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Historic Sea Forts An armada of sea forts were built during World War II specifically designed to repel smaller aircraft flying in to attack Great Britain.

Bloomberg – Chile’s port strike is expanding and costs are mounting, prompting the government to warn it threatens to trigger shortages of basic

It seems like the VTS in Houston is working as advertised. You can’t just drive wherever you want down there without getting a visit from the local

By Jason Kelly It’s been almost 50 years since USS Thresher (SSN-593) sank off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, claiming the lives of 129 Sailors

Germany’s Lürssen Yachts on Friday launched what is now the largest superyacht in the the world. Named Azzam, the superyacht measures an astonishing

American inventor Thomas Edison would be quite pleased at the recent news from Zurich-based ABB. An early champion of direct-current (DC) electricity, Edison

By Lars Petter Blikom, Segment Director for Natural Gas at DNV Over the past week, here at DNV, we have done another market analysis to assess how fast LNG

April 5 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, which tracks rates for ships carrying dry commodities, fell on Friday for a

FRANKFURT, April 5 (Reuters) – Private equity groups 3i and Allianz Capital Partners have attracted three tentative bids for their jointly-owned ferry

(Bloomberg) — Petroliam Nasional Bhd., Malaysia’s state oil and gas company, raised its buyout offer for shipping group MISC Bhd. by 3.8 percent to

The salvage operation to remove the Costa Concordia cruise ship from the shores of Giglio hit a milestone today when crews positioned the largest of five

Note: Since 1965, the Sea-Air-Space Exposition has brought together the U.S. sea services, private-sector companies and key military decision makers for an

The U.S. National Weather Service (NWS) on Thursday announced some key changes to its Hurricane warning system, particularly in the way it handles

SANTIAGO, April 4 (Reuters) – Chilean shipper Compania Sud Americana de Vapores said it would spend $570 million to purchase seven container ships and

New York-based tanker company Overseas Shipholding Group announced last night that it has, in effect, fired its Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Mr.

For the many thousands of people who have followed the story of the ex-USS Guardian which ran up in a Philippine Reef this past January, the fate of the

SEOUL, April 4 (Reuters) – Samsung Heavy Industries said on Thursday it won a 1 trillion won ($895 million) order to build four liquefied natural gas

Here’s new video of the Carnival Triumph after breaking free from its mooring at the BAE Systems shipyard in Mobile, Alabama during an afternoon storm

Update: Exclusive new video of the Carnival Triumph adrift can be found HERE.  Update: The Carnival Triumph has been moved to the Alabama Cruise Terminal,

RIO DE JANEIRO, April 3 (Reuters) – Workers ended a two-day strike at the OSX Brasil SA shipyard at Brazil’s Port of Acu on Wednesday, after

(Bloomberg) — The Baltic Dry Index, a gauge of costs to transport grains and minerals by sea, fell the most since Dec. 19 amid slowing charters of

Japan-based NYK Line welcomed a new hybrid tugboat into service at a recent inauguration ceremony at Yokohama Port. The tugboat Tsubasa will primarily assist

While at the Connecticut Maritime Association Conference in Stamford, Connecticut, I met up with Tom Boardley, Marine Director at Lloyd’s Register.  

Jumbo Shipping’s Fairpartner called on Seattle, Washington recently to deliver a rather unique, and awesome piece of equipment… Nicknamed

Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation (NYSE: NNA) announced today that it has signed a $143.8 million deal to purchase five MR2 product tankers with an