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By Gary McWilliams and Erwin Seba HOUSTON, March 19 (Reuters) – Houston officials and environmental groups raced to expand air monitoring after a

By Jonathan Saul and Nina Chestney LONDON, March 19 (Reuters) – More ports around the world are banning ships from using a fuel cleaning system that

By Nichola Groom (Reuters) – The Trump administration is likely to open up portions of the Atlantic to oil and gas drilling despite opposition from East

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) is investigating a collision between two bulk carriers taking place early Sunday morning in Vancouver Harbour,

Tanker shipping company Stena Bulk has announced a major investment in scrubber systems to be installed on sixteen of its vessels before the IMO’s new

By Erwin Seba HOUSTON, March 18 (Reuters) – A massive fire at a fuels storage company along the Houston Ship Channel may burn for two more days, an

Global towage operator Svitzer has hired the first 100% female crew for one of its tugs in the Dominican Republic. The vessel, the 70-ton bollard pull Svitzer

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Analysts predict that the impact of IMO 2020 will mean slower ships and more transhipment. This would be a further blow

HOUSTON, March 15 (Reuters) – U.S. maritime officials have suspended their review of Swiss trader Trafigura AG’s application for a Gulf Coast

March 15 (Reuters) – Texas LNG’s proposed Brownsville liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal in Texas took a step toward receiving federal

HOUSTON, March 15 (Reuters) – A second maritime firm has told Venezuela’s state-run oil firm Petroleos de Venezuela it would end all charter

Classification society DNV GL announced Friday that it’s started offering remote surveys for some inspections on board all DNV GL classed vessels. This

Wilhelmsen Ships Service and global aeronautics company Airbus this week launched a pilot project testing the world’s first shore-to-ship drone delivery in

By Collin Eaton HOUSTON, March 14 (Reuters) – A Carlyle Group $1 billion deepwater crude export project faces a delay of up to 18 months after regulators

The U.S. Coast Guard has closed a portion of the lower Mississippi River near Baton Rouge, Louisiana after a towing vessel sank Thursday. Coast Guard Sector

This incident happened last week in A Coruña in Galicia, Spain. According to the uploader, the 34-meter French fishing vessel was in port for repairs when it

MSC and Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri have announced the signing of the final contracts for the construction of four luxury cruise ships to join MSC Cruises

LONDON, March 14 (Reuters) – * Ship builders in Asia are sending a record number of supertankers west carrying middle distillate oil products, such as

Finnish technology group Wärtsilä announced the installation of energy storage systems onboard the offshore construction vessel North Sea Giant which the

PARIS, March 14 (Reuters) – French authorities battled on Thursday to contain an oil slick after the Italian Grande America ship capsized in the Atlantic