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PANAMA CITY, Jan 1 (Reuters) – A consortium led by Spanish-builder Sacyr said on Thursday it has won a $233 million settlement in a dispute over cost

By Koji Sekimizu, Secretary-General, International Maritime Organization The incidents over the holiday period involving the vessels Norman Atlantic and Blue

As of 30 December 2014, Finland’s Arctech Helsinki Shipyard is now 100 percent owned by Russia’s United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) after the

Almost 1,000 migrants arrived in Italy on a cargo ship on Wednesday after apparently being abandoned by its crew in the Adriatic Sea, the Italian Red Cross

Golar LNG awarded Keppel Shipyard a contract today worth approximatelyUSD $705 million to convert the 125,000 m3 LNG carrier Golar Gimi to a floating

The Obama administration has opened a new front in the global battle for oil market share, effectively clearing the way for the shipment of as much as a

By Doug Helton, NOAA Office of Response & Restoration January 1, 2015 marks a major milestone in preventing oil spills. That date is the deadline which the

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Ten people died and several people may be missing as rescue teams continue to search for bodies following the evacuation of 427 people in rough seas and high

MarineCo, the Edinburgh-based workboat operator has contracted Damen Shipyards Group once again to build them a Multi Cat 2712.  Damen notes the vessel is

Just a day after arriving in Singapore, USS Fort Worth has been sent to assist the USS Sampson (DDG 102) with recovery efforts for Air Asia Flight QZ8501. The

Italian officials boarded a cargo ship carrying hundreds of migrants on Tuesday after it left Greek waters and headed towards the coast of southern Italy, the

Two Albanian seamen were killed during an operation to salvage a multideck car ferry that caught fire off Greece's Adriatic Coast when a cable connecting their

Seadrill (NYSE: SDRL) announced today it has exercised a purchase option for the West Polaris, a 6th generation Ultra-Deepwater drillship, from Ship Finance

West Coast dockworkers asked that major employers on the board of the Pacific Maritime Association join in contract negotiations that have stretched over seven

Chinese and U.S. military ships are heading to seas south and west of Borneo where a AirAsia Bhd. passenger jet is suspected of crashing as the search enters

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Search crews scouring the Java Sea for a missing AirAsia Bhd. passenger jet failed to find any trace for a second day as authorities suspect the plane carrying

Rescue teams on Monday completed the evacuation of 427 people from a car ferry that caught fire off Greece's Adriatic

“You’ve overdone it, haven’t you Hamish?” A Scottish fisherman says to a seagull that he’s literally holding in his hand in a

BG Group Plc is loading the first shipment of liquefied natural gas destined for China at its $20.4 billion project on Australia’s east coast, a company

Seldom does a salvage operation run as smoothly as that of the Volvo Ocean Racing yacht, “Vestas Wind”. In a joint venture between Subtech and Svitzer, a

Passengers from a car ferry, ablaze off the coast of Greece, arrived in Italy on Monday as rescue teams worked to save those still

Two people drowned and four were missing at sea and feared dead after two merchant ships collided in rough seas off the Italian coast on Sunday, Italian

"The ship is still on fire, the floor is burning," passenger George Styliaras told Greek TV by telephone, adding that smoke was making it difficult to breathe.