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China is interested in setting up a partnership with Brazilian mining major Vale to move iron ore from its giant vessels on to smaller ones, as a ban on the

Flensburger-Shiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) signed a contract today with Australian shipping company SeaRoad for a new LNG-powered 181-meter RoRo ferry. This marks

South Korea has hiked to nearly half a million dollars its reward for information leading to the capture of Yoo Byung-un, the head of the family that owns the

15 Greenpeace activists boarded the Transocean Spitsbergen semi-submersible drilling rig this morning in protest of Statoil’s arctic drilling plans and

OSLO, May 27 (Reuters) – OSLO, May 27 (Reuters) – Oil tanker firm Frontline reported deepening losses Tuesday and said it may struggle to repay its

A Chinese vessel attacked and sank a Vietnamese fishing boat, the Vietnam government said, raising tensions over a territorial dispute that saw clashes between

Deciding which candidate to hire for a role in your organization is one of the most important management challenges there is.  Regardless of job level, the

By Geert De Clercq PARIS, May 26 (Reuters) – U.S.-Mexico ferry operator Baja Ferries is in talks with French transport firm Transdev about buying its 66

SAL Heavy Lift announced today the signing of a major new contract with Australian marine jetty specialist BAM Clough for the shipping and deployment of LNG

Off the North Sea coast of Germany is an impressive array of wind farms that feed an enormous amount of renewable energy to the European power grid. Due to

Seadrill has announced today a historic cooperation agreement that will result in a significant equity investment by Russian oil supermajor Rosneft into North

ST PETERSBURG, Russia/OSLO, May 24 (Reuters) – Russia’s Rosneft could buy a controlling stake in the world’s largest offshore driller,

A helicopter crew dispatched from a U.S. Navy warship located the overturned hull of the missing Cheeki Rafiki sailing vessel approximately 1,000 miles

In February 2014, the 3D Seismic Vessel ‘Polarcus Naila’ was at Damen Shipyard Group’s ship repair and conversion yard Shipdock Amsterdam for a 6-week

A weak dry bulk spot market has provided John Fredriksen’s dry bulk shipping firm, Golden Ocean Group (GOGL) with a small, yet diminishing profit so far

Global tug and salvage operator Remolcadores Marracoi SL (REMARSL) chose a full Caterpillar Marine power and propulsion package for a new 55 ton bollard

SINGAPORE, May 23 (Reuters) – Commodities shipper BW Group and Singapore’s Pavilion Energy have agreed to form a joint venture to manage, acquire

1) US refiners are slowing down? Not exactly. In a Reuters report today, Valero was quoted in late April as saying, “it had reduced operations at two

By Chou Hui Hong May 23 (Bloomberg) — Liquefied natural gas sellers may face more competitive markets in Japan and South Korea, which together bought

By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON, May 23 (Reuters) – Recent meetings between U.S. oil producers and Commerce Department officials have fueled industry