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Sports car maker Porsche will have to restart production on a limited-edition 911s which sank along with more than 2,200 other vehicles on board the Grande

They are every mariner’s worst nightmare. A wave twice the height of the average sea state that seemingly comes out of nowhere. Rogue waves have been

By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – Shippers with cargo stranded on the fire-stricken Yantian Express are still in the dark on when or where they might

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, March 20 (Reuters) – Privately owned Peel Ports is expanding its workforce mostly in Liverpool and plans acquisitions this year,

Dutch shipbuilding group Damen Shipyards has officially entered the cruise market having signed a contract with Oslo, Norway-based SeaDream Yacht Club for a

By Alex Longley and Sheela Tobben (Bloomberg) — For a glimpse into what the global oil price might look like one day, a good place to look is

By Roslan Khasawneh, Ahmed Rasheed and Ahmed Elumami SINGAPORE/BAGHDAD/TRIPOLI, March 20 (Reuters) – At least two tankers have ferried Iranian fuel oil

The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for the captain of a towing vessel capsized on the lower Mississippi River near Point A La Hache, Louisiana

By Jenny Leonard, Saleha Mohsin and Jennifer Jacobs (Bloomberg) — Some U.S. negotiators are concerned that China is pushing back against American demands

Shipping company BW Group announced today it has acquired a majority stake in LPG shipowner Epic Gas and has launched an unconditional offer to acquire the

By Ahmad Ghaddar LONDON, March 19 (Reuters) – Euronav has chartered a tanker to bring a 30,000 tonne cargo of low-sulphur fuel oil from northwest Europe

By Gary McWilliams and Erwin Seba HOUSTON, March 19 (Reuters) – Houston officials and environmental groups raced to expand air monitoring after a

By Jonathan Saul and Nina Chestney LONDON, March 19 (Reuters) – More ports around the world are banning ships from using a fuel cleaning system that

By Nichola Groom (Reuters) – The Trump administration is likely to open up portions of the Atlantic to oil and gas drilling despite opposition from East

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) is investigating a collision between two bulk carriers taking place early Sunday morning in Vancouver Harbour,

Tanker shipping company Stena Bulk has announced a major investment in scrubber systems to be installed on sixteen of its vessels before the IMO’s new

By Erwin Seba HOUSTON, March 18 (Reuters) – A massive fire at a fuels storage company along the Houston Ship Channel may burn for two more days, an

Global towage operator Svitzer has hired the first 100% female crew for one of its tugs in the Dominican Republic. The vessel, the 70-ton bollard pull Svitzer

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Analysts predict that the impact of IMO 2020 will mean slower ships and more transhipment. This would be a further blow

HOUSTON, March 15 (Reuters) – U.S. maritime officials have suspended their review of Swiss trader Trafigura AG’s application for a Gulf Coast