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TOKYO (Dow Jones)–Japanese shipping company NYK Line expects a surge in liquefied natural gas demand from Japan and worldwide because of rising fears

SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)–The number of oil, gas and chemical tankers passing through the port of Singapore in May was up 1.7% from the previous month, but

AMSTERDAM — (Dow Jones & Co) Greenpeace activists have been barred from further disrupting oil company Cairn Energy PLC’s controversial Arctic

Photo By Rob Almeida, Copyright 2011 Remarks by NOAA Administrator Dr. Jane Lubchenco during Capitol Hill Oceans Week June 7, 2011 Good morning everyone! Let

Worldwide Maritime Crime and Piracy Summary: Week of 2 June 2011 GULF OF ADEN: Bulk carrier (ACHILLEAS) was fired upon by one skiff with 7-8 pirates onboard 7

NEW YORK – (Dow Jones & Co) The Atlantic bluefin tuna won’t be listed as an endangered species, at least for now, as the Obama administration

CARACAS -(Dow Jones)- Brazil’s national development bank, or BNDES, agreed Monday to provide Venezuela’s state oil company with $637 million in

RIO DE JANEIRO— (Dow Jones & Company) Brazilian labor officials prohibited Petroleo Brasileiro SA, or Petrobras, from restarting operations at a

8 months – 3 Jumbo vessels – 37 pieces – sea, river, land Jumbo Shipping has completed its eight-month heavy lift transport contract for

MONACO- (Marketwire – Jun 6, 2011) – Scorpio Tankers Inc. (NYSE: STNG) announced that it has signed contracts with Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co. Ltd.

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BOSTON (NNS) — Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced today the next Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier will be named the USS John F. Kennedy. The

(Dow Jones & Company) U.S. regulators’ lawsuit over alleged manipulation of crude-oil prices in 2008 has shone a spotlight on a shipping tycoon whose

RIO DE JANEIRO -(Dow Jones)- Brazilian state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro (PBR, PETR4.BR), or Petrobras, said late Friday that it had signed a contract

Worldwide Maritime Crime and Piracy, week of 19 May 2011 (source: ONI) Somali piracy incidents continue to occur at moderate levels.  There were three piracy

Crowley’s “The Hunter” takes home its Fifteenth First-Place Win at Seattle Maritime Festival Crowley’s tugboat Hunter –

ISLAMABAD — Explosions rocked a Pakistani military base in the southern city of Karachi in a late-night terror attack, setting off a fire visible from

Maritime Administrator David Matsuda today honored the memory of Richard Oliver Kelleher during the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Maritime

Worldwide maritime crime and piracy summary, week of 12 May 2011 (Source: ONI) GULF OF GUINEA: A chemical tanker was hijacked on 15 May at 0220 LT in

LONDON (Dow Jones)–Final bids for V Ships, a ship-management business owned by Exponent Private Equity, are due June 16, a person familiar with the