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Sept 11 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, touched a near three-year

President Trump said Sunday that the major hurricanes hitting the United States in recent weeks have been a great “branding” opportunity for the

By The Editors (Bloomberg View) — Beyond inflicting epic destruction and suffering, Hurricanes Harvey and Irma have brought the U.S. face to face with

BEIRUT, Sept 10 (Reuters) – An Iranian military vessel confronted an American warship in the Gulf and warned it to stay away from a damaged Iranian

Global shipbuilder Vard has secured a contract for the design and construction of one expedition cruise ship from Australian cruise operator Coral Expeditions.

By Robin Respaut and Zachary Fagenson FORT MYERS/MIAMI Sept 10 (Reuters) – Hurricane Irma lashed the Gulf Coast of Florida with the brunt of its

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Friday said it was temporarily waiving the Jones Act for tankers to ensure enough fuel reaches emergency responders

The U.S. Navy is sending as many as six ships and an aircraft carrier towards the Caribbean to support relief operations in response to Hurricane Irma.

Thunderstorms directly above two of the world’s busiest shipping lanes are significantly more powerful than storms in areas of the ocean where ships don’t

The 14,400 TEU capacity CMA CGM Theodore Roosevelt became the largest container ship to ever call at the port of New York and New Jersey on Thursday after

By Keith Wallis Sept 8 (Reuters) – Freight rates for very large crude carriers (VLCCs) on Asian routes may have found a floor this week as a

Sept 8 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, jumped to an over

By Delana Isles PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos, Sept 8 (Reuters) – Hurricane Irma, one of the most powerful Atlantic storms in a century, drove

WASHINGTON, Sept 7 (Reuters) – A U.S. government watchdog said on Thursday that more than a third of U.S. Navy ships based out of Japan had expired

The Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) has established a Maritime Security Transit Corridor to protect merchant ships off the Horn of Africa in response to recent

The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has released its investigation report into the August 2016 grounding of semi-submersible drilling rig

By Alexander Whiteman (The Loadstar) – European shippers are calling for “solutions not fights” to the continuing congestion at Antwerp and

By Heesu Lee, Ann Koh and Laura Blewitt (Bloomberg) — Some traders who rushed to hire ships to send fuel from Asia to the U.S. after Hurricane Harvey are

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 7 (Reuters) – Malaysian authorities thwarted the hijacking of a Thai oil tanker on Thursday and arrested 10 suspected Indonesian

Sept 7 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, touched a near 5-month