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A port slowdown and eight months of fruitless labor talks with longshoremen have brought West Coast port congestion to the point of a breakdown, according to

Last week the long-awaited Pieter Schelte sailed into Rotterdam after a 7-week voyage from the DSME shipyard in South Korea. Here are 15 amazing aerial photos

When a gale blew through the North Sea recently kicking up a huge sea state, the Aker H3-design accommodation platform Borgholm Dolphin was caught right in

Severe weather continues to be a problem for salvors of the Hoegh Osaka car carrier in the

Asian stocks slipped on Tuesday as a continuing slide in crude oil prices dampened risk appetite, while the dollar nursed losses against the safe-haven

The bitterly cold and rainy skies in Philadelphia today were perhaps a foreboding reminder of where ExxonMobil’s newest crude oil tanker, Eagle Bay will

SpaceX founder and serial entrepreneur Elon Musk said the company's Falcon 9 rocket made a hard landing but reached the ocean-going "drone spaceport ship"

Check out this series of videos from Siemens highlighting the daily life of offshore wind turbine technician, André

DOF announced today it’s LNG-powered platform supply vessel (PSV) the Skandi Gamma will be working for another year under a Statoil contract that is

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines reports that the MOL-operated containership, MOL Express, has run aground in eastern

It’s probably safe to say that Rotterdam ship pilot Marijn van Hoorn is not afraid of heights.  Not only does he get to pilot the vast assortment of

Toronto-headquartered private equity firm Onex Corporation has announced today the acquisition of offshore safety equipment manufacturer Survitec Group in a

For the next 6 months or so, Team Vestas Wind’s shore manager Neil “Coxy” Cox will have his hands full trying to piece his team’s VOR65

Rig-maker Lamprell Plc said the slump in oil prices hurt its ability to secure new business, and that it expected its revenue for this year would be about 10

A ex-Miami Dolphins football player saved himself from certain death by swimming a reported 9 miles to shore after falling overboard from his fishing boat in

London Marine Consultants (LMC), a subsidiary of Singapore-based offshore contractor Ezra Holdings Ltd announced today the receipt of a contract by Jurong

The stricken Hoegh Osaka dragged anchor overnight in very high winds at the Alpha Anchorage in the Solent where the vessel has been held since it self-floated

Dongfeng Race Team edged closer to a first for China in the 41-year-old Volvo Ocean Race on Saturday as they clung on to a paper-thin advantage in the third

Indonesian search and rescue teams on Saturday raised the tail of the AirAsia flight QZ8501 jet that crashed in the Java Sea nearly two weeks ago with the loss

Frontline Ltd., the oil tanker company led by billionaire John Fredriksen, surged in Oslo trading amid speculation that a plunge in crude prices is spurring

Dutch maritime services provider Royal Boskalis Westminster says it has increased its stake in Fugro N.V. to 20.01%, but assures that it is not a step towards

The new world's biggest containership by carrying capacity, the MSC Oscar, was christened at the DSME in South Korea on

Groupe Eurotunnel, which runs the undersea rail link between Britain and France, is putting its ferry service between the two countries up for sale after a ban

From now on, every ship operated by Indonesian shipper PT. Meratus Line will be subject to inspections upon arrival in any Australian port, according to a

Big or small, they all showed up yesterday to ensure the behemoth Pieter Schelte made it into port safely. Watch her arrival here: Were you there? Comment in