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By Jonathan Saul LONDON, April 1 (Reuters) – Oil traders are storing as much as 80 million barrels of oil on tankers at sea, with further ships being

By Matthew Bristow and Michael McDonald (Bloomberg) — The gatekeepers of global trade routes are trying to keep goods moving through a wounded world

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that CITGO is responsible and must pay back cleanup costs for the 2004 oil spill on the Delaware River after CITGO-charted

March 31 (Reuters) – A Dutch cruise ship that has been in limbo since cases of the coronavirus were confirmed onboard faces an uncertain welcome at its

By Naureen S. Malik, Anna Shiryaevskaya and Stephen Stapczynski (Bloomberg) — One of the world’s biggest liquefied natural gas exporters is signaling

Japan’s top shipbuilders Imabari Shipbuilding and Japan Marine United Corporation have agreed to form a new joint venture company aimed at strengthening

By Ian Putzger in Toronto (The Loadstar) – The repercussions of Covid-19 have begun to hit US imports. As retail outlets, as well as many manufacturing

By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON, March 31 (Reuters) – The captain of the U.S. aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt, in a blunt letter confirmed

A containership was able to fend off a pirate attack off the coast of Bonny Island, Nigeria. The IMB Piracy Reporting Centre confirms that a skiff with about

DUBAI, March 31 (Reuters) – Abu Dhabi-based Gulf Marine Services (GMS) said on Tuesday it had reached an agreement with its syndicate of banks to

By Stephanie Kelly and Daniel Trotta NEW YORK, March 30 (Reuters) – In a hopeful image that captured the spirit of a national mobilization against the

Several crew members on board a Maersk containership have tested positive for COVID-19 in China.  A spokesperson for Maersk confirmed to gCaptain that

By Roslan Khasawneh SINGAPORE, March 30 (Reuters) – Supertanker freight rates are on the rise for a second time this month as producers, refiners and

The USNS Comfort arrived in New York Harbor on Monday in support of the nation’s Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) response efforts.  The U.S. Navy

By Elida Moreno and Dave Graham PANAMA CITY, March 28 (Reuters) – A cruise ship stuck off Panama’s Pacific coast after four passengers died and

PANAMA CITY, March 27 (Reuters) – Four passengers have died on board the MS Zaandam, a cruise ship currently off the coast of Panama with dozens of

By Rachel Graham and Anna Shiryaevskaya (Bloomberg) — The coronavirus pandemic is delaying vital maintenance across the oil and natural gas industries

The hospital ship USNS Mercy has arrived at the Port of Los Angeles bringing with it 1,000 hospital beds, 800 medical staff, emergency rooms and ICUs to

A 334-meter containership has run aground on the Lower Mississippi River near Poydras, Louisiana.  The U.S. Coast Guard reports that watch standers at

By John Kemp LONDON, March 27 (Reuters) – Global oil storage is filling up rapidly as the coronavirus pandemic reduces consumption by tens of millions of