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(Bloomberg) Ed Fast, Canada’s international trade minister, comments on the trade relationship between Canada and China, along with his country’s

ANKARA, April 12 (Reuters) – Turkey will forge ahead with plans for a 45-km (30 mile) ship canal linking the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara to try

The master of a Yemeni dhow operating along the coast of Somalia and Yemen in the Gulf of Aden told an EUNAVFOR team that he had not seen any

By Edward Klump (Bloomberg) — ConocoPhillips, the largest U.S. independent oil and natural gas producer, put its plans to explore in Alaska’s

By Edmund Blair MOGADISHU, April 11 (Reuters) – Ending Somali piracy requires a shift from reliance on security at sea to targeting those on land who

By Brian K. Sullivan (Bloomberg) — An above-average number of storms will emerge from the Atlantic this hurricane season, and the odds of the U.S. being

New technology will enable scientists to forecast patterns of whale traffic in the Pacific, which will help ships steer clear of whales and reduce fatal ship

Keppel FELS, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine, said Tuesday it has secured repeat order from Ensco plc to construct a KFELS B Class

Subsea 7 S.A. (SUBC.OS) has just announced the award of a 5-year contract worth over $350 million from Petrobras for the operation of the Pipe Lay Support

By Isaac Arnsdorf (Bloomberg) — The cost of Somali piracy to the global economy fell 13 percent last year to about $6 billion as the increased presence

McDermott International announced Monday that a subsidiary has been awarded two projects for a customer in the Arabian Gulf. The value of these contracts is

CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian authorities released a ship loaded with heavy weapons and its crew three days after they were seized for entering Egyptian

Bloomberg – On Friday the judge presiding over the BP Plc (BP/) spill trial aimed at determining liability for the biggest offshore oil spill in U.S.

OSLO (Reuters) – Climate change could get worse quickly if huge amounts of extra heat absorbed by the oceans are released back into the air, scientists

How much radioactive waste has leaked into the pacific ocean? Tokyo Electric Power Co. (9501) said thousands of gallons of highly radioactive water has

Reuters – With the warming U.S. Arctic region poised for greater oil and mining development, the White House needs to develop a national strategy that

When your looking for adventure travel, the maritime industry has some spectacular options. From eco-cruise ships to Freighter Travel and more, the ocean is

Update: gCaptain has learned that there is conflicting information with regards to the name of the ship being held, reported by Reuters as COMR. Turkish media

Buccaneer Energy reports that the Endeavour, Spirit of Independence jack-up rig was successfully mobilized at the Cosmopolitan field in Cook Inlet, AK after

RIO DE JANEIRO, April 3 (Reuters) – Workers extended a strike at the OSX Brasil SA shipyard at Brazil’s Port of Acu for a second day on Wednesday,