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Just weeks away from the planned departure of the Costa Concordia hulk from Giglio and a final decision regarding its destination is yet to be

Bermuda-based GasLog (NYSE:GLOG) announced Wednesday a first-time order for two new LNG carriers from South Korea's Hyundai Heavy

The recent hijacking cases of coastal product tankers in South East Asia for the theft of their cargoes represents a diversification of the threat rather than

French offshore services company Bourbon Offshore has announced the delivery of the groups 500th

The U.S. Commerce Department opened the door to more U.S. oil exports as long as the crude is lightly processed, tempering the impact of a law that’s banned

They say 90% of all goods are transported by sea, a staggering number that is only possible thanks to the hard work and dedication of the world’s estimated

Keppel Shipyard announced today they have signed a conditional contract with Golar LNG to perform the world’s first-of-its-type conversion of an existing

With utilization of only 37 percent so far this year due to maintenance and repairs, Total has had enough of the Skandi Aker, a 2010-built well intervention

Lawyers for bankrupt Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd on Tuesday insisted the dry bulk shipper is not being undervalued during the closing of a trial pitting the

The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board has issued a Marine Accident Brief into the April 2013 aliision of the Dale A. Heller tow with Illinois’

Some shocking video footage has been released on Youtube showing a passenger falling overboard from an MSC cruise ship during a World Cup soccer cruise in

Carnival Corp, the world's largest cruise operator, forecast an adjusted profit below market estimates for the current quarter, blaming increased competition

Japanese shipbuilder Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. plans to construct gas carriers abroad as it strives to lower costs and take market share from Korean

Nautilus Holdings Ltd., owner of a 16-vessel container shipping fleet, filed for bankruptcy protection in New York, citing a drop in charter

By Todd White June 24 (Bloomberg) — Repsol SA’s plans to explore for oil off the Spanish Canary Islands in a $10 billion project won backing from the

Maersk Drilling has ordering the world’s first 20,000 PSI-rated blow out preventers from GE Oil and Gas today. These giant stacks of milled steel,

Singapore-listed Pan Ocean Co. Ltd placed an order today with an undisclosed shipyard for two new Capesize bulk carriers for a total consideration of KRW 57.4

Norway is a particularly interesting country in that it has a very personal connection to the sea, as many of its communities are interspersed between deep

Singapore-based KrisEnergy Ltd. announced today they have contracted Shelf Drilling’s Key Gibraltar jack-up for a 6-month drilling drilling campaign in

The engine to power the first of TOTE’s new “Marlin-class” dual fuel containerships is currently underway to the General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard in San