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The Swiss merchant navy celebrates its 75th anniversary this year, and up until the 1960s, the crews of Swiss ocean-going freighters were still mainly

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Oct 14 (Reuters) – The European Union’s securities markets regulator has dropped proposals to make participants in the

Maersk Drilling on Friday named one of the world’s largest jack-up rig, Maersk Invincible, at the DSME shipyard in Okpo, South Korea. The rig is the last

We usually don’t get into these lists but this video was just uploaded and we have to admit: it’s actually insanely satisfying. So check it

This video is going viral right now and it’s easy to see why: it is ABSOLUTELY NUTS! Apparently these guys were cage diving off Mexico’s Guadalupe

Friday: more photos added at bottom An American tugboat pushing an empty petroleum barge has run aground and is leaking fuel near Bella Bella located on

SANAA, Oct 13 (Reuters) – Yemen’s dominant Houthi group denied any role in missile strikes on U.S. warships in the Bab al-Mandab Strait, and

Dutch shipbuilder Damen Shipyards on Thursday released the design details for its next-generation expedition cruise ship designed for operations in both polar

Danish naval architecture firm Knud E Hansen will be providing the design for two new roll-on/roll-off vessels for European shipping and logistics company

The 750-foot cruise ship Viking Star traversed the Cape Cod Canal on Wednesday night becoming one of the largest ships ever to make the transit. Unfortunately

NYSE-listed dry bulk shipowner Genco Shipping & Trading has announced the resignation of its Chairman of the Board, Peter C. Georgiopoulos, effective

The island of Bermuda is taking a near-direct hit from Major Hurricane Nicole on Thursday, which exploded in strength over past 24 hours as it approached the

By Joyce Lee SEOUL, Oct 13 (Reuters) – South Korea’s Hanjin Shipping Co Ltd is selling major businesses, including its Asia to U.S. route network,

By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON, Oct 13 (Reuters) – The U.S. military launched cruise missiles on Thursday against three coastal radar sites in areas of Yemen

Container volumes at the Port of Long declined 16.6 percent year-over-year in September as the effects of the Hanjin bankruptcy reached West Coast ports, the

The U.S. Coast Guard was responding Wednesday to an oil spill on the Intracoastal Waterway near South Padre Island, Texas after a towing vessel struck a dock

A Russian icebreaker has succesfully towed an iceberg weighing approximately 1 million tons, according to the oil company Rosneft. The tow was part of a test

By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON, Oct 12 (Reuters) – A U.S. Navy destroyer was targeted on Wednesday in a failed missile attack from territory

A tugboat crew from Resolve Marine together with the U.S. Coast Guard helped rescue an adrift 400-foot cargo vessel with 12 people aboard during a multiple day

By Jessica Jaganathan and Keith Wallis SINGAPORE, Oct 12 (Reuters) – Glencore’s shipping unit ST Shipping has chartered a newly built very large