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By David Tweed (Bloomberg) — China appears to be deploying weapons systems on all seven of the reefs it has reclaimed in the South China Sea,

Check out this latest vlog from Youtuber JeffHK as his ship runs into some weather during a recent voyage across the Atlantic Ocean. If you haven’t seen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WMDw3ncytY I heard on the news it was cold in the Great Lakes, but I had no idea it was this cold. Actually I just looked at

WASHINGTON, Dec 14 (Reuters) – The U.S. oil and gas industry on Wednesday welcomed President-elect Donald Trump’s choice of former Texas Governor

The European Union is marking eight years of counter-piracy naval operations off the coast of Somalia protecting World Food Programme vessels and international

The project to convert two passenger ferries into the world’s largest emission-free ferries is gaining pace after Öresund Dry Docks of Sweden was selected

Dec 14 (Reuters) – Oilfield services company John Wood Group Plc’s CFO David Kemp said on Wednesday that the company showed modest recovery in some

South Korean shipbuilder Hyunday Heavy Industries confirmed Wednesday that Chevron has cancelled a $1.8 billion (2.1 trillion won) order for a floating

By Alex Lennane (The Loadstar) – Cyber crime is likely to delay the introduction of autonomous ships for several years – and it could pose a

With the NTSB’s release of the El Faro’s VDR transcripts by the NTSB on Tuesday, the U.S. Coast Guard has scheduled its third and final round of

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Dec 14 (Reuters) – The global shipping industry will hit a credit crunch if proposed new bank capital rules are implemented in a

The 500-page transcript from the El Faro’s voyage data recorder bridge audio was released Tuesday along with four other factual reports added to the NTSB’s

Over ten percent of crew members aboard the P&O Ferries car and passenger ferry Pride of Canterbury have been suspended and may end up getting fired

An expert committee convened by the World Meteorological Organization has established a new world record significant wave height of a massive 19 meters (62.3

The United States Navy’s newest and most technologically advanced destroyer USS Zumwalt arrived at her new homeport in San Diego last

By Jennifer A. Dlouhy (Bloomberg) — Donald Trump has chosen Rick Perry to be Energy Secretary, putting the onetime presidential candidate and former

COPENHAGEN, Dec 13 (Reuters) – The world’s biggest container shipper A.P. Moller-Maersk may consider selling assets or cutting dividends as it

The P&O cruise ship Oriana was departing Southampton’s City Cruise Terminal last month when its horn malfunctioned and got stuck on

By David Ingram Dec 13 (Reuters) – The captain of a U.S.-flagged cargo ship that sank near the Bahamas last year, killing all 33 onboard, told a crew

By Chris Bryant (Bloomberg Gadfly) — For many folks, 2016 has been a year to forget, and the shipping industry is no exception. But looking ahead A.P.