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A hijacked fishing vessel that could be housing dozens of hostages is once again on the move and has been spotted close to the Somali coast, the European

The four suspected pirates were arrested during one of only two successful operations against a sharp rise in pirate attacks this year - and Nigerian

Aug. 19 (Bloomberg) — China Shipping Development Co., the commodities-carrying unit of China’s No. 2 shipping company, posted a wider first-half

The Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller just arrived in Rotterdam this morning amid much fanfare from the beach and escorts at sea. The arrival was shown live, but the

TS Erin formed late Wednesday over the eastern North Atlantic and was moving west-northwestward at about 13 knots with max winds of about 35 knots.

Deep Sea Supply, a Cyprus-based offshore supply vessel operator, announced in an exchange filing today plans to potentially order up to 10 new platform supply

A 190-meter bulk carrier sank Wednesday approximately 45 nautical mile southwest of Hong Kong after battling 15-meter waves and strong winds generated by

The Rowan XL III is busy at work today drilling the relief well at South Timbalier 220 and we are hearing through our network that the relief well being

IMO Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu is preparing to depart on a 5-day fact-finding mission through the arctic that could potentially influence future

Mitsui O.S.K. Line announced Monday that it has completed measures to reinforce the hulls of three of MOL Comfort's sister vessels after having conducted an

Chief Engineer Ioannis Prokakis and 2nd Engineer Antonios Boumpoutelos, both Greek citizens, along with their employer, Diana Shipping Services S.A., were

While operating for Total E&P offshore Angola, the 1999-built Ensco DS1 drillship was running their blowout preventer (BOP) to the wellhead in 4,318 feet

(Reuters) A debut Singapore dollar sukuk from offshore marine services company Swiber has introduced a new group of Islamic investors to the city’s

International oil companies including Shell and Chevron Corp. are shifting their efforts in Africa’s largest producer from land-based operations to

Shippers and forwarders in the Asia-Europe trade currently experiencing tight space constraints need to prepare themselves for further cuts in capacity in

Turkish power-ship builder Karadeniz Holding expects to supply its next electricity-generating vessel to a Middle Eastern or African nation and is also looking

A Kenyan court in the coastal city of Mombasa sentenced nine Somalis on Tuesday to five years in prison each for attempting to hijack the German merchant

Earnings for tankers carrying 20,000 metric-ton cargoes in stainless-steel tanks will rise 12 percent to an average of $14,500 a day next year, the most since

The last remaining Somali pirate-held vessel was on the move this weekend and is now anchored just off the Somali coast, according to the European Union Naval

Tropical Storm Flossie, which may become the first such system to hit Hawaii in 21 years, closed ports as it pounded parts of the state with