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Hanjin Shipping, South Korea’s largest shipping company, announced in a stock exchange filing today that it will be merging itself back into its parent

Argentina’s largest grain exporting port in Rosario could remain blocked for about a week after a ship ran aground in the main channel of the Parana River,

Japanese classification society ClassNK has put their stamp on their first-ever US-flagged ship, the 2008-built, 7,985 dwt oil product tanker SLNC PAX, owned

Sunrise Orient, a 90-meter ship carrying 2,800 tons of cement lies aground today at Cheung Chau in Hong Kong.  She has sat there since running aground on

Global shipping firms must prepare for another tough year as a glut in global capacity will continue to weigh on profits and margins, the chairman of China's

Singapore-based offshore specialist Nordic Maritime, in collaboration with Sovcomflot (SCF Geo), has been awarded a USD $23.5 million contract to provide 3D

North Korea said the tanker violated its laws, and a contract with the Alexandria-based company by carrying contraband

The Spanish Navy's Aegis frigate Alvaro de Bazan is currently serving as NATO's Counter-Piracy flagship in the Gulf of Aden.

New images released by the Chinese government show three large objects that may be wreckage debris from missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370.

Mexican offshore company Naviera Integral and Damen Shipyards Group have signed a contract for four more Damen Fast Crew Suppliers 5009 (FCS

Fincantieri's VARD Holdings continued its week by landing an order for two offshore support vessels for an undisclosed

A crew member on board Songa Offshore’s drilling rig, the Songa Mercur, drilling offshore Vietnam, notes in an email he may have witnessed the missing

March 12 (Bloomberg) — Repsol SA, Spain’s biggest oil producer, will spend about $95 million drilling its first well offshore from Namibia as the

March 12 (Bloomberg) — Billionaire Wilbur Ross said an initial public offering for Diamond S Shipping Group Inc., the tanker company in which his firm is

Lewek Ebony, an anchor handling tug and supply (AHTS) vessel owned by EMAS – the Singapore-based offshore and subsea contractor, was chased last night by

OSLO, March 12 (Reuters) – Gas tanker operator Avance Gas Holding is planning an initial public offering (IPO) and aims to list its shares on the Oslo

Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group has announced the signed newbuild order for two firm bulk carriers, plus two options from Bohi Industry, the Chinese

Libya's navy has lost contact with an oil tanker that loaded oil in a rebel-held port and has now slipped into Egyptian waters after being attacked by Libya's

Jones Act shipping companies Sea Star Line and Horizon Lines have agreed to pay a combine $3.4 million to settle claims of their involvement in a price fixing

For those of you who geek out on the latest ongoings in the world of satellite communications, you’re likely aware that Airbus, the French company famous

Malaysian investigators looking for a jet that went missing more than three days ago broadened their search to the Malacca Strait after scouring the sea near

Update: Libya’s Navy has reportedly fired upon the tanker, causing some damage to the vessel, and Italian vessels are helping to secure the

Deliveries of new gas tankers have created a glut that is threatening to tip some operators into losses, just as other shipping markets emerge from their worst

When I first got into the commercial maritime industry, I remember a few people saying how they worked on a “geared bulk carrier” and I thought to

In a deal announced this week, five capesizes under construction at Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding in China, as well as 2013-built capesize bulker will be