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The ill winds of the winter blew in favour of the new UK container port at London Gateway, when several ships were diverted from Felixstowe to the DP World

Last week we saw “A Day In The Life One Year After MLC 2006“. Now here’s a video from Maersk Line showing a daily operations aboard the Edith

Dry bulk shipper Golden Ocean said it expected to post a small net loss in the third quarter as it announced second-quarter earnings slightly above

Dutch naval architect Dr. Ir. Pieter van Oossanen and his team of naval architects and hydrodynamicists in Wageningen have come up with something that could

Royal Caribbean International has unveiled a wide range of new shipboard technology to be implemented onboard its recently-floated Quantum of the Seas cruise

A tanker loaded with $100 million of Iraqi Kurdish crude oil cannot be delivered in Texas anytime soon because of serious legal risks so a month-long standoff

Belgian dry bulk shipping group CMB said on Tuesday it had cancelled an order for four vessels with South Korean shipbuilder Samjin set to be delivered in

Union workers who load grain at U.S. West Coast terminals will return to work on Wednesday after ratifying a four-year contract that included work rule changes

From the makers of the unmistakable X-Bow hull design reminiscent of a modern-day viking ship, the Norwegian shipbuilding group Ulstein today unveiled its

Nordic Maritime announced today its 75.5 meter, 6300 ton subsea service vessel Mokul Nordic has signed a 30+15 day charter with Statoil in the North Sea.

Western Australia-based shipbuilder Strategic Marine unveiled their latest Generation 3 crew transfer vessel today, one they are marketing to

South Korean shipbuilders, this year’s worst-performing industry group, are attracting buy recommendations from three of the nation’s biggest brokerages

Otto Marine Limited announced today the signing of long term charters for two of their deep water anchor handlers, GO Sirius and GO Spica, worth AUD57

A privately-funded humanitarian group seeking to aid distressed migrant boats in the Mediterranean Sea set off on its first mission on

The soon-to-be largest floating drydock in the United States made its way up the Willamette River and into Portland on Monday aboard the Blue

Finnish naval architecture and marine engineering firm Deltamarin Ltd will be doing a bit more than designing high tech ships and offshore structures going

Canada’s biggest shipbuilder, Chantier Davie Canada Inc. announced the delivery today of the Cecon Pride, a 130-meter-long 28 meter wide, DP3-equipped

Three crewmembers of a shrimping boat were forced to abandon ship into a life raft following a collision with a supply vessel Sunday night in the Gulf of

The arrival of a disabled products tanker under tow by a commercial tug to San Francisco Bay is being hampered severe weather, the U.S. Coast said late

Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy is planning to exit the cruise ship-making business, German business daily Handelsblatt reported, citing several ship

Polar bears now have more than melting ice to worry about. Russian state-owned optical technology company Shvabe Holding has created a ship-mounted laser

Otto Marine Limited announced today they have appointed UOB Kay Hian Holdings Limited to advise on strategic options that will enable them to develop the

Debt holders in A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S are looking on as the world’s biggest shipping company uses its excess cash to enrich shareholders in a strategy

The California Maritime Academy has confirmed no reports of injuries or significant damage after a 6.0 earthquake shook the Bay Area just north of the Vallejo

Two lorry drivers were charged on Saturday by British police investigating the death of an Afghan man who was among 35 suspected stowaways found in a shipping