News

The Vale Brasil arrived at Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal’s (NSSMC) Kashima port on June 18, marking the first time a VLOC has called on Kashima.

A 102-foot luxury yacht possibly worth $24 million has been completely destroyed after it caught fire while dry docked at a San Diego boat yard, and it was all

It’s been more than a year now since a failed tow off Canada set a dilapidated Russian expedition ship adrift in the North

China wants to invest in Greek airports and railways as well as the busiest port, officials said on Friday, as the country where the euro debt crisis began

London's centuries-old Baltic Exchange and clearing house LCH.Clearnet are in talks about a tie-up over the Baltic's dry bulk freight derivatives platform, the

By Yuka Obayashi KASHIMA, Japan, June 20 (Reuters) – Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp, Japan’s biggest steelmaker, may start talks on a

Denis Manturov, the head of Russia’s Ministry of Industry and Trade announced the appointment of Alexei Rakhmanov as President of United Shipbuilding

The 170 meter tall Rowan Viking jackup will soon be a bit taller as a result of a refit at Damen Shiprepair Vlissingen (DSV).  The yard will be adding

By Megha Rajagopalan and Charlie Zhu BEIJING/HONG KONG, June 20 (Reuters) – China has sent four more oil rigs into the South China Sea in a sign that

This collision would have been considered relatively minor had it not been for that protruding

Danish photographer Casper Tybjerg recently joined the MV Marie Maersk, one of Maersk Line’s new 18,000 TEU Triple-E class, to document everyday life for the

What’s interesting about the Twin Fin System is the internal housing of all of the propulsion equipment within the hull

Dutch engineers this week started a months-long survey to map unchartered deep-sea terrain at the bottom of the Indian Ocean, the next step in the search for

Sempra Energy’s plan to export liquefied natural gas from its Cameron LNG terminal in Louisiana has been granted final U.S. approval, becoming the second

As part of Paragon Offshore’s anticipated spinoff from Noble Corporation this year, the company is fully focused on raising a vast amount of capital.

China Navigation Company (CNCo) confirmed today the newbuild order of four new handysize bulk carriers from Imabari Shipbuilding in Japan. This latest order,

By Keith Wallis SINGAPORE June 19 (Reuters) – Rates for capesize bulk carriers on key Asian routes are set to hold steady as charterers maintain leasing

The 1841 whaleship Charles W. Morgan with full sails set while in the midst of a historic voyage to New England ports.

A disabled LNG-regasification vessel is under tow in the Indian Ocean west of Mumbai after a Saturday engine room fire cut power and propulsion to the

The U.S. Coast Guard is seeking the public’s help in identifying a hoax caller that made multiple false distress calls earlier this month in the Puget Sound