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LONDON, July 5 (Reuters) – With a third of the world’s sea-borne oil passing through it every day, the Strait of Hormuz is a strategic artery

Tokyo-based classification society has granted Approval in Principle to NYK Line and Japan Marine United for their joint project on the concept design of an

By Florence Tan and Gavin Maguire SINGAPORE, July 5 (Reuters) – A growing fleet of ships is scanning oceans in search of new oil and gas fields as energy

MADRID, July 4 (Reuters) – A humanitarian rescue boat carrying 60 migrants rescued off Libya docked in Barcelona on Wednesday after being turned away by

JAKARTA, July 4 (Reuters) – The captain of a sinking Indonesian ferry managed to steer his ship onto a reef to enable the evacuation of more than 100

Crew members’ concern over the safety of rescue boats being lowered from heights prevented an accidental release of a boat during a training exercise from

By Chisaki Watanabe (Bloomberg) — MHI Vestas Offshore Wind A/S, the world’s second-biggest offshore wind turbine maker, is planning to use Taiwan as a

Crude oil tanker company DHT Holdings has entered into agreements to install exhaust gas cleaning systems, also know as scrubbers, on twelve of its Very

By Brad Brooks SAO PAULO, July 3 (Reuters) – Eike Batista, the former mining and oil magnate who was once Brazil’s richest man, was convicted and

The project to make the Port of Virginia “wider, deeper and safer” has taken a critical step forward after receiving final approval for the

VARD has announced it has secured new contract for the design and construction of a luxury expedition cruise vessel for German cruise company Hapag-Lloyd

AMSTERDAM, July 3 (Reuters) – Dutch marine engineer SBM Offshore has won a contract to supply a new production vessel for oil major Exxon Mobil in

New Orleans-based offshore supply company Harvey Gulf International Marine announced Monday that it has completed its financial restructuring and emerged from

U.S. shipping Matson, Inc. (NYSE: MATX) and Philly Shipyard christened the largest containership ever built in the United States in a ceremony at the

Two people were killed when a vessel’s mooring line snapped at the Port of Longview in southwestern Washington state last Thursday. The accident occurred as

A.P. Moller – Maersk’s new oil rig decommissioning unit had its name unveiled last week along with confirmation that its senior management team is now

A Norwegian Cruise Lines crew member is lucky to be alive after falling overboard off the coast of Cuba on Saturday. Amazingly, the missing crew member was

The adrift M/V Thorco Lineage has been taken under tow in French Polynesia after a week-long ordeal.  According to officials, the tugboat Aito Nui arrived

Seattle-based luxury cruise line Seabourn has signed a Letter of Intent for the construction of two ultra-luxury expedition cruise ships. The newbuilds

Another incident video has gone viral, this one showing a barge allision with private dock in Florida.  The incident reportedly took place last