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Oivind Lorentzen, Chief Executive Officer of Fort Lauderdale-based SEACOR Holdings Inc. (NYSE: CKH) announced plans for further asset growth today as a result

Norwegian ship owner Island Offshore and Aberdeen-based Fletcher Shipping have just signed contracts with Rolls-Royce for a total of four new offshore supply

May 5 (Bloomberg) — Vietnam denounced China for setting up an exploration rig in waters off its central coast disputed by the two nations, raising the

A cruise ship returning to New York from the Caribbean with 4,500 passengers on board had to be towed into port on Sunday after getting stuck in the Hudson

The 2014-built capesize bulk carrier LEOPOLD LD arrived in Richards Bay on the first of May 2014 after completing her maiden voyage from Tianjin Xingang

By Major Bryan Abell, USMCR I am not an expert on maritime piracy, nor am I an expert on West Africa. So seven months ago when our Stanford team

On its face, Mexico’s plan may seem conservative. But it will be easy for the nation's notoriously corrupt politicians to exploit. Here’s a better idea:

PRESS RELEASE – The Liberian International Ship & Corporate Registry (LISCR), the US-based manager of the Liberian Registry, has appointed Robert

PRESS RELEASE – Seagull has released the Bulker Industry Training Standard (BITS), a predefined competence management system for the dry bulk industry.

According to Clarkson Research, global trade growth is projected to reach around 6.0 percent in 2014 as compared to 4.9 percent growth in 2013, yet with a

By Christine Harvey May 2 (Bloomberg) — Suncor Energy Inc. and Valero Energy Corp. are poised to use only North American crude in eastern Canada by 2015,

Fairmount Marine, the Netherlands-based ocean-going tug operator, announced this week that their 205 ton bollard pull tug, Fairmount Expedition completed the

By Mike Wackett, Against the continued toxic mix of oversupply and weak demand, cash-strapped ocean carriers are being forced to consider every creative

For the second day in a row, a Statoil-contracted drilling rig has found oil off Norway, this time however, the discovery was located 230 kilometers northwest

Mexico's government on Wednesday proposed a set of rules tailored toward attracting quick investment to its oil and gas industry as it mapped out how the state

Subsea 7 announced today the winning of a 3-year $160 million contract extension from BP Exploration & Production for light subsea construction, and

Just released cell phone video recovered from the body of one of the students that died on board the Sewol captures the overall sense of naivety about the

By Kristen Hays HOUSTON, May 1 (Reuters) – The start-up of a major Pacific Northwest rail-to-barge terminal that could bring hundreds of thousands of

Kirby Corporation’s record profit streak has continued through the first quarter according to their latest earnings report. The inland tug and barge

The Statoil-contracted drilling rig Songa Trym encountered a minor oil discovery while drilling wildcat well 35/11-17 located approximately 1 kilometer south