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The U.S. Navy is partnering with federal and local agencies in Guam in response to potential environmental impacts following the grounding of Japanese fishing

A passenger aboard the cruise ship MS Marco Polo was killed Friday after the vessel was reportedly hit by a "freak

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In honor Valentine's Day today, Maersk Group has shared with us the heartwarming but little-known story behind the Maersk

BERLIN, Feb 14 (Reuters) – German public-sector lender NordLB is not planning a merger with peer HSH Nordbank, its Chief Executive said in reaction to

New Orleans-based Harvey Gulf International Marine says it has broken ground on the United States' first LNG bunkering facility located at their Port Fourchon,

Talk about being in the right place, at the right

By Captain Richard Madden, Those on deep-sea vessels frequently overlook the lessons learned from brown-water and fishing vessels.  This is unfortunate as it

Statoil ASA and BG Group Plc will build Tanzania’s first liquefied natural gas plant in Lindi and are due to meet with authorities about the project’s

By Manolo Serapio Jr and David Stanway SINGAPORE/BEIJING, Feb 14 (Reuters) – China will only allow ships with capacity of up to 250,000 deadweight tonnes

Food importers in Asia are switching from dry bulk cargo ships to container vessels, which normally carry goods such as toys and TVs, as they offer a way to

LONDON, Feb 13 (Reuters) – Lloyds Banking Group is looking to sell $500 million of shipping loans in what is likely to be the final big sale of loans

Chilean shipping firm Compania Sud Americana de Vapores said on Thursday it is planning two capital increases for a total of up to $600 million to get the

Qatari shipbuilder Nakilat Damen Shipyards Qatar (NDSQ) announced the deliveryt of the 32m-long, 80 ton bollard pull-rate ASD tug Semesma, the eleventh of

A broken down cargo ship has made it safely to the Port of Lorient after spending more than 12 hours adrift in heavy weather in the Bay of

Shipowners, Salvors and Insurers represented by at least three trade associations are jointly calling for the implementation of international measures to

Erik Hånell, President and CEO of Stena Bulk notes in a phone call today that his company, along with Golden Agri (GAR), have bought six Samho-built chemical

Discovered by Lundin Petroleum in 2010, the Avaldsnes discovery at PL501 is the 5th largest discovery made on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, one that has

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) and Mitsubishi Kakoki Kaisha, Ltd. (MKK) announced today the joint development of a new emissions scrubber designed to

Petronas has announced today their decision to go forward with the building of their second floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility. Once built,

Bollinger Shipyards of Lockport, Louisiana is one of three shipbuilders selected by the U.S. Coast Guard for the design phase of the $12 billion Offshore

Here's a series of photos from the Port of London Authority showing a rather typical occurrence on the River Thames: bringing a ship into

Diamond Offshore Drilling has just announced that former Halliburton executive Marc Edwards will be taking the reigns as President and CEO effective 3 March

Damen Shipyards announced today that their client, Smit Lamnalco has taken delivery of the SL Kiwi, a 22-meter long, STu 2008-type tugboat.  This 39.4 ton

The real life castaway that miraculously washed up recently on a Marshall Islands after more than a year adrift in his small fishing boat has returned to his