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Vale mega ship called at a port in eastern China this week, marking the first entry of the vessels since Beijing banned them in January

(Bloomberg) — Woodside Petroleum Ltd., Australia’s second-largest oil producer, said first-quarter sales increased 21 percent, boosted by its A$15

The message continues to apply: "If you see something, say

At the outset, this might appear as a setback for the fledgling company. But on a cash-flow basis, the company has fared much better or, to be exact, less

Part of a broader $700 million fleet improvement plan by Carnival Corp.

Iron ore output expanding 11 percent this quarter will help increase shipping rates, according to Fearnley Securities

More than 200 striking dock workers have set up shop outside the headquarters of Asia's richest

(Bloomberg) — Demand to ship liquefied natural gas declined last quarter as export volumes shrank, according to RS Platou Markets AS, the

The crew from Swedish Ocean Patrol Vessel HSwMS Carlskrona has been busy conducting counter piracy patrols along the coast of

Work towards the design of an AT/B dredge at Signal International has been stopped at request of Great Lakes Dredge and Dock... and let's just say Signal is

The $662 million contract will span a minimum of three years, plus an option for a one-year

Royal Caribbean International on Tuesday unveiled the long awaited details of the company's new generation Quantum-class

The U.S. Coast Guard announced Tuesday the acceptance of nine ballast water treatment systems as Alternate Management Systems

Should people pay for rescue when it's their fault?

Italy opposed on Tuesday India's decision to appoint its anti-terrorism agency to investigate the case of Italian marines accused of killing two fishermen,

(Bloomberg) — Japanese shipping lines, buffeted by a decline in freight rates, are set to get a more than $500 million boost to their earnings from a

It’s been a good couple days for Samsung Heavy Industries. After winning an order for two LNG carriers yesterday, they have just announced another big

Samsung Heavy Industries added another 462.3 billion won ($409.38 million) to their backlog today with the order of a pair of LNG carriers for a Joint

Huntington Ingalls Industries announced Monday a milestone in the construction of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) with the

“How long can smaller, less well-known owners, especially ones with only one ship, continue to run their grand and less than grand old ladies?”

By Edward Klump (Bloomberg) — Freeport LNG Development LP may get expanded approval from the U.S. Energy Department to export liquefied natural gas in

By Christopher Palmeri (Bloomberg) — Carnival Corp., bowing to pressure from U.S. Senator Jay Rockefeller, said it will reimburse the U.S. for costs

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has uncovered 400 boxes of butchered anteaters from a cargo hold of the Chinese fishing vessel that ran aground on Tubbataha

By Silvia Ognibene GROSSETO, Italy, April 15 (Reuters) – An Italian judge began hearing a request on Monday to send the former captain of the Costa

Since May 2010, Transocean’s Cajun Express has been drilling offshore Brazil for Petrobras at a healthy day-rate of $517k per day. UK-based energy firm