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South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has successfully tested its autonomous navigation technology on board a 15,000 TEU containership. The

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has awarded a $624.6 million contract to Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors to design and build two

LONDON, July 6 (Reuters) – Iran’s Revolutionary Guards “forcibly seized” a commercial ship in international waters in

Hurricane researchers at Colorado State University have increased their Atlantic hurricane season forecast, predicting an above-average season in 2023 due to

Fire on Grimaldi Lines’ roll-on/roll-off containership Grande Costa D’Avorio kills two firefighters at the Port Newark–Elizabeth Marine Terminal at

Japan-based IINO LINES and J-POWER, the Japanese electric utility, have agreed to install a Norsepower Rotor Sail™ on the coal carrier M/B Yodohime,

DUBAI, July 6 (Reuters) – Iran said on Thursday it had a court order to seize a tanker in Gulf waters a day earlier after it collided with an

By Joe Brock July 6 (Reuters) – On Feb. 10 last year, the cable ship CS Dependable appeared off the coast of the island of Diego Garcia, an Indian

Seaspan Corporation and Hapag-Lloyd have partnered with MAN Energy Solutions to retrofit up to 60 containerships to use green methanol as marine fuel. MAN

By Jack Wittels (Bloomberg) — BP Plc is investing in a California-based startup that will use uneaten food and other waste to make low emission fuel.

By Lisa Barrington and Jonathan Saul DUBAI, July 5 (Reuters) – The U.S. Navy said it had intervened to prevent Iran from seizing two commercial

A new report by Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) and The Mission to Seafarers has revealed the extent of illegal recruitment fees being charged to

By Julian Lee (Bloomberg) — A backlog of Saudi-owned supertankers that has built up off Egypt’s Red Sea coast is beginning to clear.  The number

By Curtis Heinzl (Bloomberg) — A strike by dockworkers on Canada’s west coast stretched into a fifth day, causing business groups to warn of a growing

DUBAI, July 5 (Reuters) – Shots were fired at a tanker in sensitive Gulf waters on Wednesday but the vessel and crew are safe, a British

The UK Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) Authority has recently unveiled a series of reforms aimed at strengthening emission limits for industrial, power, and

By Thomas Gualtieri (Bloomberg) — At a port across from Gibraltar, two European monarchs made a rare joint appearance in June to bestow their imprimatur

SINGAPORE, July 4 (Reuters) – Japan’s leading shipping company NYK has signed a 5-year contract with the Global Centre for Maritime

Taiwan-based container shipping line Yang Ming has signed a contract with South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries for five 15,500 TEU LNG dual fuel

By Petra Sorge and Akshat Rathi (Bloomberg) — The science on tackling climate change is simple: zero out carbon dioxide emissions and global