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Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) — Exports of liquefied natural gas are contracting for a second year, diminishing the number of available cargoes at a time when

Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) — Russia is showing “political will” to end a two-month-long dispute over the prosecution of Greenpeace activists after

Nigerian piracy is not Somali piracy. Here are eight differences between Nigerian and Somali piracy that every mariner, policymaker, journalist and armchair

By Mike Wackett The success of Maersk Line in cutting its unit cost by a massive $390 per 40ft unit in the third quarter was the silver bullet that

Norway's Havyard Group said Monday it has secured a contract for the design and construction of a new icebreaking AHTS for the Russian shipping company

Carnival Cruise Lines' newly transformed 3006-passenger Carnival Sunshine was scheduled to depart this afternoon on its inaugural voyage from New Orleans

Eastern Shipbuilding has announced the recent launch of the HOS BAYOU (Hull 205), the fifth of ten Diesel-Electric, twin Z-drive HOSMAX OSV's being built for

There’s certainly no substitute to eating fresh, unfrozen fish immediately after catch, particularly if it’s tuna and you happen to have some

  According to the American Red Cross, around 10 million people across 40 provinces have been affected by Typhoon Haiyan, with as many as 600,000 people

Dry bulk shipping firm Star Bulk Carriers (Nasdaq: SBLK), announced today signed agreements to acquire two recently-built Ultramax bulk carriers, the M/V

By Maria Tsvetkova ST PETERSBURG, Russia, Nov 18 (Reuters) – A Russian court granted bail on Monday to one of 30 people held in pre-trial detention over

Jasminia, a semi-submersible accommodation vessel owned by Prosafe, will remain offshore Mexico under contract by Cotemar Group until the end of 2015 according

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter EAGLE is seen on a foggy Sunday morning at the Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore, Maryland, November 17,

Russia handed over a $2.3 billion aircraft carrier to India on Saturday after years of delays, extending the South Asian country's maritime reach in the Indian

OSLO, Nov 17 (Reuters) – Firefighters put out a blaze on a cargo ship loaded with military jet fuel early on Sunday, 13 hours after it broke out during

In an emailed statement today from the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, a.k.a MEND, the Americans kidnapped from the Edison Chouest-owned

By any other account, an event such as this would call for a celebration or something, but the recent float-out of the M/V Maribo Maersk was really just

Damen has announced today that their  67-meter, ridiculously over-the-top seagoing toy hauler (Fast Yacht Support vessel) M/Y GARÇON, has won the

Royal Caribbean says propulsion issue onboard the Allure of the Seas has forced the company to cancel at least one sailing so that repairs can be

Nov 15 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, which gauges the cost of shipping bulk commodities such as iron ore, grain, coal

Nov. 15 (Bloomberg) — South Korea, the world’s second-largest buyer of liquefied natural gas, boosted imports of the fuel by 19 percent in October

Teekay’s Manager of Research, Christian Waldegrave notes that following the past few months of weakness within the crude tanker market as a result of

By Greg Torode HONG KONG, Nov 15 (Reuters) – While the navies of the United States and its allies rushed to the aid of the typhoon-hit Philippines, a

By Gary Robertson NORFOLK, Va., Nov 14 (Reuters) – The last of the Somali pirates convicted of killing four Americans aboard a yacht sailing off the Horn

Researches in the UK say they are closely monitoring a massive iceberg that recently broke off from Antarctica, but not because of the ramifications it has on