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Two month time-lapse (and science lesson) of icebreaking aboard the R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer in the Ross Sea,

Australian billionaire, Clive Palmer, announced this week that the he has appointed V.Ships Leisure as the official ship manager of his Blue Star Line’s

Singapore LNG Corp. received its first contract cargo of liquefied natural gas from BG Group Plc today, signaling the start of commercial operations at the

U.S. Navy leaders were warned last year that a $37 billion program to build Littoral Combat Ships can’t meet its promised mission because the vessels

Royal Boskalis Westminster has been awarded a contract for the installation of an offshore depletion compression platform for the Malampaya Project in the

Foreign container shipping lines are giving up on Iranian business ahead of new U.S. sanctions in July, dealing a further blow to Tehran's vital seaborne

President Barack Obama saying the country will probably become a net exporter of natural gas signals that new volumes will add demand for ships hauling the

CSCL orders five 18,400 teu containerships from

Technip officially named its new state-of-the-art pipelay vessel during a ceremony on Friday at the Westcon Yard in Florø,

Nigeria's Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) exports have been delayed after a security agency blocked ships from accessing the Bonny terminal from May 3 to May 5,

Recent lobbying blitz makes case for $150 million more each year from the U.S. government to upgrade infrastructure on the nation's major

The U.S. Coast Guard on Sunday rescued 14 passengers from a Duck Boat after it caught fire in San Francisco

About 500 striking workers at a port operated by billionaire Li Ka-shing agreed to a 9.8 percent pay rise on

Harvy Gulf International Marine has signed fleet expansion deals totaling $540 million.

A tugboat owned by McAllister Towing sank Saturday night at a pier in Locust Point in Baltimore, Maryland.

France's government dismissed a call to nationalise the Saint-Nazaire

While the U.S. Navy’s DDG-1000 nears launch later in 2013, DDG-1001, named USS Michael Monsoorm, has officially made her debut on Land Level at Bath Iron

Marathon Petroleum Corp. is unable to load oil from a barge dock on the Mississippi River at Wood River, Illinois, which may depress Canadian oil prices if

Crowley Maritime Corporation has christened its 17th and final ATB as part of a $1 Billion, decade-long construction

A mob of over 300 people gathered on the Zattere Adriatic waterfront in Venice, Italy to welcome the arrival of the Carnival Legend and toast the beginning of

Concerns over increased risk of corrosive wear in cross-head engines have prompted Castrol Marine to renew its advice to ship owners regarding best practice in

Offshore contractor EMAS AMC announced this week that it has been awarded a USD $75 million contract from Statoil to provide subsea engineering, procurement

South Korea's STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Co is considering the sale of shipyards in France, Finland and

(Bloomberg) — A slump in the price of iron ore may be the catalyst for China to start importing more of the steelmaking raw material and for shipping