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By Liz Lee (Reuters) Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Amazon are seeking to meet Malaysia’s prime minister to ask that foreign vessels be allowed to

Maritime Industry Australia Ltd (MIAL) joined Minister Gee, on Merchant Navy Day, to recognize the contribution of Australian merchant mariners of the past and

As a result of the state’s mandate for COVID-19 vaccines, Washington’s ferry service faces a

(Reuters) The Colombian navy said on Wednesday (September 1) it had seized 1.8 tonnes of cocaine being transported onboard a semi-submersible vessel in the

By Martina Li in Taiwan (The Loadstar) At 8pm Seoul time, seafarers working for HMM began a picket protest from two of the Korean flagship carrier’s ships

By Florence Tan (Reuters) The Cambodian government is seeking the return of an oil tanker and its crew who have been detained in Indonesia, alleging that

By Nandita Bose (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday accused Beijing of coercion and intimidation to back unlawful claims in the

Prices of dry freight shipping containers have doubled over the past year to reach historic highs but will moderate over the next few years, according to

By Roslan Khasawneh and Muyu Xu (Reuters) Container shipping rates from China to the United States have scaled fresh highs above $20,000 per 40-foot box

A Mexican navy sealift ship carrying 1,000 tonnes of beans, medical equipment, and humanitarian supplies arrived in Cuba

By Jonathan Saul (Reuters) There could be a shortage of merchant sailors to crew commercial ships in five years if action is not taken to boost numbers,

By Adriana Barrera (Reuters) – A diesel cargo sent by Mexico’s state-run Pemex is due to arrive in Cuba’s Havana port on Monday, according to

This week Russian President Vladimir Putin met with the country’s shipbuilding executives to review plans to prioritize short sea shipping with the hope

U.S. shipments of liquefied natural gas exceeded Australia’s for the first time ever. By Josyana Joshua (Bloomberg) Natural gas futures soared to $4 per

By Brendan Murray (Bloomberg) –The cost to ship a boxload of goods to the U.S. from China edged close to $10,000 as the world’s biggest economy keeps

By K Oanh Ha and Kevin Varley (Bloomberg) In late December, some 1,800 bulls left Spain for Turkey aboard a ship called the Elbeik. The trip was supposed to

by John Konrad (gCaptain) Frank Coles is turning into a one-man force to be reckoned with. Articles are written by the ex-group CEO at Wallem, and CEO Transas,

By Daren Butler (Reuters) Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday launched a $15 billion canal project intended to relieve pressure on the busy Bosphorus

By Stephen Stapczynski (Bloomberg) Natural gas markets around the globe are rallying as the world’s importers have come to a stark realization: there isn’t

By Abdel Latif Wahba (Bloomberg) Egypt expects to finalize an agreement next week for compensation over the giant ship that blocked the Suez Canal in March,