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By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) — Christmas saw the 17,859 teu CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin become the largest container vessel ever to call at a US port

(BIMCO) — By Peter Sand, Chief Shipping Analyst Global economy: menacing clouds in the sky cast a shadow on global economic developments 2015 never

By Sabina Zawadzki COPENHAGEN, Jan 5 (Reuters) – Danish companies are eyeing a series of energy and shipping projects in Iran following a visit this week

RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan 5 (Reuters) – A group of Japanese shipbuilders led by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd (MHI) plans to exit its 30 percent stake in

By Nadeem Every business connected to Internet is worried about cyber threats, which are growing day-by-day. Shipping companies seem to be taking cyber

By Kyunghee Park and Jonathan Burgos (Bloomberg) — For many Asian shipyards, 2015 was a brutal year. This year could be even worse. With oil prices

The National Transportation Safety Board has released the first photos and video of the wreckage of the sunken El Faro as part of its investigation into the

By Tim Loh (Bloomberg) — After a New Year’s wrecked by flooding and destruction, there’s good news for the people of St. Louis: The worst appears to

The biggest containership to ever visit North America sailed into San Francisco Bay last week for its inaugural visit to the Port of Oakland. The CMA CGM

By Joe Carroll and Naureen S. Malik (Bloomberg) — The worst fears of OPEC and Asian gas exporters are about to come true. U.S. shale drillers who pushed

By Jaime Hamre HAVANA, Jan 4 (Reuters) – Virginia’s port authority will become the first U.S. port operator to sign a cooperation agreement with

SHANGHAI, Jan 4 (Reuters) – China Ocean Shipping Group Co (COSCO) and China Shipping Group Co will become a new entity after merging, led by the

Jan 4 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, which tracks rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, fell on Monday inching

BENGHAZI, Libya, Jan 4 (Reuters) – Islamic State militants clashed with security forces near Libya’s Es Sider oil export terminal on Monday killing

A Swiber offshore vessel kicked off the year running aground along a stretch of beach near the port of Dos Bocas in Paraíso, Tabasco,

SEOUL, Jan 4 (Reuters) – Hyundai Heavy Industries Co Ltd said on Monday it is plans an order target of $19.5 billion in 2016, down from a target of

We saw some big stories in the maritime and offshore industries in 2015. Here at gCaptain, we set a new annual record for visitor traffic as we racked up

By Barbara Powell and Tim Loh (Bloomberg) — The worst flooding across the U.S. Midwest in four years is disrupting everything from oil to agriculture,

By Gwladys Fouche and Nerijus Adomaitis OSLO, Dec 31 (Reuters) – A fierce storm in the North Sea forced oil firms to evacuate platforms and shut down

By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — China is building a second aircraft carrier, with the new ship being designed and constructed domestically, the Defense