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Deep Sea Minerals Corp. says it has cleared an important regulatory hurdle in its effort to explore for critical minerals on the Pacific seabed after receiving

Orders for alternative-fuelled vessels continued in May but remain well below last year’s pace, highlighting a more cautious and diversified approach to

The U.S. Coast Guard is preparing to launch a new digital credentialing platform aimed at overhauling how mariners apply for and receive Merchant Mariner

Commodity trading giant Trafigura says the conflict in the Middle East has already removed more than 1.1 billion barrels of oil from global markets and warned

MANILA, June 4 (Reuters) – Satellite images obtained by Reuters confirmed the presence of a structure at the entrance of the hotly disputed

The trickle of tankers exiting the Strait of Hormuz has gathered pace in recent weeks, as traders adopt stealth measures to make the crossing. While this

The Royal Navy has deployed a new underwater mine disposal system aboard RFA Lyme Bay as Britain and France finalize plans for a multinational operation to

Taiwan will sharply increase its arsenal of powerful anti-ship missiles to more than 1,800 by early 2029, as it seeks to enhance its capacity to counter a

The UK and France have finalized plans to lead a multinational mine-clearing mission in the Strait of Hormuz within days of an agreement between the US and

Backed by BlackRock’s GIP, MOL and Vitol, the Louisiana offshore project would become America’s first floating LNG export facility and the

The European Union has proposed that the bloc's Aspides naval mission take "the primary role" in clearing mines in the Strait of Hormuz "when conditions

A month after President Donald Trump announced — and then abandoned — a plan to escort commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz, the US military is

The Trump administration’s push to rebuild America’s maritime industry moved back into the spotlight Wednesday as lawmakers reviewed fiscal year

Northern Lights has awarded a long-term time charter contract for a new 12,000-cubic-meter liquefied CO? carrier to a consortium of Japan’s Kawasaki Kisen

Russian President Vladimir Putin has authorized France’s TotalEnergies to sell its 10% stake in the Arctic LNG 2 project, potentially opening the door to one

Some Greek oil tanker owners are moving their ships closer to the Persian Gulf in a bet that the vessels will soon be able to earn sky-high rates if the Strait

Russia is demanding that France release the captain of a tanker detained in France on what it says are false charges, the Russian embassy in Paris saidon

The takeover battle between two of the dry bulk shipping sector’s biggest names intensified Tuesday after Diana Shipping publicly blasted Genco Shipping

U.S. forces disabled a sanctioned oil tanker attempting to reach an Iranian port on Tuesday, marking the sixth commercial vessel interdicted since Washington

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump's negotiating team has not offered Iran sanctions relief in exchange for

New York Attorney General Letitia James and Governor Kathy Hochul have launched a legal challenge against the Trump administration’s controversial

Russia is exporting the most crude since its invasion of Ukraine back in 2022 as Kyiv's record attacks on its neighbor's oil refineries force more barrels into

The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) has begun a major downsizing of one of the world’s largest ocean observing networks, announcing plans to

Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) says its containership MSC Sariska V was struck by two projectiles while departing Iraq’s Port of Umm Qasr

The Danish shipyard Fayard is set to remain a critical service hub for Russia’s Arctic LNG trade through at least one more summer, even as European sanctions