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Crowley Maritime Corp has is expanding their operations into the international ship management sector today following an announcement that it has acquired

by Neil Chatterjee (Bloomberg) – Indonesia is seeking clarity on China’s intent behind its maritime claims in the South China Sea to avoid the risk

After a year where large vessels such as capesize bulkers and supertankers were barely earning break-even day rates, momentum has since picked up in the

The U.S. Navy is getting ready to deploy a prototype laser weapon technology reminiscent of something you would expect to see in a Star Wars movie. The

Overseas Shipholding Group Inc. won court permission to sign a deal with its lenders that would raise $300 million from a share sale as part of the company’s

A subsidiary of Seattle-based Saltchuk Resources, one of the nation’s leading transportation and petroleum distribution companies, has entered into a binding

By Andrew Noel and Veronica Ek April 7 (Bloomberg) — Alfa Laval AB agreed to buy Norwegian pumpmaker Frank Mohn AS, the manufacturer of Framo

By Chou Hui Hong April 7 (Bloomberg) — BG Group Plc, Britain’s third- largest natural gas producer, will move its global headquarters for marketing LNG

The sheer expanse of the world’s oceans is beyond the realm of comprehension for most.  Only those have crossed oceans from a sea-level perspective, or

By Ahmed Elumami TRIPOLI, April 7 (Reuters) – Libya’s Zueitina oil port prepared on Monday to load crude on tankers after the government reached a

950 miles northwest of Perth, Australia, the U.S. Navy’s towed pinger locator (TPL) may have found the tell-tale pings of the black box from MH370.

By Chou Hui Hong April 7 (Bloomberg) — Singapore’s political neutrality and English-speaking workforce will help the city-state become an Asian hub for

A family with a sick infant safely boarded a Navy ship Sunday morning several hundred miles off the coast of Mexico following a coordinated rescue by Coast

A 631-foot containership apparently veered off course while sailing in Hong Kong’s East Lamma Channel Sunday and ran straight into a sea wall leaving

I met up with the folks at Rolls-Royce the other week at their service center in Galveston, Texas for a quick update on their operations. With more and more

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By Siva Govindasamy and Swati Pandey KUALA LUMPUR/PERTH, Australia, April 5 (Reuters) – A Chinese patrol ship hunting for a missing Malaysia Airlines

April 4 (Reuters) – Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd will cut its debt by more than $1 billion by giving control of the company to its lenders in a

By Harry R. Weber and Dan Murtaugh April 4 (Bloomberg) — By the time the ships’ pilots realized they were on a crash course, it was too late. The

Surrounded by rolling cornfields, Sidney, Illinois is a sleepy midwestern town with a population hovering just above 1,000. Captain Wren Thomas III grew up on

WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced the appointment of 10 new members to the Marine Transportation System National

By Jason Scott April 5 (Bloomberg) — Crews hunting for the missing Malaysian jet are extending the search to beneath the surface of the Indian Ocean,

By Steve Quinn JUNEAU, Alaska, April 3 (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell ignored warnings about the dangers of a towing mission that left a drillship

Simon Møkster Shipping placed an order today with Spanish shipyard Astilleros Gondan for a new Rolls-Royce designed UT 776 W wave piercing offshore supply

SEOUL, April 4 (Reuters) – A Mongolian-flagged cargo ship has sunk off the southern coast of South Korea, with most of the 16 North Korean crew members