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Six people were killed in central Somalia in a gunfight over a supposed ransom payment tied to the release this week of a German-U.S. journalist held hostage

At least 20,000 containers are piled up at the port of Manila awaiting pick up by ship, a situation which could take months to

State Corporation “Rosatom” announced re-tender for disposal in the Primorsky region of Russia’s largest nuclear intelligence ship, the Cold

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has won a series of deck equipment orders from Chinese shipbuilder Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry Co Ltd. The winches and deck

In the oil drilling and refining heartland of Texas, the debate over U.S. crude exports is no longer a fight over whether a 40-year ban should be lifted. The

The first of four new Crowley Maritime Corporation product tankers was celebrated today in a keel laying ceremony held at Aker Philadelphia Shipyard, Inc.

Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG), located in Panama City, Florida is known for churning out a steady stream of workboats for the offshore oil and gas industry,

Earlier this week Royal Caribbean's newest and most technologically advanced ship Quantum of the Seas made the 26-mile journey down the River Ems from the

Two of the leading container shipping lines United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) and Hamburg Süd have announced a global cooperation agreement aimed at

The North American Marine Environment Protection Association (NAMEPA) has announced that Houston-based TITAN Salvage, a subsidiary of Jacksonville-based

Denmark's Maersk Line will spend around $3 billion a year from 2015-19 on new ships to butress its position as the world's biggest container shipping company,

China COSCO’s fleet upgrade program continues today with an order for ten more bulk carriers including six of 81,600 dwt and four of 208,000 dwt. The

Here’s some GoPro video of a cadet at Russia’s Murmansk State Technical University climbing a 58-meter mast onboard the STS Sedov, a steel-hulled

Update 2: The wharf fire at the Port of Los Angeles has been extinguished after more than 32 hours of active firefighting, the port said Wednesday. All

The total greenhouse gas emissions from the global maritime transport industry are estimated to have been cut by over 20% from 2007 to 2012, theSecretary

Canada's largest oil and gas producer, Suncor Energy Inc, is shipping its first ever tanker of Western Canadian heavy crude from Canada's East Coast to Europe,

Overall confidence levels in the shipping industry fell slightly during the three months to August 2014, according to the latest Shipping Confidence Survey

In this short clip, Time Magazine contributor Adam McCauley takes a look at the history of piracy in Asia from the 19th century pirating of Dutch and British

A shipyard in China's southeast has suspended operations after at least 500 farmers, who blame water pollution from the yard for killing their abalone harvest,

Indonesian copper and gold mining company PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara (PTNNT) has announced plans to resume copper concentrate shipments this week after receipt