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The International Maritime Organization, the United Nations agency responsible for regulating global shipping, has agreed to move forward with a proposed ban

The Canadian Coast Guard patrol cutter CCGS Cygnus arrived safely into St. John’s today following reports that it was taking on water a few hundred

By Henning Gloystein SINGAPORE, Feb 9 (Reuters) – Bit by bit, the U.S. petroleum industry is turning world oil markets inside out. First, sharp drops in

By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen COPENHAGEN, Feb 9 (Reuters) – A.P. Moller-Maersk’s move to focus on transport and jettison oil was tested on Friday as

By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, Calif., Feb 8 (Reuters) – Environmental activists in California on Thursday protested a Trump Administration proposal to

The above satellite image was captured on by a NASA satellite on January 16, 2018 and shows criss-crossing cloud bands caused by ships in the

South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries says it has been awarded an order to build eight New-Panamax containerships for an undisclosed Asian owner.

SINGAPORE, Feb 8 (Reuters) – Two employees of Brightoil Petroleum (Singapore) Pte Ltd were charged in court in the city-state this week for their alleged

By Bernadette Christina Munthe JAKARTA, Feb 8 (Reuters) – Buyers of Indonesian coal are holding back orders of the fuel after the government issued

By Catherine Ngai, Libby George and Florence Tan NEW YORK/LONDON/SINGAPORE, Feb 8 (Reuters) – In the two years since Washington lifted a 40-year ban

By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, Calif., Feb 7 (Reuters) – California will block the transportation through its state of petroleum from new offshore oil

Finland’s Arctech Helsinki Shipyard has delivered the fourth icebreaker in a four-vessel series for Russian shipping company SCF Group (Sovcomflot). The

The United States’ only operational heavy icebreaker suffered both flooding and engine failure during this year’s icebreaking mission to

The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board has released its final report on its investigation into the sinking of the American cargo ship SS El Faro on

Offshore oil and gas industry service provider Aker Solutions is expanding into the offshore floating wind market through an investment in Emeryville,

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Alphaliner’s analysis of Ocean Network Express’s Day ONE service network from April 1 – outside THE Alliance

By Libby George and Ahmad Ghaddar LONDON, Feb 7 (Reuters) – Nigeria’s push to keep its citizens stocked with fuel is drawing close to a

By Elida Moreno PANAMA CITY, Feb 7 (Reuters) – The number of liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers traversing the Panama Canal is expected to jump 50

The disabled containership MOL Prestige is under tow back to Canada after suffering an engine room fire last week that left the ship adrift off British

By Syed Raza Hassan KARACHI, Pakistan, Feb 6 (Reuters) – A senior Chinese shipping company executive was shot dead in the violence-plagued Pakistani