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By Jonathan Saul LONDON, June 21 (Reuters) – Plans to map the entire ocean floor by 2030 are going ahead despite the challenges of the coronavirus

SINGAPORE/BEIJING, June 22 (Reuters) – Chinese refiners have the capacity to produce 18.1 million tonnes of low-sulphur fuel oil (LSFO) this year, which

By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON, June 19 (Reuters) – In a reversal, the Navy on Friday scrapped its recommendation to reinstate Captain Brett

International cruise lines have extended their self-imposed sailing suspension from U.S. ports until September 15 amid the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. The Cruise

A Hapag-Lloyd containership has been cleared to discharge its cargo in South Africa after a month-long coronavirus quarantine. As we reported previously, two

By Emily Chow and Chen Aizhu SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE, June 19 (Reuters) – China’s marine fuel futures contract that debuts on Monday on the Shanghai

By Roslan Khasawneh SINGAPORE, June 18 (Reuters) – Ship fuelling activity in Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates, a bunkering and fuel storage hub in

Norwegian-based shipping company Wallenius Wilhelmsen Ocean AS is likely facing millions of dollars in fines after pleading guilty today in Australian federal

June 18 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index marked its largest single-day percentage rise on Thursday, as capesize vessel

By Guy Faulconbridge and Kate Holton LONDON, June 18 (Reuters) – The Lloyd’s of London insurance market has apologized for its

By Uday Sampath Kumar June 18 (Reuters) – Carnival Corp reported a record $4.4 billion in quarterly losses on Thursday, as the COVID-19 pandemic crippled

By Frances Schwartzkopff and Christian Wienberg (Bloomberg) –A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S said the development in the second quarter has been better than the

MEXICO CITY, June 17 (Reuters) – The U.S. government on Wednesday issued a warning about the threat posed by pirates to boats and oil installations in

The International Transport Workers’ Federation said it will now support ship crews’ rights to stop working, even if that comes at the cost of disrupting

June 17 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index recorded its biggest ever daily percentage jump on Wednesday, propelled by surging

The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has formally launched its into claims that Canada’s pending ballast water regulations will unfairly hurt

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY, June 17 (Reuters) – Pope Francis paid tribute on Wednesday to hundreds of thousands of seafarers stuck on ships due to

COPENHAGEN, June 17 (Reuters) – A.P. Moller-Maersk , the world’s top container shipping firm, said on Wednesday that market demand was developing

By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – MSC is set to roll-out a customer carbon offsetting programme it has been trialling since last year. Since early

(Bloomberg) — Ravi Nagar hasn’t seen his wife and 3-year-old son in eight months. That’s because he was stuck on a tanker shuttling between the