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By Laura Millan Lombrana, Laura Hurst and Jack Wittels (Bloomberg) — Spanish fisherman Josu Bilbao boarded a Qatar Airways flight headed for the

The major fire on board the Hoegh Xiamen has burned out after smoldering for more than a week at a dock Blount Island in Jacksonville, Florida, the

In this podcast gCaptain’s very own John Konrad sits down with David Hirschman of the Blue Economy Podcast to discuss some of the projects he has going

Salvors working the Stellar Banner wreck off the coast of the Brazil have scuttled the vessel more than three months after she ran aground loaded with iron

By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK, June 12 (Reuters) – U.N. chief Antonio Guterres called on all countries on Friday to designate seafarers and other marine

The Norwegian government has announced the opening of more than 860,000 acres of the Norwegian Continental Shelf to offshore wind development. The areas, known

By Luc Cohen and Marianna Parraga CARACAS/MEXICO CITY, June 12(Reuters) – Last year, China replaced the United States as the No. 1 importer of oil from

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, June 12 (Reuters) – Ship owners are postponing or canceling the installation of “scrubbers” that extract harmful

Liquid bulk shipping company Stena Bulk has released a concept design for a next-generation product and chemical tanker that will use flettner rotors, solar

President Trump has called on various federal agencies to review options for achieving a fully-operartional polar security icebreaking fleet by 2029. President

By Hailey Waller and Alex Longley (Bloomberg) –Crude futures plunged by the most since late April a day after the Federal Reserve provided a gloomy

By Amy Stillman and Peter Millard (Bloomberg) –Mexico’s state oil giant is suspending contracts with service providers and suppliers, triggering

Cargo volume at the Port of Los Angeles fell by nearly third in May as trade continues to be impacted by the COVID-19 crisis and lingering trade war with

MOSCOW, June 1 (Reuters) – Russian gas producer Novatek said on Monday that the Christophe de Margerie tanker carrying liquefied natural gas from its

Car manufacturer BMW is joining carrier UECC to continue to testing the use of marine biofuel in the roll-on/roll-off sector. BMW will join UECC and the

The trade and maritime bodies of the United Nations are reiterating calls for governments to facilitate crew changes in order to keep trade flowing unimpeded.

By William Mathis (Bloomberg) –Scotland, home to a quarter of Europe’s offshore wind resources, is seeking proposals to install turbines off the coast

By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON, June 9 (Reuters) – The U.S. Navy is working to ban the Confederate battle flag from all public spaces on Navy installations,

June 10 (Reuters) – A ship carrying liquefied natural gas from Nigeria is expected to drop its cargo in Georgia as energy firms look for a place to store

OSLO, June 10 (Reuters) – Norway’s energy minister said state-controlled Equinor must be more transparent about its foreign businesses after it was