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By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Hapag-Lloyd has belatedly joined the rush to install scrubber technology on its container vessels, ahead of the IMO 2020

By Andrew Osborn and Natalia Zinets MOSCOW/KIEV, Nov 26 (Reuters) – Russia on Monday ignored Western calls to release three Ukrainian naval ships

Earth’s climate is changing faster now than at any point in the history of modern civilization, primarily as a result of human activities, according to the

By Kelly Gilblom (Bloomberg) — BP Plc has seen first oil from its giant Clair Ridge development in the North Sea, helping arrest decades of

By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW, Nov 25 (Reuters) – Russia stopped three Ukrainian navy vessels from entering the Sea of Azov via the Kerch Strait on Sunday by

By Catherine Ngai (Bloomberg) — The race to export U.S. shale oil overseas is about to get fierce, with at least nine proposed terminals

A ferry crashed into a pier in front of San Francisco’s iconic Ferry Building on Friday afternoon, causing minor injuries to two passengers.  The

Oil major Chevron (NYSE:CVX) has announced the start of crude oil and natural gas production from the Chevron-operated Big Foot deepwater project in the U.S.

By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — A recent surge in exports from China to the U.S. is set to turn into a slump in January as tariffs imposed on Chinese

By Gus Trompiz PARIS, Nov 23 (Reuters) – French container shipping group CMA CGM said its third-quarter volumes had outperformed the industry, supported

A ship’s crew faces many hazards at sea. But even when the ship is docked in harbor, safety procedures and equipment are still needed to protect crews

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Nov 21 (Reuters) – Smaller ports in northern France are ready to absorb more shipping traffic from Britain if congestion builds

The French Navy rescued 12 Indian seafarers from the Panama-flagged tanker Durban Queen after the vessel ran into trouble and was sinking in

By Davide Barbuscia ROME, Nov 20 (Reuters) – Italian magistrates on Tuesday accused the Doctors without Borders (MSF) charity of illegally dumping

By Paul Burkhardt (Bloomberg) — Equatorial Guinea has banned oil-services company Subsea 7 SA from operating in the central African nation over local

Derecktor Shipyards has been chosen develop and operate the first purpose-built megayacht repair and refit yard in the United States located in Fort Pierce,

Danish life-saving equipment manufacturer Viking Life-Saving has successfully test its new high-capacity passenger evacuation system, bringing it one step

Danish shipowner Ultrabulk has teamed up with a handful of companies in the UK the feasibility of fitting a modern bulk carrier with sail power in hopes of

By Jane Chung and Yuka Obayashi SEOUL/TOKYO, Nov 20 (Reuters) – South Korean shipyards have boxed out their Japanese rivals from the market for

By Sam Whelan, Asia correspondent (The Loadstar) – The IMO’s 0.5% sulphur cap, to be imposed in January 2020, could be a “blessing in disguise” for