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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

Stamford-headquartered Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. (Nasdaq: EGLE) on Wednesday announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to purchase up to nine

COLOMBO, March 1 (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s cabinet has approved the awarding of a $180 million deal for three offshore patrol vessels for the

SINGAPORE, March 1 (Reuters) – China’s Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Holdings Ltd plans to cut another 10 percent of its workforce in 2017, its

By Naureen Malik (Bloomberg) — A year after shipping its first cargo of shale gas overseas, the U.S. is looking to do the same for Canada. Cheniere

Update: Jag Laadki Captain Banned from Fujairah An animation of AIS data showing the February 23 collision involving the LNG carrier Al Khattiya

By Tom Hals Feb 28 (Reuters) – A subsea and offshore contractor affiliate of Ezra Holdings Ltd, a struggling Singaporean oilfield services firm, filed

FRANKFURT, Feb 28 (Reuters) – German container shipping firm Hapag-Lloyd on Tuesday reported a 66 percent year-on-year fall in operating profit for 2016,

By Andrew Mayeda (Bloomberg) — Billionaire Wilbur Ross was confirmed as U.S. Commerce secretary by the Senate, clearing the way for one of President

By Gwladys Fouche and Ole Petter Skonnord OSLO, Feb 28 (Reuters) – Rig firm Seadrill, battling with $14 billion in debt and liabilities, said on Tuesday