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China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) has announced the launch of China’s first dual fuel harbor tug, the CNOOC 521,  from their Huangpu Shipyard.

China International Marine Containers Group (2039:HK) announced today they have signed a USD $595.00 million newbuild contract with Dalian Shipbuilding (DSIC)

Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx was sworn in Tuesday as the United States' 17th Secretary of

The Suez Canal waterway is completely secure and the rate of ships passing through is normal, the head of the Suez Canal Authority Mohab Memish said in a

Contrary to what everyone had assumed, including us, the MOL Comfort is not being towed stern first.  (facepalm) Images just sent to us this morning

France's powerful CGT union has called for a 24-hour strike on July 4 in all French ports, which is likely to disrupt grain, oil and gas traffic at the

Scorpio Tankers Inc. (NYSE: STNG) has announced a big investment into the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) transportation sector. The product tanker owner has

Fears that the UK is heading towards an era of sustained overcapacity in its major container ports may have been overcooked, according to a leading industry

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering chartered a helicopter to fly around their latest creation, the 18,000 TEU Mærsk McKinney-Møller, as she went

Saipem S.p.A. reported Tuesday that its jack up drilling rig, the Perro Negro 6, capsized and sank offshore Angola after the seabed beneath one of its three

By McQuilling Services, LLC, Situational awareness requires that people know their surroundings and the risks inherent therein. In a crowded theater, one

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