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By Eric Sabo Jan. 31 (Bloomberg) — It’s an overcast morning as the Zim Shanghai squeezes through the narrows locks near the eastern end of the Panama

On January 31, 2014, the semi-submersible heavy lift Ro-Ro "Rolldock Storm" (Yard No. 759) was launched before a crowd at Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft

The owner of Seward Ship’s Drydock has signed a letter of intent to sell the assets of the Seward, Alaska, shipyard company to Vigor

By Arno Schuetze and Andreas Kröner FRANKFURT, Jan 30 (Reuters) – As the European Central Bank prepares to test the resilience of the region’s

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore is coordinating the containment and clean-up of two oil spills following two separate collisions south of Jurong

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration has announced that the United State's six state maritime academies will receive $1 million

Indonesian oil and gas shipping firm PT Berlian Laju Tanker, which narrowly escaped bankruptcy last year, said on Thursday it has cut its fleet size by 44

Considering the huge increase in oil production this year within the United States, it’s no surprise that Kirby Corporation (NYSE:KEX), the United

Even with a 6 percent increase in sales this year, South Korean chemical tanker and container shipper Heung-A Shipping recorded a 39.7 percent drop in

A group of insurers warned shipowners this week to be careful when signing deals to carry Iranian oil because the United States has not been able to clarify

By Kristen Hays and Anna Driver HOUSTON, Jan 29 (Reuters) – Marathon Petroleum Corp, Valero Energy Corp and Phillips 66, the three largest U.S.

Carnival Corp., the world’s largest cruise operator, said the U.S. Justice Department joined a U.K. investigation into whether its Caribbean Princess ship

In a phone call with Dynacom Tankers Management today, they note that the allegations by the Angolan Navy that the MT Kerala hijacking was faked are

Star Bulk Carriers Corp. (Nasdaq: SBLK) announced today a signed agreement to acquire two Chinese-built Post-Panamax bulkers, the M/V “GL Qushan”

Yamal LNG, a venture developing a liquefied natural gas export plant in the Russian Arctic, plans to pick a terminal for transshipping the fuel in Europe by

Nakilat has announced the securing of a USD $669 million loan facility with QNB Group today which the Qatari LNG shipper says they will use to refinance

Do not adjust your screen resolution, this interesting new ship is actually a compact accommodation vessel recently delivered to the Brazilian company

Salvage crews in South Africa have kicked off the third phase of salvage operations to remove what's left of the MV Smart shipwreck in Richards

The National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC) is poised to carry crude oil to Asian buyers in its own vessels as sanctions ease following the implementation of

The U.S. Department of Defense has confirmed that the M/V Cape Ray (T-AKR 9679) was deployed from Portsmouth, Virginia on Monday for its mission to the