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TOKYO/SEOUL, Nov 15 (Reuters) – A South Korean trawler and a Japanese fishing boat collided in the Sea of Japan on Thursday about 330 km (205 miles)

By Alex Lennane (The Loadstar) – Shipping lines from each of the alliances have formed an association in a bid to develop “digitalisation,

A meeting was held on 13 November in Manila, between senior government representatives from Asia’s leading maritime nations regarding the treatment of

By Barbara Lewis LONDON, Nov 14 (Reuters) – China, the leading holder of international deep sea exploration licences, has increased its lead in the race

A U.S. Navy-led salvage team has successfully removed 229,000 gallons of oil from the sunken World War II vessel ex-Prinz Eugen located in the Kwajalein Atoll

By Naureen S. Malik (Bloomberg) — Wearing a hardhat and orange vest, Ari Aziz climbs metal steps under a blazing sun until he’s standing atop an

By Christian Wienberg (Bloomberg) — The man running the world’s largest container-shipping company says he has access to data that shows Donald Trump

By Gavin van Marle in Panama (The Loadstar) – Following a strong year in terms of growth in vessel transits, the Panama Canal Authority is once more

By Helene Fouquet and Gregory Viscusi (Bloomberg) — France’s Emmanuel Macron is heading to sea on his biggest warship a day after he suffered

By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen COPENHAGEN, Nov 14 (Reuters) – Top U.S. importers are stocking up on Chinese goods before new import tariffs take effect,

By Kevin Varley and Shruti Date Singh (Bloomberg) — The world of soybean shipping has turned upside down thanks to the ongoing U.S.-China trade war.

By Alex Lennane (The Loadstar) – Protectionist trade policies are continuing to spook the global maritime sector, although a newly released report

Miami-based expedition cruise ship operator SunStone Ships has confirmed orders for two more of its Infinity-class ships, bringing its total orderbook to five

By Roslan Khasawneh SINGAPORE, Nov 13 (Reuters) – Oil price reporting agency Argus has launched five new price assessments for low-sulphur marine fuels,

International shipping association BIMCO has developed two new bunker clauses dealing with general compliance and the transitional period for the International

Three crew members of the Panama-flagged cargo ship Apollo Kita have died after being found uncounsous in a cargo hold of vessel in Japan. The three male

By Nerijus Adomaitis and Terje Solsvik OSLO, Nov 13 (Reuters) – A Norwegian navy frigate that collided with an oil tanker last week was almost completely

By Tom Miles GENEVA, Nov 13 (Reuters) – Japan has launched a complaint at the World Trade Organization to contest what it says is illegal financial

The saga of the unlit section of dry dock that has been floating around the Atlantic Ocean for more than a year now may finally be coming to a

Pirates in a speed boat chased and fired on an LNG tanker last week off the coast of Bonny, Nigeria, the IMB Piracy Reporting Center has confirmed. The