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There were a total of 220 ships sent for demolition in the second quarter of 2018, with 169 of those sold to South Asian shipbreakers where they are driven

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited five contractors for safety and health violations after

The U.S. House of Representatives this week approved legislation to address maritime transportation safety issues raised by the El Faro sinking, promote the

By Roslan Khasawneh SINGAPORE, July 27 (Reuters) – Contaminated marine fuel that clogs and damages ship engines has been found in Singapore, the

The families of two dead seamen want answers as to why a loaded Bouchard oil barge exploded off the coast of Texas. The Coast Guard’s public hearing

China’s COSCO Shipping says it has isolated the cyber attack that impacted its local email and telephone networks in the America’s region. As of

DUBAI, July 26 (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia said on Thursday it was suspending oil shipments through the Red Sea after Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis

Extensive damage has been found on the hull of the vehicle carrier Makassar Highway off the coast of Sweden. An underwater inspection of vessel carried

All crew kidnappings reported to the IMB Piracy Reporting Centre during the first six months of 2018 occurred in the Gulf of Guinea in six separate incidents,

By Julian Lee (Bloomberg) — Saudi Arabia temporarily halted oil shipments via the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a key shipping lane for crude at the southern end

By Vera Eckert, Oleg Vukmanovic and Sabina Zawadzki FRANKFURT/LONDON, July 26 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s plan for “vast

Editor’s Note: This article is part of a series focussing on the U.S. Coast Guard’s public hearing on the explosion and fire aboard the Bouchard No. 255

By Rania El Gamal DUBAI, July 26 (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia said on Thursday it was suspending oil shipments through a strategic Red Sea lane after

This video was apparently filmed this week in Nias in Sumatra, Indonedia as a huge swell hit the island. Luckily, according to reports the vessel was unmanned

The number of merchant ships with exhaust gas cleaning systems either installed or on order is approaching 1,000 ships worldwide, according to a survey by the

A short period of quick, heavy rolling in gale-force winds result in the loss 81 containers overboard from the Liberian-flagged containership YM Efficiency off

By Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg) — The Navy is asking Congress to shift $30 million from other accounts to start repairing a damaged gear on the service’s

RIYADH, July 25 (Reuters) – Yemen’s Houthis attacked a Saudi oil tanker in the Red Sea, causing slight damage, an Arab coalition said on Wednesday,

By Alexander Whiteman (The Loadstar) – Oversupply of shipping capacity rather than trade wars caused the recent rationalisation in transpacific and

Update: Extensive Damage to Makassar Highway; Complex Salvage Ahead A K-Line car carrier ran aground off Loftahammar, Sweden on Monday morning, causing some