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China has released its first "white list" of 51 shipyards that it deems worthy of favourable policy support, as the world's largest shipbuilder strives to

Ridgebury Tankers’ Suezmax Ridgebury Astari participated in a 3-vessel rescue operation on Tuesday, 2 September while operating in the Ionian Sea.  95

France will not deliver the first of two helicopter carriers to Russia for now because of Moscow's actions in eastern Ukraine, the French president's office

A Latvian ship captain has pleaded guilty and sentenced to serve four months in prison in the UK for navigating his ship with a blood alcohol content of

Video removed. See here http://vimeo.com/104875223 The Jaya Cavalier, an 8,000 horsepower anchor handling tug and supply (AHTS) vessel owned by Jaya Holdings

NASDAQ-listed DryShips Inc. (DRYS) says it has pulled the trigger on the cancellation of newbuilding contracts for four four ice-class panamax bulker vessels

Classification society ClassNK says the investigation report into the 2013 MOL Comfort casualty in the Indian Ocean will be released by the

Ever had to pull apart one of ABB’s Azipods? The following video might look familiar then.  These huge externally-mounted high voltage thrusters

LPG shipper StealthGas INC. (Nasdaq:GASS) announced today it has exercised newbuild options for two 22,000 cubic meter semi-refrigerated LPG carriers from an

Ctrip.com International, a top online travel service provider and cruise agency based in Shanghai announced today that it has agreed to acquire the cruise ship

SEOUL, Sept 3 (Reuters) – Some crew of a ferry that capsized in April in South Korea’s worst maritime disaster in 44 years drank beer while waiting

China published a set of guidelines to support and develop its shipping industry on Wednesday, sending shares in shipping firms such as China COSCO and China

The world’s top classification societies continue to grow and diversify via acquisition today.  French class society, Bureau Veritas (BV) announced the

Norwegian Cruise Lines announced Tuesday that it has agreed to acquire Miami-based upper-premium and luxury cruise ship operator Prestige Cruises International

A volunteer crew from the Royal National Lifeboat Institution this weekend rescued a stranded dog from some of England's tallest cliffs more than a week after

The scale of the challenge facing Hapag-Lloyd’s management team overseeing the integration of CSAV has been underlined by new research from Alphaliner which

Australia will abandon plans to dump 3 million cubic metres of dredged sand into the Great Barrier Reef area in its effort to create the world's biggest coal

Halliburton Co.’s agreement to pay $1.1 billion to settle most of the lawsuits over its role in the biggest U.S. offshore oil spill helps it avoid billions

This past weekend, New Zealanders Robyn and Graeme Hart were in Ulsteinvik, Norway to witness the launch of their 107 meter-long yacht at Kleven Verft

Ecoships, the technical ship management arm of London-based Newport Shipping Group introduced today a next generation handy-size bulk carrier design optimized

More than 747 vessels were built at the four Richmond Kaiser Shipyards on the west coast of the United States during World War II. These yards sent a new

The Los Angeles Harbor Department is selling about $340 million of debt, the most since 2009, after the risk of a crippling strike was reduced by a tentative

Only minor injuries are being reported after a U.S. Marine Corps helicopter crashed in the Gulf of Aden today while attempting to land aboard a U.S. Navy ship,

Last month we saw a day in the life onboard the Edith Maersk and APL Boston 1 year after MLC 2006. Now here’s a video from the U.S. Coast

A tanker carrying disputed Iraqi Kurdish crude oil reappeared on satellite tracking on Monday near Texas, days after having gone silent with a $100 million