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KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 2 (Reuters) – A U.S. seabed exploration firm has offered to take on the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, families of

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – The spectre of overcapacity is clouding recent analyst optimism that ocean carriers could be heading for a period of

By Naureen S. Malik (Bloomberg) — The failure of a $27 billion project last week may offer a lesson to natural gas exporters: Go small or go home. With

By Wladimiro Pantaleone PALERMO, Italy, Aug 2 (Reuters) – Italian coastguards seized a migrant rescue boat operated by a German aid group in the

By John Kemp LONDON, Aug 2 (Reuters) – World trade is growing again which will give a big boost to middle distillates such as diesel used in the

The International Maritime Organization has awarded the 2017 IMO Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea to two Houston ship pilots for their role in preventing a

The ice-class LNG carrier Christophe de Margerie has entered the Arctic’s Kara Sea marking the official start of its maiden voyage through the Northern

Inmarsat, the mobile satellite communications company, has partnered with Network Innovations, satellite communications provider and Dunlap Towing, maritime

The Commandant of the United States Coast Guard, Admiral Paul Zukunft, says he remains committed to supporting the small number of openly transgender members

By Gwénaëlle Barzic and Giulia Segreti ROME/MILAN, Aug 1 (Reuters) – France and Italy want to find a solution for Italian shipbuilder

MOSCOW, Aug 1 (Reuters) – Russia is in talks with Asian investors on the privatisation of state shipping company Sovcomflot, the RIA news agency cited

Dave Nickerson, President of Power Barge Corporation (PBC) announces the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) Approval In Principle from ABS New Orleans for a new

PANAMA CITY, July 31 (Reuters) – The head of the Panama Canal Authority said on Monday a Miami-based arbitration board rejected a demand by Spanish-led

TORONTO, July 31 (Reuters) – North American conservationists are scrambling to find out why North Atlantic right whales are dying in unprecedented

BRASILIA, July 31 (Reuters) – The cost of shipping goods between Brazil and Chile is expected to fall by about 5 percent with the 2020 expiry of a pact

New Orleans-based oil services company Tidewater Inc. emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Monday after completing a financial restructuring that eliminated

The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has published its Annual Report detailing the Branch’s activities during 2016, revealing a slight

By Jasmine Ng (Bloomberg) — It’s the end of an era for Noble Group Ltd. Some three decades after its founding, and from a perch among the

TOKYO, July 31 (Reuters) – Japan’s big three shippers on Monday reported profits for the first quarter, bouncing back from losses a year earlier

LONDON, July 31 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange will close its freight derivatives platform Baltex at the end of the year after a review, the London-run