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  By James Paton and Rakteem Katakey (Bloomberg) — Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s plan to buy BG Group Plc faced its first regulatory hurdle after

SEOUL, Sept 17 (Reuters) – Samsung Heavy Industries Co Ltd and Samsung Engineering Co Ltd, affiliates of South Korean conglomerate Samsung Group, said on

The Hellenic Seaways Ro-Ro Nissos Rodos moors stern to in the port of Chios, a Greek island located in the Aegean Sea. See Also: Speaking of Amazing Ship

  The Port of Antwerp has successfully completed its first truck-to-ship liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering operation on a seagoing vessel, the port

  Carnival Corporation, the world’s largest cruise company, has set out to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions by 25% by 2020. The target is part of

  SHANGHAI, Sept 16 (Reuters) – China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company (COSCO) and China Shipping Group, two of the country’s largest shipping

  By Anna Shiryaevskaya (Bloomberg) — At a time when commodity producers are writing down billions in asset values and canceling projects around the

By Kyunghee Park (Bloomberg) — Samsung Engineering Co., South Korea’s biggest engineering company, jumped the most in more than 18 years on

  By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON, Sept 15 (Reuters) – China was carrying out land reclamation in contested waters of the South China Sea this month,

  The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has commissioned a study into the maneuvering feasibility of the new Panama Canal locks

  The first LNG-fueled tug to operate in Japanese waters has been delivered to NYK Line. The new tug, named Sakigake, was delivered by Keihin Dock Co.

  WASHINGTON, Sept 15 (Reuters) – The White House said on Tuesday it does not support a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives to repeal the

  By Jussi Rosendahl HELSINKI, Sept 15 (Reuters) – On a sunny day on the Helsinki seafront, sparks fly from steel welding at the bustling Arctech

  By Ilya Gridneff (Bloomberg) — Piracy that caused havoc to international shipping off Somalia’s coast over the past decade may return if illegal

  The salvage of the capesize coal carrier MV Smart in Richards Bay, South Arica has been completed more than two years after the ship ran aground, the

  LONDON, Sept 15 (Reuters) – Explosions in the Chinese port of Tianjin last month would lead to cargo losses of at least $1.5 billion, and were

  The ICC International Maritime Bureau is calling for a global reporting system in the wake of an alarming uptick in the number of piracy and armed

  By Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg) — Pentagon officials are weighing whether to cancel the last of three ships in General Dynamics Corp.’s $22 billion

  By Dean Shoultz The United States Coast Guard frequently appears behind the times when it comes to rulemaking involving shipboard technological

  Global shipping consultancy Drewry says a recent order from China COSCO for 11 ultra-large containerships (ULCVs) underscores the industry’s