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Global warming is making the Arctic Ocean more accessible for navigation and providing the maritime industry with the means to avoid using lengthy transits to

At four-hundred metres long, 59 metres wide and 73 metres high, the Triple-E series of containerships will be the world’s largest, and one of the most

UPDATE (10 JUL): MOL Comfort Fore Section has Sunk UPDATE 3 July: Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has announced that the towing line has been reconnected to the

(Bloomberg) — Singapore deployed anti-pollution craft and patrol vessels to clean up an oil spill after two bulk carriers collided. About 100 metric tons

The U.S. Coast Guard responded Monday morning to a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers tug that sank in the upper St. Marys River in

Excel Maritime Carriers Ltd., the Athens-based operator of 38 dry-bulk vessels, filed for bankruptcy protection in the U.S. after extending a voting deadline

European exporters targeting markets in China and elsewhere in Asia have been warned that the era of cheap container shipping freight rates on the backhaul

A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S rose in Copenhagen trading on speculation that freight rate increases will succeed in restoring profits on the shipping

Five people are reportedly missing after a barge capsized Monday morning on the Yangtze River in southwest China's Chongqing

Switzerland-based drilling contractor Noble Corporation (NYSE: NE) announced today plans to reincorporate from Zug, Switzerland to the United Kingdom.  The

(Bloomberg) — Qatar Gas Transport Co., the operator of liquefied natural gas vessels, said its joint venture with Angelicoussis Shipping Group Ltd.

Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Johan Walter Berg AB, including its core brand of Berg Propulsion, a leading

Singapore-based rig-builder Sembcorp Marine announced today that they have signed newbuild orders for two jack-up rigs from Integradora de Servicios Petroleros

(Bloomberg) — The world’s biggest natural gas exporters will seek to defend linking prices to the cost of oil even after courts ruled they

South Korean shipyards Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) and Samsung Heavy announced orders on Monday with a pair of LNG carriers and a

By Fredrik Dahl VIENNA, June 30 (Reuters) – The top U.S. energy official said he believed the oil market could cope with any further reduction of

I’ve had serious reservations about the future of the America’s Cup over the past few years, even more so since the tragic death of Andrew

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In August of last year, the bulk carrier M/V Ocean Breeze found itself being absolutely pummeled by huge surf on a Chilean beach approximately 1.5 miles south

Years ago if you wanted to import bananas you had two choices. You could pick the bananas when they were still green and un-ripened so they would arrive a

June 28 (Reuters) – Shipping company Ardmore Shipping Corp filed with U.S. regulators to raise up to $160 million in an initial public offering of common

The development of a new type of 20ft container technology has taken a step further with the completion of a trial shipment of the so-called Tworty

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) announced this week that the company has been awarded a contract for the inactivation of the nuclear-powered aircraft

Seven missing, including six Americans.

Mariners aboard USNS Seay (T-AKR 302) rendered assistance to a commercial vessel in distress while underway in the Indian Ocean, June