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Fully-owned by Maersk until recently, the LNG carriers MILAHA RAS LAFFAN and MILAHA QATAR, recently carried out their first loading operations this month under

Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. (NYSE: OSG), one of the world’s largest publicly traded tanker companies in the world carrying nearly 11 million DWT

Siem Offshore announced today the sale and delivery of the  4500T multi-purpose ROV support vessel, Siem Swordfish, which was concluded on July 31st.  This

SINGAPORE–Cosco Corp. Ltd. (F83.SG) said Wednesday its net profit in the fiscal second quarter fell 13% as revenue from its shipyard operations fell and

While Royal Navy ships protect the London Olympics others have rushed to prevent a pirate attack in the Middle East.  The minehunters HMS Middleton and HMS

(Bloomberg) — Oil in New York headed for the first monthly increase since April before meetings of central bank policy makers to discuss the economy and

To meet the increased need of polar scientific research,  China’s State Oceanic Administration (SOA), Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration

The North American Emission Control Area (ECA), under the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL), comes into effect from

Prosafe has been awarded a contract by an undisclosed client for the provision of the Safe Scandinavia accommodation support rig at a project in the British

New York City Prison Barge, The Vernon C. Bain Center (VCBC), is an 800-bed jail barge that is designed to handle inmates from medium- to maximum-security in

(Bloomberg) — China Rongsheng Heavy Industries Group Holdings Ltd., which hasn’t announced any 2012 ship orders, may find winning deals even harder

With an average contract duration of over 10 years, Greek containership owner, Danaos Corporation (NYSE: DAC) is largely protected from the fluctuations found

MELBOURNE–A worldwide glut of containers and a fall in demand for shipped goods during the global financial crisis have pushed shipping prices to

TOKYO–Nippon Yusen KK (9101.TO) said Tuesday that it has slashed its investment to build new liquefied natural gas carriers and floating production,

(Bloomberg) — Losses widened for oil tankers hauling 2 million-barrel crude cargoes on the industry’s benchmark route to Asia from the Persian Gulf

(Bloomberg) — China Rongsheng Heavy Industries Group Holdings Ltd. plunged to its lowest level since 2010 in Hong Kong trading after the U.S. Securities

(Bloomberg) — The number of cargoes booked on Panamax bulk carriers, the largest to transit the Panama Canal, slumped 33 percent in July amid slowing

Caspian Drilling Company, based in Azerbaijan, will install ABS Nautical Systems’ NS5 Enterprise software on four of its drilling rigs.  Three of these

Technip was awarded by Ithaca Energy (UK) Ltd an EPIC subsea contract for the Greater Stella Area (GSA) development, located 280 kilometers East-Southeast of

Knightsbridge Tankers Limited (Nasdaq:VLCCF) announced today that two of its charterers, Hong Xiang Shipping Holding Co Limited and Sanko Steamship, have