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By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON, Feb 28 (Reuters) – A U.S. Department of the Interior committee voted on Wednesday to recommend to Secretary Ryan Zinke

The project to deepen the navigation channel leading to the Port of Savannah has reached its halfway point with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

COLOMBO, Feb 28 (Reuters) – Maldives on Wednesday denied a Japanese foreign ministry statement that said a Maldives-flagged vessel was used to illegally

The operator of a tanker busted for illegally dumping oily water and garbage waste at sea says the Master of the tanker “acted unilaterally” and

A ship pilot at the Port of Lisbon in Portugal has died after falling into the water while disembarking from a containership early Wednesday morning. The

By Arno Schuetze and Jan Schwartz HAMBURG, Feb 28 (Reuters) – A consortium of buyout groups will pay around a billion euros for Germany’s HSH

OSLO, Feb 28 (Reuters) – The decision by Schlumberger , the world’s largest oil services firm, to exit the offshore seismic segment was a

FRANKFURT, Feb 28 (Reuters) – German container shipping firm Hapag-Lloyd on Wednesday reported its 2017 operating profit more than tripled, citing higher

By Kambiz Foroohar (Bloomberg) — As Washington and Seoul try to maintain a unified front against North Korea, the case of two cargo ships shows

By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON, Feb 27 (Reuters) – Top Democrats on the Senate and House natural resources committees urged the Interior Department on

An Athens-based tanker operator has been fined $2.25 million in the United States after pleading guilty to environmental crimes relating to the discharge of

Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines has reached an agreement with the Russian government to help develop maritime shipping along the Northern Sea

The world’s leading cruise company has ordered yet another LNG-powered cruise ship amid the accelerating demand for new capacity in the global cruise

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Hyundai Merchant Marine’s long-term aspiration to become a “leading global carrier” with a market share of 5% is a

TOKYO, Feb 27 (Reuters) – Japan has discovered another North Korean tanker it suspects of transferring goods with a vessel in defiance of U.N. Security

ATHENS, Feb 26 (Reuters) – Greece on Monday closed the Corinth canal after a rockfall that followed heavy rain, temporarily blocking a transit route used

TOTE Maritime’s Alaska shipping division has completed the first of four conversion periods for its two Orca class vessels as part of the project to

By Nerijus Adomaitis and Tom Hals OSLO/WILMINGTON, Del., Feb 26 (Reuters) – Shipping tycoon John Fredriksen has reached an agreement with a majority

A 653-foot bulk carrier was towed to Seattle, Washington on Saturday after a minor main engine explosion left the ship adrift with 21 crew members onboard. The

Canadian authorities are working to clean up nearly 8,000 gallons of marine fuel oil that was spilled from the Canadian navy ship HMCS Calgary in the Strait of