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Determined to keep the spread of the Ebola virus away from its shores, the small island nation of Cape Verde located off the coast of west Africa is taking

The Panama Canal on Friday officially celebrated the 100 year anniversary of its inauguration on August 15, 1914 with the transit of the SS Ancon. It was on

Seems to be a prime example of how NOT to overtake a larger vessel, or any vessel for that matter, in a narrow or restricted

The largest turret module for largest floating structure ever constructed has set sail from Dubai for the Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in Geoje, South

Earlier this week, the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany floated-out Royal Caribbean's new 167,800 ton Quantum of the Seas cruise ship, the first ship

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) is investigating an incident this week involving the failure of a crane on board the bulk carrier Seapace while

Atlantic Offshore’s newest addition to their fleet, ERRV Ocean Marlin, has been named in Stavanger by Godmother Anni H. Apeland. The vessel was built at

Japan on Friday froze the assets of the operator of a North Korean ship seized for smuggling

BHP Billiton Ltd. may announce a spinoff of assets estimated to be worth as much as $12 billion next week, as the world’s biggest mining company casts aside

Shipping freight rates for transporting containers from ports in Asia to Northern Europe fell by 10.7 percent to $1,198 per 20-foot container (TEU) this

Liverpool Coastguard on Thursday was coordinating the response to a ship that was leaking oil following a collision with a wind turbine pile at wind farm off

Malaysian offshore and marine services provider Coastal Contracts Bhd received a new Friede & Goldman-designed JU2000E jack-up drilling rig this week from

A century after the U.S. steamship Ancon first sailed through the Panama Canal, a $5.3 billion expansion delayed by bickering contractors and angry workers is

We first heard about this concept back in late 2012 when a first year aerospace engineering student named Boyan Slat gave a TED talk about how the Great

Tsakos Energy Navigation Limited (TEN) announced today the signing of a newbuild plus five-year charter agreement with an undisclosed European oil major for

A tugboat Captain was killed Wednesday night in New Orleans after the crane from the crane barge it was pushing struck a bridge, causing it to crash into the

A passenger ferry became disabled Wednesday off Massachusetts reportedly after being hit by a rogue

Commodities fell to a six-month low, erasing almost all of this year’s gains, as oil and grains declined on signs of ample supplies and slower economic

In 1608, a Portuguese warlord named Filipe de Brito e Nicote was causing trouble near Myanmar and attempted to steal the Great Bell of Dhammazedi from the

Japanese engineers have introduced new technology to the shipbuilding industry in the form of “highly ductile steel plate” on board a newly

Meanwhile, both anchors remain stowed in their respective housings… Then again, if I were the captain of that ferry, there’s probably a

Citing violation of Rules 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 14, 15, and 16, of the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea 1972 (COLREGS) and their

The Chief of the Royal Austrialian Navy, Vice Admiral Tim Barrett, was at a Brisbane dockyard on Wednesday to inspect damage to a the Armidale Class Patrol

Gulf of Mexico-focused deepwater exploration and production company Venari Resources says it has raised an additional $1.3 billion in equity commitments

A special Bangladesh anti-crime unit on Wednesday arrested the owner of a ferry that sank in a river killing about 110 people, the first time authorities took