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  Here’s a video shot from the wheelhouse of the containership MV Dole Ecuador outbound on San Diego Bay on June 3, 2015, through a pack of

An international rescue fleet plucked almost 5,900 migrants from rickety boats making the perilous sea crossing for North Africa to Europe on Saturday and

The highest-ranking BP Plc executive charged in the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill was found not guilty of lying to investigators in a blow to prosecutors as

BY J.R. WU (Reuters)Taiwan’s coast guard on Saturday commissioned its biggest ships for duty in the form of two 3,000-ton patrol vessels, as the island

by Juan Pablo Spinetto (Bloomberg) Prumo Logistica SA, the Brazilian port developer controlled by private equity investors EIG Global Energy Partners LLC, rose

by Chris Palmeri (Bloomberg) Carnival Corp., the world’s largest cruise-line operator, is introducing a new brand, fathom, aimed at customers who want to

Related Book: The Shipping Man by Matthew McCleery Scorpio Bulkers announced today that it has entered into agreements to sell three Capesize newbuilding

After over a decade of research and development, Rolls-Royce is heading into full production of their permanent magnet tunnel thruster from their facility in

By Keith Wallis   SINGAPORE, June 4 (Reuters) – Rates for capesize bulk carriers could diverge next week, holding steady in the Pacific on healthy

by Lynn Doan (Bloomberg) For a nation that bans most oil exports, the U.S. still finds a way to ship more abroad than at least two OPEC members. The shale

Last year I had the unique opportunity to tour Sembawang Shipyard on the northern coast of Singapore. The last time I had been there was in 2001 and it

Here’s a video just uploaded to the website Liveleak that is going viral this

A ship’s crew has been tackling a blaze on a transporter carrying cars and US military vehicles. The UK MCA has reported a fire was reported at 22:00 BST

by Brenda Goh (Reuters) Three years before the cruise ship he was steering capsized in the Yangtze River, the Chinese government honoured captain Zhang Shuwen

(Bloomberg) Philippine President Benigno Aquino said the situation in Asia reminds him of the international community’s failure to contain Nazi Germany

by Anthony Dipaola & Grant Smith (Bloomberg) Just when it looked like OPEC was winning the war with U.S. shale-oil drillers, a new front is opening up

by Joachim Dagenborg, (Reuters)The expected boom in liquefied natural gas exports from the United States risks being hampered by a lack of vessels to handle

  by Sonja Elmquist (Bloomberg) A U.S. salvage company that has recovered precious metals from miles below the surface of the Atlantic over more than two

by Sabrina Valle (Bloomberg) Prosecutors investigating Brazil’s largest corruption scandal say they notified the U.S. Department of Justice of evidence that

* Ship capsizes in “tornado” on southern stretch of Yangtze * Many of the 458 passengers on board are elderly tourists * Divers pull man, woman