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Shell has confirmed its plans to build a specialized LNG bunker vessel to deliver to LNG-fueled ships in northwest Europe. The new vessel will be based at the

ISTANBUL, Dec 6 (Reuters) – Turkey accused Russia of a “provocation” on Sunday after a serviceman on the deck of a Russian naval ship

Dec 7 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities fell on Monday on sliding

On Friday, December 3, 2015, the DFDS ro-ro ferry Primula Seaways collided with the car carrier City of Rotterdam off Immingham, England on the

SINGAPORE, Dec 7 (Reuters) – France’s CMA CGM is set to buy a stake of almost 67 percent in Neptune Orient Lines from Singapore state investor

SINGAPORE, Dec 7 (Reuters) – Shares of Singapore’s Neptune Orient Lines Ltd (NOL) were suspended on Monday as talks between French shipping giant

Car Carrier City of Rotterdam and DFDS ro-ro ferry Primula Seaways collided in the Humber approaches, around 8pm, Friday, December 3, 2015. The incident is

Update: An earlier report on Saturday on this incident said 32 workers had died, citing the head of an independent committee. By Nailia Bagirova BAKU, Dec 5

By Selcan Hacaoglu (Bloomberg) — Turkey released three of four Russian ships that it detained this month at a Black Sea port for maritime safety

The main contractor for the design and construction of the Third Set of Locks project for the expanded Panama Canal says that work to reinforce the sills in

LONDON, Dec 4 (Reuters) – Brazil’s Vale SA said on Friday that it plans to sell its 11 remaining Valemax iron ore carriers and lease them back in

A 111-meter cargo ship plowed through a span of a railway bridge Thursday in Germany, closing the bridge indefinitely. Reports say the general cargo ship MV

COPENHAGEN, Dec 4 (Reuters) – Shipping freight rates for transporting containers from ports in Asia to Northern Europe dropped 50.4 percent to $275 per

A Liberian-flagged freighter is being held in Duluth, Minnesota amid an ongoing investigation into alleged violations of U.S. environmental law. The U.S. Coast

By Mikael Holter (Bloomberg) — Russian oil companies OAO Rosneft and Lukoil PJSC were among 26 explorers to apply for blocks in Norway’s new licensing

The International Maritime Organization, along with the aviation industry’s ICAO, have been mocked with the satirical “Fossil of the Day” by

By Keith Wallis SINGAPORE, Dec 4 (Reuters) – Freight rates in Asian trades for very large crude carriers (VLCCs) are likely to remain firm as vessel

Dec 4 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities fell for the third

By Mike Wackett (TheLoadStar) Since the launch of its vessel upgrade programme in 2011, with the conversion of 17 of its S Class 8,200 teu ships to 9,600

By Naomi Christie and Manisha Jha (Bloomberg) — Oil tanker rates soared to the highest in seven years amid an acceleration in the number of bookings and