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COPENHAGEN, June 28 (Reuters) – Maersk Line, one of the world’s largest container shipping companies, said on Wednesday its cargo booking system

By Gavin van Marle in Amsterdam (The Loadstar) – The cyber attack on Maersk has the potential to throw global container supply chains into chaos,

Norwegian oil major Statoil has awarded contracts to five shipowners covering a total seven supply vessels and requiring each to be equipped with hybrid

By Teis Jensen COPENHAGEN, June 28 (Reuters) – The Danish owner of the world’s largest container shipper Maersk Line, said its computer systems

By Giles Turner, Volodymyr Verbyany and Stepan Kravchenko (Bloomberg) — A new cyberattack similar to WannaCry is spreading from Europe to the U.S.,

By Stine Jacobsen and Vera Eckert COPENHAGEN/FRANKFURT, June 27 (Reuters) – Wind farm operators are betting on a new generation of colossal turbines,

By Gavin van Marle in Amsterdam (The Loadstar) – Major container ports could be facing an investment crisis that will dwarf the problems seen in liner

By Jessica Resnick-Ault THUNDER HORSE OIL PLATFORM, Gulf of Mexico, June 27 (Reuters) – About 300 BP workers commute 150 miles here by helicopter, from

BOSASSO, Somalia, June 27 (Reuters) – A huge explosion was heard from a ship off the coast of Somalia’s Puntland region late on Monday and flames

COPENHAGEN, June 27 (Reuters) – Shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk, which handles one out of seven containers shipped globally, said a cyber attack had

By Sheela Tobben and Laura Blewitt (Bloomberg) — Late last month, an oil tanker that measures three football fields long and six stories high moved

ROSYTH, Scotland, June 26 (Reuters) – Britain’s most advanced and biggest warship, 65,000-tonne aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, set out on

The Panama Canal is marking the one-year anniversary of the inauguration of the new Expanded Canal, describing the milestone as one of the most significant

By Ole Petter Skonnord OSLO, June 26 (Reuters) – Oslo-listed oil tanker firm Frontline has abandoned its pursuit of New York-listed rival DHT Holdings

(Moore Stephens) – Shipping confidence reached its equal highest rating in the past three years in the three months to end-May 2017, according to the

(Drewry) – Many key drivers for dry cargo demand have reported a significant uptick in 2017, resulting in improving conditions for all vessels in the

By Tim Kelly TOKYO, June 26 (Reuters) – A U.S. warship struck by a container vessel in Japanese waters failed to respond to warning signals or take

GUATAPE, Colombia June 26 (Reuters) – Rescue workers searched on Monday for as many as 16 people believed to be missing after a tourist boat sank the

The U.S. Navy has chosen Rear Adm. (lower half) Brian Fort, a former DDG commander, to lead the investigation into the collision between the USS Fitzgerald

By Keith Wallis SINGAPORE, June 23 (Reuters) – Freight rates for very large crude carriers (VLCCs) could creep higher as more ships are chartered for