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  Around 11% of all newbuild contracts in 2017 were for ships powered by liquefied natural gas, a trend that is expected to continue in 2018, according to

Public authorities are no longer allowed to refuse shore access to a ship’s crew based on discriminating factors such as race, religion, and nationality

A Portuguese-flagged oil and chemical tanker rang in the New Year with some new damage to its bow after it collided with an oil platform in the Dutch sector

By Kanga Kong and Dan Murtaugh (Bloomberg) — Trafigura Group denied it was involved in the illicit transfer of fuel to North Korea after the South Korean

By Mikael Holter (Bloomberg) — Norway is realizing it will have to do without the deep pockets of the biggest oil companies as it seeks to extend an era

By Yuna Park and Hyunjoo Jin SEOUL, Dec 31 (Reuters) – South Korean authorities have seized a Panama-flagged vessel suspected of transferring oil

By Guy Faulconbridge, Jonathan Saul and Polina Nikolskaya LONDON/MOSCOW, Dec 30 (Reuters) – Russian tankers have supplied fuel to North Korea on at

The Production Safety Systems Rule, which the Trump administration is planning to roll back, addresses safety and pollution prevention equipment, subsea safety

By Philip Wen and David Brunnstrom BEIJING/WASHINGTON, Dec 29 (Reuters) – China on Friday denied reports it has been illicitly selling oil products

  By Nate Raymond Dec 28 (Reuters) – A former lawyer at Keppel Corp Ltd’s oil rig building business secretly pleaded guilty and cooperated

by Philip Wen (Reuters) – China on Friday denied reports it has been illicitly selling oil products to North Korea after U.S. President Donald Trump said

By Hugh Bronstein and Maximiliano Rizzi BUENOS AIRES, Dec 27 (Reuters) – An explosion at a grains terminal in Argentina owned by China’s COFCO

The HM Coastguard is assisting a Russian-flagged cargo ship after it had developed a significant list while underway in the English Channel on Tuesday. The

LONDON, Dec 27 (Reuters) – Britain’s biggest and most important oil pipeline, Forties, was ramping up throughput after repairs and was currently

A 190-meter bulk carrier is hard aground in Klaipeda, Lithuania after dragging anchor in strong winds. The vessel, the Cyprus-flagged MV Ocean Crown, was bound

LONDON, Dec 26 (Reuters) – A British ship escorted a Russian vessel as it passed near UK territorial waters over Christmas, Britain’s defense

A Panama-flagged cargo ship wrecked on the Greek island of Traganisi near Mykonos on Friday during a voyage from Russia to Cyprus. The Hellenic Coast Guard

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Singapore-based shipbuilder Keppel Offshore & Marine and its U.S. subsidiary have agreed to pay a total penalty of more than $422 million to resolve

 The United States’ only heavy icebreaker departed Honolulu on Friday bound for Antarctica as part of annual resupply mission for the U.S. Antarctic