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A final report from the UK's Maritime Accident Investigation Branch has revealed that poor watchkeeping, driven by complacency, led to a March 2012 collision

The U.S. Navy and Austal USA on Wednesday held a keel laying ceremony for the future USS Montgomery, the U.S. Navy's eighth littoral combat ship

A surface-to-surface missile that can simultaneously destroy multiple "fast attack craft" with a single button push? I can think of one use for

West and central African nations have agreed to create a regional centre for coordinating the fight against a sharp rise in piracy in the Gulf of Guinea that

Horizon Lines on Wednesday revealed some information about its plans to convert two of its steam-powered cargo vessels to dual fuel engines capable of burning

Commerzbank on Wednesday sought to reassure investors that it is not selling assets in a value destructive manner in response to market speculation about a

Technip announced today they have been awarded a lump sum contract by Statoil for pipelay and subsea installation work on the Snøhvit CO2 Solution project.

A tug has commenced towing of the forward section of the MOL Comfort towards the Arabian Gulf.

By Michele Kambas NICOSIA, June 26 (Reuters) – Aiming for energy hub status and hoping to reboot an economy hobbled by a debt bailout – Cyprus

New Singapore office and equipment will allow Crowley to better service customers in the region.

A group of students studying Marine Engineering at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands have teamed up with Damen Shipyards and others on the

Rising water on the Mississippi River will force the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to close numerous locks on the major shipping waterway for the second time

An interesting trend in recent years has been the increase in high spec supply vessels ordered to service the offshore oil and gas industry, in addition to

Assuming everything goes as planned, the Costa Concordia shipwreck should be upright by the end of

Carnival Corp. said Micky Arison will step down as chief executive officer after 34 years as the company splits the CEO and chairman

The mysterious Chinese businessman behind a $40 billion plan to build a canal through Nicaragua pledged transparency on Tuesday -- but refused to reveal where

Norwegian Car Carriers ASA (NOCC) is working with the Japanese Coast Guard to determine if one of their vessels was involved in a possibly fatal collision with

June 25 (Bloomberg) — The biggest jump in shipping rates since September is spurring speculation that demand from Chinese steelmakers is rebounding after

At South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME), first steel was cut yesterday for the hull of Petronas’ first Floating

June 25 (Bloomberg) — Oil & Natural Gas Corp. and Oil India Ltd., India’s biggest state-run explorers, will pay $2.5 billion to buy a stake in

Bollinger Shipyards delivered the DP 2-classed Ocean Sky today, the fourth Ocean Class tugs for Jacksonville-based Crowley Maritime Corporation. The first two

Europe's cruise lines managed to eke out growth in 2012 despite a difficult economy and lingering memories of the Costa Concordia disaster, luring new

The not-for-profit, non-partisan advocacy group, United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI), has announced the launch of an around-the-clock Iranian vessel tracking

Rates to ship iron ore extended the year’s biggest rally on speculation Brazil expanded exports as Chinese steel mills, the biggest buyers, rebuild

Clean tanker rates for refined petroleum products on top export routes were mostly softer on Monday although firmer bookings boosted earnings in the