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The union representing tugboat workers at Australia’s Port Hedland, the world’s biggest bulk export terminal, will suspend taking strike action for the

LONDON, May 22 (Reuters) – The crew of a charter boat taking part in a search for four British sailors missing in the Atlantic Ocean has found some

  MSC Cruises has placed a landmark order at Fincantieri today to build two new state-of-the-art cruise ships at a price of 700 million euro each, plus

Currently in the design process by Seattle-based naval architecture firm Jensen Maritime are North America’s first LNG bunker barges for Houston-based

By Oleg Vukmanovic MILAN, May 22 (Reuters) – Angola’s new liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project aims to charter out its entire tanker fleet

Shipbuilders at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany have placed the last of 74 blocks making up the structure of Royal Caribbean's 167,80 gt Quantum

By Mark Shenk May 21 (Bloomberg) — U.S. crude imports dropped to a 17- year low last week as the shale boom bolstered output, moving the nation closer to

Here's a time-lapse video showing salvors raising of a brand new, $10 million yacht that sank during its launch this past Sunday at a shipyard in Anacortes,

Really not much to say here, other than this is what happens when you don’t properly secure the equipment on your

By Elena Mazneva and Stepan Kravchenko May 21 (Bloomberg) — Russia reached a $400 billion deal to supply natural gas to China through a new pipeline over

By James Regan SYDNEY, May 21 (Reuters) – BHP Billiton said on Wednesday it may seek government intervention to avert industrial action by tugboat

On the back of winning a new 5+2 year charter from Maersk Oil and Gas, Hercules Offshore has placed an order today with Sembcorp Marine’s subsidiary Jurong

Woodside Petroleum Ltd., Australia’s second-biggest oil and gas producer, scrapped an agreement to buy a quarter of Israel’s largest natural gas field for

By Christian Wienberg May 21 (Bloomberg) — A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S’s container- shipping line, the world’s largest, said first-quarter profit more

Jordan-based Arab Ship Management has pleaded guilty in federal court in Wilmington, Delaware to one count of violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships

Anthony Attard, a member of the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) and employee of Toll Group, Australia’s largest transport company, was crushed to death

Global miners and commodity traders are using multiple strategies to lock in favourable rates for shipping costs, anticipating a freight market recovery after

The International Maritime Organization’s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) has approved long-awaited changes to the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) convention

Polish crew has a little fun with a flock of seagulls that decided this bulk carrier was a good place to take a break. That is

The U.S. Coast Guard has resumed its search for four sailors that disappeared in the North Atlantic Ocean last Friday after activating two of their emergency

By Oleg Vukmanovic, edited by Jane Baird MILAN, May 20 (Reuters) – Argentina has secured four liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes for delivery in June

Update 2: Video Surfaces of Yacht Launch Fail Update: Time-lapse Shows Anacortes Yacht Salvage The 85-foot expedition style motor yacht Bäden took two and a

By Tara Patel May 20 (Bloomberg) — Bourbon SA Chairman Jacques de Chateauvieux said his proposed takeover offer that gets under way today valuing the

By Esteban Duarte and Rebecca Penty May 20 (Bloomberg) — Repsol SA is considering building a $2 billion plant on Canada’s Atlantic coast to export

MELBOURNE, May 20 (Reuters) – Two of the world’s biggest iron ore miners BHP Billiton and Fortescue Metals Group held-government sponsored