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Offshore driller Ocean Rig has announced it has reached a deal with South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries to postpone the delivery of the newbuild

HELSINKI, April 24 (Reuters) – Finnish ship technology and power plant maker Wartsila missed first-quarter earnings expectations on Tuesday and said

SINGAPORE, April 24 (Reuters) – The port of Rotterdam expects to see its first ship-to-ship (STS) liquefied natural gas (LNG) refuelling operation in

Houston-based Kirby Corporation has announced the retirement of Joseph Pyne as Executive Chairman after 40 years with the company. Pyne’s retirement will

Five tugs with a combined 150,000 horsepower have started the 500 nautical mile tow-out of the giant Aasta Hansteen spar platform from Stord, Norway to the

The first vessel in a series of new ice-class feeder ships has made its maiden call St. Petersburg, Russia after sailing from Rotterdam. The Vistula Maersk

Two crew members from a Hong Kong-flagged bulk carrier have died in what has been reported as a “gas leak” aboard the vessel off India on Sunday.

Suspected pirates kidnapped twelve crew members from a Dutch cargo ship off the coast of Nigeria on Saturday, the ship manager confirmed on Sunday. The attack

The fire-ravaged ultra-large containership Maersk Honam arrived at an anchorage outside the Jebel Ali Port in the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, exactly

The U.S. Coast Guard is responding to a heavy fuel oil discharge from a Dutch-flagged tanker near Norco, Louisiana. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New

BEIJING, April 23 (Reuters) – China first domestically developed aircraft carrier looks set to begin sea trials after pictures appeared on the Chinese

By Andrew Mayeda (Bloomberg) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he’s considering a trip to China amid a trade dispute with Beijing that

By Nerijus Adomaitis OSLO, April 23 (Reuters) – Offshore oil services firm Subsea 7 has made an unsolicited offer worth about $2 billion for U.S.

Check out this video about the Houston Harbor Pilots and the integral role they play in the safely navigating vessels of all types through the busy Houston

by Vera Eckert (Reuters) – German container shipping firm Hapag-Lloyd plans a 20 percent reduction in its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 2020,

(Reuters) – A U.S. national security review has raised concerns about a takeover by China’s COSCO Shipping Holdings Co of a large container

OSLO, April 20 (Reuters) – Offshore rig firm Odfjell Drilling plans to expand its floating rig fleet to between six and 10 from four now, it said on

By Karlis Salna (Bloomberg) — Indonesia’s Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti deals with some dangerous men in her role, but they don’t rattle her.

CMA CGM, the world’s third largest container shipping company by TEU capacity, will acquire 25% stake in supply chain management company CEVA Logistics

By Angus Berwick and Renee Maltezou MADRID/ATHENS, April 20 (Reuters) – European Union and Italian authorities are investigating suspected wide-scale tax