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The Coast Guard captain of the port has reopened a section of the upper Mississippi near LeClaire, Iowa that had been closed for over 24 hours due to a sunken

Dry bulk shipper STX Pan Ocean has placed an order today for two Capesize bulk carriers from Hanjin Heavy Industries. The vessels, due for delivery by the end

Crude traders are skeptical that the accord loosening some economic sanctions against Iran in return for limiting nuclear work will lead to a surge in oil

Tanzania is looking at building a massive facility to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) similar to those developed by the world's biggest gas exporter Qatar

The global tanker market is still some time away from a full recovery and Frontline, the crude tanker arm of shipping tycoon John Fredriksen's business empire,

Record Asian oil demand is spurring the region’s refineries to charter the most supertankers in a year, driving shipping rates to the highest level

RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 26 (Reuters) – OSX Brazil SA, the shipbuilding company controlled by Brazilian tycoon Eike Batista, said on Tuesday that its board of

The U.S. Coast Guard and emergency crews responded Monday night to a sunken towboat and oil discharge on the Upper Mississippi River near LeClaire,

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) on Monday released a study on shipping patterns and industry costs that will

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The winners of the 2013 Bravery at Sea Award were chosen and unanimously endorsed by the IMO Council from a total of 34 nominations from 10 Member States and

With nearly 16+ percent of the world dry bulk fleet due for delivery in the next 2 1/4 years, there will not be enough demand to support total capacity

The U.S. Coast Guard reports this morning that a rescue mission is currently in progress to recover approximately 100 Haitians who ran aground 15 miles off

Perched rather precariously high on the ways at Damen’s Galati shipyard in Romania, a three-masted sail training vessel was launched on 22 November. With

Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) — A Singapore-based contractor accused of bribing U.S. Navy commanders with cash and prostitutes must be held without bail because of

Samsung Heavy Industries has won a KRW 447.6 billion ($421.53 million) order for five containerships from an unnamed Asian shipowner according to a regulatory

Crowley Maritime Corporation on Monday announced that it has placed groundbreaking order for a pair of LNG-powered combination container-Ro/Ro, becoming the

Norwegian shipbuilding group, Ulstein, announced Monday two significant orders for a newly developed design of offshore construction vessel, including the

Winter weather appears to be primary factor in the sinking of two merchant ships off China yesterday leaving at least 10 sailors confirmed dead. According to a

Check out this new commercial released by Google UK for their Nexus 7 tablet, featuring a homesick engineer perk up when he is able to video chat with his