News

US-based salvage company RESOLVE Marine Group has completed the salvage of the INS Betwa, the Indian Navy frigate that capsized inside a dock at a naval

By Karl Plume CHICAGO, March 3 (Reuters) – A backlog of grain ships waiting to load at U.S. Pacific Northwest (PNW) ports is threatening to persist into

A U.S. Coast Guard aircrew from Sitka, Alaska rescued five crew members from a tugboat Thursday after running aground in the Sumner Strait in southeast

BEIJING, March 3 (Reuters) – A new Chinese cruise ship has embarked on its maiden voyage to the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea, state

By Keith Wallis SINGAPORE, March 3 (Reuters) – Freight rates for very large crude carriers (VLCCs), which fell to four-month lows this week, face an

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – After a short block on bookings this week, Maersk Line is again accepting cargo from North Europe to Asia. However the

By Keith Wallis SINGAPORE, March 3 (Reuters) – Freight rates for large capesize dry cargo vessels on key Asian routes could remain rangebound next week

By Kyunghee Park and Jung Park (Bloomberg) — Last August, the Korea Development Bank left cash-strapped Hanjin Shipping Co. adrift at sea —

By Manuel Mogato ABOARD THE USS CARL VINSON, South China Sea, March 3 (Reuters) – T he flight deck of the USS Carl Vinson shakes as a succession of

The U.S. Coast Guard on Thursday responded to a report of a breakaway barges at the Racine Lock and Dam on the Ohio River near Huntington, West Virginia. Coast

By Ayesha Rascoe NEWPORT NEWS, Va., March 2 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Thursday he wants a U.S. military buildup of more ships and planes

General Dynamics NASSCO has delivered the third and final ship to be constructed for SEA-Vista LLC as part of a larger eight-ship ECO Class tanker program. In

Shipbuilding Vard Holdings has announced it has secured a contract for the construction of a pelagic trawler for Shetland-based Research Fishing Company. The

The CCGS Sipu Muin is a powerful, heavy hovercraft that is used for icebreaking on hard-to-access areas along the St. Lawrence River where conventional

March 2 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, rose on Thursday as rates

By Gavin van Marle in Long Beach (The Loadstar) – The entire shipping industry – carriers and their customers and suppliers – need to come together

By Yousef Gamal El-Din and Sam Wilkin (Bloomberg) — Gulf Navigation Holding PJSC may sell shares or Islamic bonds as the Dubai-based shipowner plans to

By Peter Apps March 1 (Reuters) – For much of the last week, the U.S. aircraft carrier Carl Vinson has been patrolling the South China Sea. It is just

The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch has issued its report into last year’s collision between a historic motor launch and a DFDS roll-on/roll-off

The captain of the Indian tanker that rammed the side of a LNG carrier and another vessel while navigating through vessels at a Fujairah offshore anchorage has