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PARIS, Sept 8 (Reuters) – French oil services company Bourbon said on Thursday that any rebound in oil and gas prices will take a while to reach

By Jane Chung and Joyce Lee SEOUL, Sept 8 (Reuters) – Will 80 tonnes of spicy kimchi stuck aboard three Hanjin Shipping vessels bobbing off the coast of

The world’s largest Pure Car and Truck Carrier (PCTC) Höegh Target is transiting the new locks of the expanded Panama Canal on Thursday. The

The U.S. Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation has completed its review of the transcripts for the first public hearing session into the loss of the SS El

PARIS, Sept 8 (Reuters) – Dutch group Damen shipyards and Italian group Fincantieri are the two potential buyers that have emerged for STX France, a

The first conversion of a containership from diesel to clean-burning liquified natural gas fuel will take place next year, international classification society

By Joyce Lee and Shin-hyung Lee SEOUL, Sept 7 (Reuters) – A South Korean court presiding over Hanjin Shipping Co Ltd’s receivership has asked the

  Swiss-based power and automation company ABB is launching a new version of its popular Azipod propulsion unit that it says is up to 10 percent more

The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a woman who reportedly fell overboard Wednesday from the Carnival Ecstasy cruise ship approximately 27 miles southwest of

NANTES, France Sept 7 (Reuters) – Two potential buyers have emerged for STX France, a shipyard subsidiary of the struggling South Korean group STX Corp,

By David Fickling and Rani Molla (Bloomberg Gadfly) — Here’s some good news for the hard-pressed shipping industry: Of the top 15 container lines

by Kyunghee Park (Bloomberg) Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s biggest smartphone maker, said about $38 million of its goods and parts were on board two

by Sohee Kim (Bloomberg) South Korea’s cash-strapped Hanjin Shipping is adrift at sea — and in more ways than one. Hanjin is one of the world’s

By Jim Christie SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 6 (Reuters) – Korean shipping line Hanjin Shipping Co Ltd won an order on Tuesday from a U.S. judge extending

The U.S. Navy Commander for Naval Surface Forces has ordered an engineering stand down for every LCS crew to review procedures and standards following the

Update: The Coast Guard Captain of the Port reopened the Houston Ship Channel to all vessel traffic at 3:31 p.m. Tuesday. The Upper Houston Ship Channel was

A Norwegian semi-submersible heavy lift vessel has been contracted to transport the stricken drilling rig Transocean Winner from Scotland’s Isle of Lewis

The world’s largest cruise ship company, Carnival Corporation, is expanding its LNG-powered fleet by signing a memorandum of agreement with leading

A tanker fire caused by a bunker fuel leak closed a 1 mile section of the Houston Ship Channel overnight as crews worked to contain the spill and

By Joyce Lee and Hyunjoo Jin SEOUL, Sept 6 (Reuters) – Hanjin Shipping’s parent firm plans to raise 100 billion won ($90 million) to fund the