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The hijacked oil tanker Orkim Harmony has been released by pirates, who fled in the ship's rescue boat, Malaysian navy and maritime officials said on

  A 286-foot cruise ship hit a wall in the Eisenhower Lock in the Saint Lawrence Seaway Thursday night, injuring several passengers. The U.S. Coast Guard

  Scientists from NASA joined in on Norway’s annual oil spill cleanup exercise in the North Sea this year to test out some new oil detection

Maritime regulators from the United States, China and the European Union agreed on Thursday to cooperate more closely to monitor increased tie-ups among

The Chinese government has approved a plan requiring civilian shipbuilders to ensure that new ships can be used by the military during an emergency, a

Hercules Offshore Inc. plans to put itself into bankruptcy next month in a creditor-supported deal that would wipe out all of its $1.2 billion of

  U.S. East Coast ports could gain up to 10 percent additional share of the container traffic to the U.S. from East Asia following the opening of the

  Today’s ship photos show the Royal Caribbean cruise ship Harmony of the Seas, aka Oasis 3, under construction at the STX Les Chantiers de

  KUALA LUMPUR, June 18 (Reuters) – A Malaysian naval vessel has made contact with the pirates onboard hijacked tanker Orkim Harmony and is trying

Some 574 Norwegian rig workers could go on strike from next Thursday, potentially reducing oil production, unless a wage settlement is reached during talks

  Three commercial ships were boarded by pirates within just three hours of each other in Straits of Malacca and Singapore (SOMS), the ReCAAP Information

  On June 17, 1885, the Statue of Liberty arrived in New York harbor aboard the French navy ship Isère as a gift from France to United States meant

  In response to the number of vessels and equipment that have been laid up due to recent downturn in the offshore oil and gas market, a

Flooding halted barge traffic on the Illinois River on Wednesday and high water levels prompted futures market operator CME Group Inc to declare force majeure

A compilation of the best (or worst) ship crash/beaching videos on the internet – many in

  Cargo rose at the Port of Long Beach by 6 percent in May, the third consecutive month of growth, the busiest month since October 2007, and the busiest

Bermuda-based Seadrill Limited (NYSE: SDRL) has agreed to sell its 6th generation drillship West Polaris to its own subsidiary in a deal that is expected to

  After three Port State Control detentions within just 24 months, the Paris MoU has denied access for the St. Kitts and Nevis-flagged bulk carrier MV

As part of an effort to draw more young people to a career at sea, the International Maritime Organization has selected the theme #CareerAtSea for the

Vestas will step up testing of its 8 megawatt (MW) wind turbine, the world's most powerful, by installing two of them in the port of Esbjerg in southern