships in lay-up has dipped below 100, according to Alphaliner. Its latest survey reveals strong

by Henning Gloystein (Reuters) – An alleged oil heist in Singapore that has already led to 20 arrests, the seizure of at least one tanker and

By Jennifer A. Dlouhy (Bloomberg) — The world’s hottest offshore prospect for oil companies is off the coast of Guyana, where a string of major

BEIJING, Jan 17 (Reuters) – An Iranian oil tanker that sank in the East China Sea has left two oil slicks covering a combined 109 square km (42 square

Louisiana-based offshore company Seacor Marine (NYSE:SMHI) has formed a jointly-owned company with China’s COSCO Shipping, one of the world’s

WASHINGTON, Jan 16 (Reuters) – The commanding officers of two U.S. Navy destroyers involved in deadly collisions last year in the Pacific Ocean face

By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen COPENHAGEN, Jan 16 (Reuters) – The world’s largest container shipping firm A.P. Moller-Maersk is teaming up with IBM to

By Robert Tuttle (Bloomberg) — Oil reached new highs in London as OPEC members called for output curbs to continue, allaying concerns that the recent

A unified command consisting of the U.S. Coast Guard, United States Army Corps of Engineers and industry partners was continuing Monday to response to barge

By Ali Kucukgocmen ISTANBUL, Jan 15 (Reuters) – Turkey announced on Monday the route for a planned canal that would reduce shipping traffic on the busy

By Yuka Obayashi and Josephine Mason TOKYO/BEIJING, Jan 15 (Reuters) – A stricken Iranian tanker that sank in the East China Sea on Sunday in the worst

Update: A 42-year-old woman passenger who was taken to the hospital in critical condition has died, according to local officials. By Renita D. Young NEW YORK,

HELSINKI, Jan 12 (Reuters) – The Finnish government has voiced concern over surprise inspections on Finnish cargo ships visiting Russian ports in recent

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Escalating fuel prices are posing a renewed risk to carrier profitability, adding to the twin threats of new

By Yuka Obayashi TOKYO, Jan 12 (Reuters) – A stricken Iranian oil tanker continued exploding on Friday, hampering rescue efforts, Chinese state