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By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Jan 19 (Reuters) – Foreign oil tanker owners are expected to make a slow return to Iran despite the lifting of many sanctions as

New photos and video from the French Navy shows the emergency towing vessel Abeille Bourbon underway in heavy seas off Brittany, France. These photos were

Bibby Marine Services has placed an order for a purpose-built walk-to-work vessel to serve exclusively in the offshore wind market in the North Sea. The order

By Angeliki Koutantou ATHENS, Jan 18 (Reuters) – Greece will evaluate on Wednesday an improved bid that China’s Cosco is due to submit for a

Kleven Verft has celebrated the launch of a first-of-its-kind diamond sampling and exploration vessel at its shipyard in Ulsteinvik, Norway. The $139 million

By Jonathan Saul and Marianna Parraga LONDON/HOUSTON, Jan 18 (Reuters) – An agreement to build oil tankers in Iran for Venezuela has been left in limbo

LONDON, Jan 18 (Reuters) – Britain’s Lloyd’s Register (LR) is working on resuming services to verify safety and environmental standards for

By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — New orders received by Chinese shipbuilders fell by nearly half last year from 2014, suggesting more consolidation is in

By Jonathan Tirone (Bloomberg) — After a decade of unprecedented economic sanctions, Iran is about to be back in business. The Islamic Republic curbed

DUBAI, Jan 17 (Reuters) – National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri) reported a huge jump in fourth-quarter net profit on Sunday, citing a rise in

Royal IHC has launched the 550-ton top tension capacity pipelay vessel, Seven Cruzeiro, at its shipyard in Krimpen aan den IJssel, Netherlands. This is the

Seadrill Ltd. has emerged as the client who agreed to postpone delivery of two ultra-deepwater drillships under construction at the South

The Port of Rotterdam saw record growth in cargo volume in 2015. Goods throughput in Rotterdam increased by a total of 4.9% to 466.4 million tonnes in 2015,

By Mari Saito SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 14 (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc’s China arm has registered as an ocean freight forwarder, according to the U.S.

By Anna Shiryaevskaya (Bloomberg) — Europe is set to be the key destination for liquefied natural gas supplies from the U.S. after prices fell in Asia,

TOTE Maritime Puerto Rico has successfully loaded LNG bunkers on the world’s first LNG-powered containership MV Isla Bella in Jacksonville. The

By Henning Gloystein SINGAPORE, Jan 15 (Reuters) – With Iran ready to resume business as usual with the world under a historic nuclear deal, Tehran will

Jan 15 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, which tracks rates for ships carrying industrial commodities, touched a record low

BRUSSELS, Jan 15 (Reuters) – The European Commission said on Friday it had opened an in-depth investigation into alleged state aid to two container

By Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg) — The U.S. Navy is spending millions of dollars to repair new high-speed transport ships built by Austal Ltd. because their