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Belships ASA announced their intentions today to exit the product tanker market and concentrate exclusively on the dry bulk sector upon the expiration of the

A bitter dispute between the Panama Canal and a Spanish-led consortium of construction companies over the spiraling cost of expanding one of the world's

Peel Ports, the UK’s second-largest port group, put together one of the better time-lapse videos we’ve seen recently of the Port of Liverpool, a

Here's a rundown of current job listings featured on the gCaptain Job Board for the week ending January 17,

Panama’s Foreign Minister, Fernando Nunez Fabrega, announced today that the government of North Korea has agreed to pay a $667 million thousand fine to

Ulupinar XVII a 24.4 meter tugboat built by Turkish shipbuilder Sanmar recently cast off the docklines at Tuzla, bound for the Port of Mersin on Turkey’s

Hapag-Lloyd AG, Germany’s biggest container shipper, is negotiating an all-share transaction to acquire Chile’s Cia. Sud Americana de Vapores SA, according

North Asia’s March spot prices for liquefied natural gas will probably gain next week on more buying from Asia and Latin America, according to three of six

China COSCO Holdings, China's largest bulk shipping company, said on Thursday that it would have returned to profit in 2013, avoiding a possible delisting

Kirby Corporation (NYSE:KEX) announced plans to build a 185,000 barrel/10,000 hp Articulated Tug and Barge (ATB) unit for a total cost of between $75 and $80

TOKYO, Jan 16 (Reuters) – Japanese crude buyers are set to switch back to private insurance providers for transportation of Iranian oil, after relief

The Israel Corp holding company is set to lose control of shipping company Zim under the terms of a bailout agreement being negotiated with Zim's creditors,

GasLog Ltd. (NYSE:GLOG) announced an agreement has been reached today with BG Group affiiate, Methane Services Ltd. (MSL), to purchase three of MSL’s LNG

Here is a timelapse video showing the recent launch of the SX121 design ‘Polar Onyx’ Offshore Construction Vessel (OSV) at the Ulstein Verft

he Baltic Exchange's main sea freight index, which tracks rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, rose on Wednesday, marking its first gain this year,

Reuters Commodities and Energy Senior Market Analyst, John Kemp, questions the effectiveness of the Jones Act in today's modern

California Congressman John Garamendi spoke at the National Maritime Strategy Symposium this morning and set an aggressive tone to revamp the maritime policy

Diesel from the new Jubail refinery in Saudi Arabia will head to Europe for the first time this month, piling pressure on refineries already battered by huge

Sacyr SA pledged to complete its contract to expand the Panama Canal, edging back from a threat to suspend the project if the waterway’s authority didn’t

By Captain Keith McLaren, As a shipmaster I am often asked what it is like to be in dry dock and as few can actually visit the ship during