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By Jim Snyder The U.S. Interior Department said it will review oil and gas exploration in Alaska’s Arctic waters after the grounding of a Royal Dutch

ISTANBUL – A snowstorm that sharply reduced visibility in Turkey’s Bosphorus Strait forced maritime authorities to shut the key shipping channel on

Twelve suspected pirates operating off the coast of Somalia were picked up by a naval warship after reportedly launching an attack on a merchant vessel. The

The Kulluk incident’s Unified Command on Monday confirmed that the Kulluk has arrived in its final safe harbor location in Kiliuda Bay where it will

By Brian Wingfield Emergency work to deepen the Mississippi River shipping channel will avert a shutdown of barge traffic this month, lawmakers said as

UPDATE: Kulluk Refloated, Under Tow by the Aiviq Salvage crews are ready to pull Shell’s grounded Kulluk drilling rig from the shores of Sitkalidak

A 30-year old crew member of a Mississippi river towboat is facing federal charges after attacking his captain last week near St. Louis. The St. Louis

A team of six salvage experts boarded Shell’s grounded Kulluk drilling rig earlier today to conduct a structural assessment to be used to finalize

ARLINGTON, VA – The American Waterways Operators (AWO) and Waterways Council, Inc. (WCI) have released revised data on the economic impact of an

As of January 1, 2013, the International Maritime Organization has entered into force new regulations aimed at improving the energy efficiency of international

A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S, owner of the world’s largest container line, rose the most in six weeks in Copenhagen trading on bets a deal on the U.S. budget

Update from USCG on the disabled Aiviq and Shell’s Kulluk drilling unit near Kodiak, Alaska. At this point it seems that the Aiviq’s engines cut

The drought-hit Mississippi River will stay open to commerce a few days longer than expected following the release of water from a lake in southern Illinois, a

By Chuin-Wei Yap And Sameer Mohindru China’s growing hunger for seafood is testing relations with other countries and worrying foreign officials and

Matson, Inc. (NYSE: MATX), the leading U.S. carrier in the Pacific, announced this week that it has struck a deal to acquire the primary assets of Reef

By Shane Romig BUENOS AIRES–Argentina’s coast guard has detained two Chinese ships as it steps up efforts to prevent illegal fishing in its waters.

Somali pirates have released 22 hostages held since March 2010 aboard the M/V Iceberg 1, according to a statement by officials in Somali’s

ROME – Two Italian marines on anti-pirate duty charged in India with killing two fishermen in February arrived home on Saturday for a family Christmas

Fincantieri SpA agreed to buy a controlling stake in STX OSV Holdings Ltd., the world’s biggest maker of oil-rig support vessels, for 455 million euros

An Argentine naval vessel detained in Ghana at the request of a hedge fund seeking payment on defaulted government bonds left the West African country on