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Even in this high-tech age, the search for missing Malaysian Air Flight 370 may rely on good luck and the oldest of sensors: the human

Scorpio Tankers Inc. (NYSE: STNG) says it is set to make $50 million in cash on the resale of it's seven newbuild VLCC's still under

On February 5, the 100-meter MV LUNO bulk carrier broke up in dramatic fashion after it became pinned against a breakwater off the southwestern coast of France

Seafarers transiting the Indian Ocean and South China Sea have been urged by the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) to listen out for maritime satellite

What began as a routine new assignment for Pakistani captain Mirza Noman Baig ended in a dramatic night-time rescue as U.S. Navy SEALs seized the ship his

Scandinavian tanker owners, Concordia Maritime and Neste Oil have reached an agreement to sell a pair of  jointly-owned, 2007-built Ice Class 1A panamax

A U.S. Coast Guard Marine Inspector and an Investigating Officer are responding to a report of a vessel collision involving a New York Pilot boat and a

March 18 (Bloomberg) — A former manager for a defense contractor who admitted overbilling the U.S. Navy more than $20 million became the second person to

The first webinar, titled "The 5 Critical Stages of the Search & Rescue Ecosystem", will take place on Thursday, March 27, 2014 at 11:00 a.m.

Watch as solo round the world yachtsman Alex Thomson, the same guy who brought us , climbs up a 30-meter tall mast of a moving high-speed yacht…. in a

Connecticut-based Principal Maritime Management LLC has announced plans to develop a stainless steel chemical tanker fleet through a new entity called

A Libyan rebel leader accused the United States on Tuesday of behaving like pirates after U.S. naval forces seized an oil-laden tanker that had sailed from a

Tokyo-based classification society ClassNK announced today an agreement to acquire NAPA, the world’s leading maritime software house, in a deal hailed as a

On March 24, 1989, the Exxon Valdez grounded on Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound, rupturing the hull and spilling nearly 11 million gallons of crude oil into

The U.S. joined Australia in scouring an area in the southern Indian Ocean about 1 1/2 times the size of California for missing Malaysian Air Flight 370, as

Wärtsilä Ship Design has unveiled a new Aframax tanker design said to be highly efficient to match current and upcoming emissions

The American Bureau of Shipping has released a new report aimed at providing guidance to potential owners and operators of gas-fueled vessels, as well as LNG

Taiwanese general cargo vessel sank near Tokyo, killing one of its crew, after a collision with a container ship, Japan’s Transport Ministry

Norwegian shipping firm Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) has been fined $34 million by the Japanese Fair Trade Commission for price-fixing in automobile

The world's largest-diameter containership propeller was loaded onto a ship at the Port of Hamburg this weekend bound for a South Korean shipyard from it's

The U.S. Navy says it has awarded General Dynamics NASSCO a $128.5 million contract for the detail design and construction of a previously announced variant to

Shifting winds allowed the MV John 1 bulk carrier to free itself from a shoal just off the southern coast of Newfoundland after the ship ran aground Saturday

Here's a time Lapse video of the SS Wilfred Sykes departing frozen Sturgeon Bay, WI for the beginning of the 2014 sailing season, March 15,

The U.S. and the European Union imposed sanctions on Russia in their worst dispute since the Cold War after a vote paved the way for President Vladimir Putin

U.S. special forces have seized a commercial tanker that fled with a cargo of oil from a Libyan port controlled by anti-government rebels, halting their