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With its entire fleet under a microscope, Carnival Corporation said Friday that another one of its cruise ships, the Carnival Legend, is experiencing technical

The U.S. Navy-contracted vessels Jascon 25 and the tugboat Archon Tide are positioned next to the Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship ex-Guardian (MCM 5)

(Bloomberg) — Prosafe SE fell the most in almost seven months in Oslo as a share sale equivalent to 5.7 percent of the company outweighed the effect of

(Bloomberg) — A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S, owner of the world’s largest container line, rose the most in 10 days in Copenhagen trading after freight

By Bibhudatta Pradhan (Bloomberg) — India’s top court told the Italian ambassador to New Delhi not to leave the country without its permission as

By Alister Bull WASHINGTON, March 14 (Reuters) – The United States slapped financial sanctions on Thursday on a Greek businessman it says secretly

By Colleen Jenkins and Phil Wahba March 14 (Reuters) – A Carnival Cruise Lines ship with 5,600 passengers and crew was stuck at a Caribbean port with

Update 1 – Statement from Florida Harbor Pilots Association added While boarding the Pipit Arrow, a 656-foot bulk carrier at the Panama City, FL sea

Norwegian shipbuilder Kleven Maritime and designer Marin Teknikk have secured what they are calling a “landmark new contract” to design and build

Building on the success of the world’s only monohulled, DP3 accommodation vessel, the Edda Fides, Edda Accommodation says it is building new ship that

РBy Dominique Labb̩, in collaboration with Simon Lebrun This content is an extract of an interview by the Human Resources Sectorial Committee of the

On Tuesday, 12 March, Dr. Han Wenke, the Director General of China’s Energy Research Institute (ERI), part of the National Development and Reform

By Randy Fabi JAKARTA, March 14 (Reuters) – Indonesia’s leading oil and gas shipper PT Berlian Laju Tanker reached a deal with creditors to

(Bloomberg) — Exxon Mobil Corp., the largest U.S. oil company, said North America may be able to export 15 percent of its natural gas output and 5

At 396-meters long and weighing in at a 250,000 tonnes, you’d think that having to do an emergency tow of the world’s largest containership would

Update: The fire has reportedly reduced in size by approximately 30 percent, and there are no reports of oil in the water.  The Coast Guard says that

MSS Global, as an accredited certification body recognized by the private security industry, has selected the first two Private Maritime Security Companies

By Kyunghee Park (Bloomberg) — Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., the world’s second-largest shipbuilder, is bidding to build jackup

Prosafe, a Cyprus-based owner and operator of semi-submersible accommodation vessels, announced today they have has been awarded a USD $137.5

After reporting two straight years of losses, and nearly 24 months without a single shipbuilding contract, Singapore-based Otto Marine has just been awarded a

d’Amico International Shipping S.A. announced yesterday the signing of new build contracts with Hyundai Mipo Dockyard for a pair of 50,000 DWT Medium

LR-classed Alexandros and Aristotelis are the first of five new 5,000 teu super-efficient new ships, all to be delivered from HHI Gunsan by June 2013, that

CORK, IRELAND – Chemical and product tanker specialist Ardmore Shipping has named the two newest vessels to join its fleet, the Ardmore Seavaliant and

(Bloomberg) — China Cosco Holdings Co., the nation’s biggest shipping company, may raise as much as 27 billion yuan ($4.3 billion) selling assets

Lockheed Martin on Tuesday announced plans to develop and manufacture liquified natural gas fuel tanks for initial use on ships as the defense and aerospace