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By Captain Richard Madden, Those on deep-sea vessels frequently overlook the lessons learned from brown-water and fishing vessels.  This is unfortunate as it

By Manolo Serapio Jr and David Stanway SINGAPORE/BEIJING, Feb 14 (Reuters) – China will only allow ships with capacity of up to 250,000 deadweight tonnes

Food importers in Asia are switching from dry bulk cargo ships to container vessels, which normally carry goods such as toys and TVs, as they offer a way to

LONDON, Feb 13 (Reuters) – Lloyds Banking Group is looking to sell $500 million of shipping loans in what is likely to be the final big sale of loans

Chilean shipping firm Compania Sud Americana de Vapores said on Thursday it is planning two capital increases for a total of up to $600 million to get the

Qatari shipbuilder Nakilat Damen Shipyards Qatar (NDSQ) announced the deliveryt of the 32m-long, 80 ton bollard pull-rate ASD tug Semesma, the eleventh of

A broken down cargo ship has made it safely to the Port of Lorient after spending more than 12 hours adrift in heavy weather in the Bay of

Shipowners, Salvors and Insurers represented by at least three trade associations are jointly calling for the implementation of international measures to

Erik Hånell, President and CEO of Stena Bulk notes in a phone call today that his company, along with Golden Agri (GAR), have bought six Samho-built chemical

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) and Mitsubishi Kakoki Kaisha, Ltd. (MKK) announced today the joint development of a new emissions scrubber designed to

Here's a series of photos from the Port of London Authority showing a rather typical occurrence on the River Thames: bringing a ship into

Damen Shipyards announced today that their client, Smit Lamnalco has taken delivery of the SL Kiwi, a 22-meter long, STu 2008-type tugboat.  This 39.4 ton

The real life castaway that miraculously washed up recently on a Marshall Islands after more than a year adrift in his small fishing boat has returned to his

The Panama Canal Authority said it reached a partial agreement with builders led by Sacyr SA to end a dispute, even as it continues to seek alternatives to

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd., Japan’s third-largest shipping line by sales, has ordered a vessel fitted with an engine to cut nitrogen oxide emissions to meet

By Mike Wackett, Greek containership owner Danaos Corporation has revealed more details of its agreement with restructured ocean carrier Zim, which saw the

Hyundai Merchant Marine plans to sell its liquefied natural gas (LNG) transport business to a local investment firm for 1.1 trillion won ($1.03 billion) as the

By Keith Wallis SINGAPORE, Feb 12 (Reuters) – A fire-ravaged ship loaded with hazardous chemicals has become a maritime football in the north Pacific,

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore says it is conducting investigations into three separate collisions involving commercial vessels in and around

At the end of January, a municipal power failure caused South Africa’s Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) to shut down while shipments of coal continued