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By Aaron Sheldrick TOKYO, Oct 18 (Reuters) – Shipping companies running itinerant merchant vessels known as tramps are concerned about sourcing fuel to

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – MSC is on course to overtake alliance partner Maersk as the biggest ocean carrier by capacity within the next two years.

The Port of Seattle has teamed up coworking firm WeWork to launch Washington State’s first maritime startup accelerator to help budding maritime companies

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company is joining a growing list of carriers that have pledged not to use the Northern Sea Route for shipping between Europe and

(Bloomberg) –More than 30 oil tankers have anchored in the Malacca Strait off Singapore and Malaysia, according to Kpler, as traders stockpile fuel ahead

By Philip Blenkinsop and Jonas Ekblom BRUSSELS, Oct 17 (Reuters) – Britain secured a Brexit deal with the European Union on Thursday, more than three

MARSEILLE, France, Oct 17 (Reuters) – The main cruise ship operators in French waters have agreed on measures to limit pollution caused by their vessels,

The number of piracy and armed robbery at sea incidents was down in first nine months of 2019, but  piracy hotspots like the Gulf of Guinea continue to

By Leigh Thomas PARIS, Oct 15 (Reuters) – France wants the European Union to work on creating a tax on airplane and ship fuels as part of a push

By Sheela Tobben (Bloomberg) –Soaring oil-tanker costs are drying up activity in the U.S. export market as sellers are slow to lower offers and buyers

SINGAPORE, Oct 16 (Reuters) – A supertanker owned by COSCO Shipping Tankers (Dalian) has received a temporary waiver from U.S. sanctions that has allowed

By Timothy Gardner and Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON, Oct 16 (Reuters) – The White House is warning Chinese shipping companies against turning off their

Norwegian authorities are warning shipowners and operators about the dangers associated with lithium-ion battery systems after a fire and subsequent gas

By Collin Eaton, Devika Krishna Kumar and Julia Payne HOUSTON/NEW YORK/LONDON, Oct 15 (Reuters) – Freight rates to ship U.S. crude to Asia eased on

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has granted extraordinary contract relief to Eastern Shipbuilding Group related to the first four hulls in the Coast

BUDAPEST, Oct 15 (Reuters) – Hungarian prosecutors are expected to charge the captain of a cruise ship that struck and sank a small tourist vessel on the

By Ira Breskin – NEW YORK –The local Coast Guard unit now is implementing critical lessons learned from a recently completed turbocharged cybersecurity

Global investment firm The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) and private equity firm Stellex Capital Management today announced they have closed on their acquisition

By Serene Cheong and Sharon Cho (Bloomberg) –Oil refiners hoping for some fourth-quarter gravy are facing disappointment as surging freight rates inflate

By Olivia Konotey-Ahulu and Firat Kayakiran (Bloomberg) –Nothing right now is stopping a surge in oil tanker rates that’s given owners of the vessels