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By Naureen S. Malik (Bloomberg) — Wearing a hardhat and orange vest, Ari Aziz climbs metal steps under a blazing sun until he’s standing atop an

By Christian Wienberg (Bloomberg) — The man running the world’s largest container-shipping company says he has access to data that shows Donald Trump

By Gavin van Marle in Panama (The Loadstar) – Following a strong year in terms of growth in vessel transits, the Panama Canal Authority is once more

By Helene Fouquet and Gregory Viscusi (Bloomberg) — France’s Emmanuel Macron is heading to sea on his biggest warship a day after he suffered

By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen COPENHAGEN, Nov 14 (Reuters) – Top U.S. importers are stocking up on Chinese goods before new import tariffs take effect,

By Kevin Varley and Shruti Date Singh (Bloomberg) — The world of soybean shipping has turned upside down thanks to the ongoing U.S.-China trade war.

By Alex Lennane (The Loadstar) – Protectionist trade policies are continuing to spook the global maritime sector, although a newly released report

Miami-based expedition cruise ship operator SunStone Ships has confirmed orders for two more of its Infinity-class ships, bringing its total orderbook to five

By Roslan Khasawneh SINGAPORE, Nov 13 (Reuters) – Oil price reporting agency Argus has launched five new price assessments for low-sulphur marine fuels,

International shipping association BIMCO has developed two new bunker clauses dealing with general compliance and the transitional period for the International

Three crew members of the Panama-flagged cargo ship Apollo Kita have died after being found uncounsous in a cargo hold of vessel in Japan. The three male

By Nerijus Adomaitis and Terje Solsvik OSLO, Nov 13 (Reuters) – A Norwegian navy frigate that collided with an oil tanker last week was almost completely

By Tom Miles GENEVA, Nov 13 (Reuters) – Japan has launched a complaint at the World Trade Organization to contest what it says is illegal financial

The saga of the unlit section of dry dock that has been floating around the Atlantic Ocean for more than a year now may finally be coming to a

Pirates in a speed boat chased and fired on an LNG tanker last week off the coast of Bonny, Nigeria, the IMB Piracy Reporting Center has confirmed. The

Dutch engineering group Royal IHC has launched the world’s largest cutter suction dredger being built for Belgian dredging firm DEME. The vessel, named

DUBAI, Nov 12 (Reuters) – Iran’s armed forces will protect Iranian oil tankers against any threats, an Iranian military official said on Monday

By Sabina Zawadzki LONDON, Nov 12 (Reuters) – A new ice-breaking tanker capable of navigating the Arctic on its own is set to load its first

The fully-rigged sailing ship Christian Radich has left Damen Shiprepair Harlingen (DSH) in the Netherlands after undergoing five weeks of repairs and

Check out this an AIS animation below showing Thursday’s collision between an oil tanker and a Norwegian frigate taking place in the Hjeltefjorden fjord