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The U.S. Navy is testing a new type of artificial intelligence technology which allows for self-guided, unmanned boats to autonomously protect navy ships and

Dutch shipbuilder Niestern Sander has launched the world’s first ‘Walk-to-Work’ vessel today which upon delivery in 2015, will support the

A Vietnamese oil tanker is now missing after departing Singapore late last week enroute to Vietnam, sparking fears that the vessel has been pirated. According

Steel consumption will grow at a slower pace as the crisis in Ukraine and the cooling Chinese real estate market contribute to declining demand, the World

The Quantum of the Seas arrived in Bremerhaven, Germany this morning where it will undergo final outfitting prior to her delivery to Royal Caribbean in

A group of Cuban migrants drank their own urine and blood after the engine of their homemade boat failed, leaving them adrift in the Caribbean for three weeks

There may be other examples of ocean crossings that lacked solid planning or risk analysis, but as far as voyages in recent memory, this one certainly takes

Here’s a clip from an interesting article featured on the New York Times website this week about life aboard one of the world’s largest cargo

A SUNY Maritime College cadet used his GoPro camera for some extracurriculars during this year’s Summer Sea Term. The training cruise included ports of

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For the first time ever, scientists have used an unmanned aerial vehicle to monitor killer whales in the wild. For the groundbreaking new study, researchers

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Some new video from the Nikiski Fire Department shows Thursday's fire aboard the Baker platform located in Cook Inlet, Alaska.

With its inactivation and eventual decommissioning just around the corner, the legacy of the USS Enterprise, the world’s first nuclear powered aircraft

By Margaret Cronin Fisk and Laurel Brubaker Calkins Oct. 3 (Bloomberg) — BP Plc asked the U.S. judge in charge of thousands of oil-spill damage lawsuits

Iron ore shipped to China from Australia’s Port Hedland, the world’s biggest bulk export terminal, declined from a record last month amid speculation

Scientists have devised a new map of the Earth's seafloor using satellite data, revealing massive underwater scars and thousands of previously uncharted sea

After being intentionally sunk this past March at the entrance to Donuzlav Bay in western Crimea in order to effectively block the movement of any Ukrainian

TOTE Shipholdings Inc. has finalized the charter agreement with Sea Star Line LLC for the operation of the world's first LNG-powered containerships currently

With all the hooplah surrounding freefall lifeboats this week, I thought this video showing the test of a Viking escape chute system at a shipyard in South

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has announced that the Franklin Expedition ship discovered by Canada in early September has been identified as the HMS

The U.S. Coast Guard is responding to a fire aboard a natural gas drilling platform located in Alaska’s Cook Inlet which prompted the evacuation of all

A multi-layered fuel savings initiative has helped Carnival Corporation reduce energy consumption by 24% and has led to $2.5 billion in savings since the

The Deepsea Metro 1, under contract to BG Group and Ophir Energy, tapped into a reservoir containing an estimated 1.03 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of natural gas

The U.S. Coast Guard plucked four lobstermen from the Atlantic Ocean Thursday who were forced to abandon their sinking lobster boat about 40 miles south of