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By Fabiana Batista and Marvin G. Perez (Bloomberg) –Chinese demand for sugar is finally showing signs of life after Beijing ended massive import tariffs.

By Omar Mohammed NAIROBI, Aug 12 (Reuters) – Mauritius’ Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth said on Wednesday nearly all remaining oil had been removed

By Aaron Clark, Annie Lee and Jinshan Hong (Bloomberg) — Australian authorities detained at least two cargo ships for alleged labor violations related to

By Julian Lee and Adeola Eribake (Bloomberg) — The bulk carrier Wakashio was 11 days into a month-long voyage to Brazil when it hit a reef off Mauritius

Around 1,000 metric tons of Very Low Sulphur Fuel Oil is estimated to have leaked from the grounded MV Wakashio in Mauritius, according to the ship owner

The Unified Command overseeing the salvage of the MV Golden Ray says operations have resumed following Hurricane Isaias. The UC has since since placed

By Duncan Miriri NAIROBI, Aug 11 (Reuters) – Mauritian volunteers fished dead eels from oily waters on Tuesday as they tried to clean up damage to the

By Maria Vasilyeva, Lisa Barrington and Jonathan Saul MOSCOW/DUBAI/LONDON, Aug 11 (Reuters) – In the murky story of how a cache of highly explosive

By Luc Cohen and Roslan Khasawneh NEW YORK/SINGAPORE, Aug 11 (Reuters) – A shipping joint venture between Venezuela and China has fallen apart in the

By Katharine Houreld and Duncan Miriri NAIROBI, Aug 10 (Reuters) – A Japanese ship that ran aground on a reef off Mauritius two weeks ago has now stopped

New images are coming in from the Indian Ocean island nation of Mautitius showing the extent of the oil spill from the grounded bulk carrier Wakashio. The MV

LONDON, Aug 10 (Reuters) – Insurance claims for damage to ships, goods and the port itself after a warehouse explosion last week in the port of Beirut

Aug 10 (Reuters) – Royal Caribbean Group reported a bigger-than-expected quarterly loss on Monday, as the cruise operator suffered from a

TOKYO, Aug 9 (Reuters) – The operator of a Japanese bulk carrier which ran aground off Mauritius in the Indian Ocean apologised on Sunday for a major oil

By Santiago Arcos ABOARD ECUADOREAN NAVY AIRCRAFT, Aug 9 (Reuters) – Ecuador’s navy is conducting surveillance of a massive Chinese fishing fleet

By Aaron Clark and Annie Lee (Bloomberg) — A new risk to global supply chains is emerging as exhausted seafarers stuck offshore for months halt work, a

By Ann Koh and Low De Wei (Bloomberg) –Stena Bulk AB, one of the world’s biggest tanker lines, plans to run some of its ships on used cooking oil

A new paper exploring maritime accidents and how they can have prevented if regulations are followed has been entered into the Congressional Record. The

The International Propeller Club of the United States has requested that Congress appropriate $3.5 billion for the relief and support of the U.S. maritime

By Laura Millan Lombrana (Bloomberg) –Ice covering the Arctic Ocean reached the lowest level since at least 1979 for July as temperatures spiked in the