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The UK Maritime Accident Investigation Branch says that poor watchkeeping contributed to last September’s collision between the ro-ro passenger ferry and

By Caroline Alexander (Bloomberg) — Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini called them “pirates.” But the women and children who

By Henry Goldman (Bloomberg) — New York Mayor Bill de Blasio’s system of ferry boats linking Manhattan with transit-poor sections of Brooklyn, Queens

By Collin Eaton HOUSTON, March 28 (Reuters) – Four tankers on Thursday were preparing to offload or pick up cargoes in the busiest U.S. oil port, the

By Chris Scicluna and Darrin Zammit Lupi VALLETTA, March 28 (Reuters) – A small tanker that was hijacked by migrants off Libya docked in Malta’s

By Nichola Groom March 28 (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers will quiz President Donald Trump’s new pick to lead the Interior Department on Thursday, focusing

Have a regime when the current’s abeam. Ensure adequate maneuvering space! The U.S. Coast Guard in New Orleans has issued a Marine Safety Alert (Safety

Australian authorities have detained the Liberian-registered bulk carrier Anna-Elisabeth has been detained after its crew complained of insufficient food,

ROME, March 27 (Reuters) – Migrants have hijacked a merchant ship which rescued them off the coast of Libya and it is now heading towards Malta, Italian

OSLO, March 27 (Reuters) – The engines of a luxury cruise ship that narrowly escaped disaster during a storm off Norway on Saturday failed because of

LONDON, March 27 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange has opted to keep its benchmark shipping indices unchanged, despite calls from some market players for

By John Kemp LONDON, March 27 (Reuters) – If oil traders and consumers are worried about the impact of new maritime fuel regulations from the start of

By Ben Foldy (Bloomberg) — On a normal day, 42 tankers, 19 freighters, 391 barges, 128 ferries and 2 cruise ships will move through the Houston

Containers in the fire-impacted areas of the containership Yantian Express have been discharged and are ready for transshipment to customers from Freeport,

A Shipping Corporation of India LNG carrier collided with a very large crude carrier at a Fujairah anchorage in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday evening,

By Javier Blas (Bloomberg) –Oil trader Paul Vega is at the vanguard of shale’s next revolution. Driving his pick-up truck through the heartland of the

CMA CGM has signed a agreement for the order of ten new ultra-large containerships with China State Shipbuilding Corporation with delivery from 2021. The new

FUJAIRAH, United Arab Emirates, March 26 (Reuters) – R efiners around the world have invested about $1 billion so far to produce low-sulphur marine fuel

LONDON, March 26 (Reuters) – British ship insurer UK P&I Club has received approval from the Dutch regulator for a new subsidiary in Rotterdam to

By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON, March 26 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday prevented American sailors injured in the deadly 2000 al Qaeda bombing