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Russian gas producer Novatek said its LNG carrier “Vladimir Rusanov” has completed an eastbound transit of the Northern Sea Route, officially opening this

By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, July 27 (Reuters) – Alaska ferry workers and state officials were seeking a federal mediator’s help on Saturday to end a

“Canal Control, Canal Control, Canal Control, this is Army Tug 915, channel 13 over”. I speak slowly into the VHF microphone. One hand on the mike, my

(Bloomberg) –Efforts to secure safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz are ramping up as the U.K. said a second warship arrived in the area and South

By Nichola Groom July 29 (Reuters) – Trump administration infighting is holding up approval of the first major U.S. offshore wind energy project,

French offshore services company Bourbon has requested for reorganization proceedings of approximately 900 million euros in liabilities after a Chinese leasing

The Canadian government has imposed fines on two ships for breaking mandatory speed limits set in the Gulf of St. Lawrence meant to protect endangered North

By Jonathan Saul, Parisa Hafezi and Marianna Parraga LONDON/DUBAI/PANAMA CITY, July 26 (Reuters) – Somewhere on its journey from the waters off Iran,

By Bernadette Christina and Roslan Khasawneh JAKARTA/SINGAPORE, July 26 (Reuters) – Indonesia will not enforce new global rules mandating low-sulphur

By Leonid Bershidsky (Bloomberg Opinion) –The seizure of a number of ships in recent months tells an uncomfortable story. In today’s multi-polar world,

(Bloomberg Opinion) –Confronting the first crisis of his premiership, Boris Johnson must decide what to do about the Stena Impero, the British oil tanker

The United States Army is putting its plan to divest nearly all its Army watercraft on hold – at least for now.  The cease order came from the the

The Port of Rotterdam reported throughput of 240.7 million tonnes in the first six months of 2019, a new record for Europe’s busiest port. The figure

Portland, Oregon-based Vigor Industrials is being acquired by global investment firm The Carlyle Group and private equity firm Stellex Capital Management. As

By Andrew MacAskill and Jonathan Saul LONDON, July 25 (Reuters) – Britain has started sending a warship to accompany all British-flagged vessels

Stena Bulk confirmed Wednesday that it has had direct communication with the crew of the Stena Impero as of late Tuesday. Communication comes after formal

By Roslan Khasawneh and Chen Aizhu ONBOARD THE PU TUO SAN, July 25 (Reuters) – Off the coast of Singapore, the world’s largest ship refuelling

The project to widen and deepen the Elbe River has kicked off with the arrival of DEME Group’s hopper dredger ‘Scheldt River’. The project consists of

Boston-based Sea Machines Robotics says it has entered into cooperative agreement with the U.S. Maritime Administration to test the use of autonomous

By Serene Cheong and Alfred Cang (Bloomberg) –The U.S. has sanctioned a Chinese state oil trader for violating restrictions on Iranian crude, an attempt