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By Michelle Wiese Bockmann Fleet usage for the 371 ships carrying liquefied natural gas will slide in 2013 and 2014 from a six-year high as demand growth

On December 12, 2012, aka 121212, the world’s largest containership by teu capacity, CMA CGM Marco Polo, called on the port of Hamburg, marking the

Royal Caribbean Cruises announced Thursday that the company has been ranked among the top 100 companies in the world for its sustainability reporting and

By Rob Sheridan Returns for the biggest oil tankers hauling Middle East crude to Asia, the industry’s benchmark route, gained as more ships were booked.

ROME – Italy has summoned the Indian ambassador to urge that India’s Supreme Court reach a decision before the year-end Christmas holiday to settle

Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2012 (H.R. 2838) Sent to the President House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Release: Washington,

By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA – Brazil’s ports are among the slowest and most costly in the world due to poor infrastructure, high taxes, excessive

Teekay LNG Partners (NYSE:TGP) has taken a hint from a recently released U.S. government study on natural gas exports and has entered into an agreement with

Austal USA announced today that Craig Perciavalle has been chosen to assume the role as President of the Mobile, Alabama-based shipyard. “I am pleased to

By Oleg Vukmanovic LONDON – Gas tanker owners face falling profits over the next few years as delays to Australian gas project leave new ships

-By Justin Chisholm Italy’s most high profile ocean racer, Giovanni Soldini, and a handpicked eight-man international crew are standing by in New York,

By Andrew Herndon The U.S. Department of Energy will award as much as $169 million to seven proposed offshore wind projects in six states. The wind farms,

Remember this? The U.S. Coast Guard has confirmed that salvage crews on Tuesday successfully lifted the 184-foot John B Caddell tanker off a Staten Island

In these photos the M/V Beaumont, a British-flagged cargo ship, is seen grounded along a rocky cliff at the beach of Xago near Aviles in northern Spain,

Strong winds caused a Costa Crociere cruise ship to slam against a pier in Marseilles, France, leaving a nearly 30-foot long gash in the side of the ship above

Dockwise, the Dutch heavy lift operator, has announced that they have been awarded 6 new contracts, letters of intent and contract extensions valued at nearly

STX Group is in talks about selling its controlling stake in STX Pan Ocean Co., South Korea’s largest dry-bulk ship operator, as it tries to raise 2.5

A new vista is competing with the sun, surf and swimsuits at Rio de Janeiro’s iconic Copacabana and Ipanema beaches: a traffic jam of cargo ships

A 730-foot Canadian-flagged bulk carrier was damaged Tuesday after alliding with a pier along the Maumee River near Toledo, OH. The U.S. Coast Guard says that

The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society on Tuesday unveiled its newest addition to the fleet, the SSS (as in Sea Shepherd Ship) Sam Simon. Named after the man

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) announced today that construction has commenced on the first ship in their Sayaendo series of new-generation LNG carriers.

A local media report in South Korea has sparked rumors that STX Group is very close to signing a deal to sell its majority stake in STX OSV Holdings

Firefighters in Suffolk county in the UK were called to the Port of Ipswich Monday afternoon to fight a fire aboard the Gibraltar-flagged M/V Accum. The

China’s Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Offshore has been told to temporarily suspend the construction of as many as four jackup rigs as a result of the

Scary moments again off the coast of the Netherlands- this time on Sunday night, when the 170-meter M/V Ocean Victory cargo ship lost propulsion and was