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(Bloomberg) Rates for ships hauling coal and grains posted the longest losing streak on record as the merchant fleet’s largest glut magnified seasonal

(Reuters) STX Pan Ocean – owner of 97 bulk vessels, 249 chartered-in ships and open contracts for 28 newbuilds – filed for court receivership on

(Reuters) Russia has deployed a naval unit to the Mediterranean Sea, it said on Thursday, a move President Vladimir Putin said was to defend Russian security

The Mississippi River was reopened on Thursday along a five-mile stretch near St. Louis as waters receded after one of the worst floods on record halted barge

Britain's competition watchdog has barred France's Groupe Eurotunnel from docking its ferries at Dover for at least two years over purchase of three

Here is a video showing the explosive moment the Norwegian navy blew up one of its own ships to test out their latest long-range

Rates to ship iron ore rose by the most in almost a month on speculation demand remains high even as a surplus of vessels keeps earnings below operating

A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S fell in Copenhagen trading after Jefferies Group LLC said the world’s largest shipping line may report losses at the end of the

Wärtsilä announced today they have won the design contract for a large heavy construction vessel (HCV) to be built at Hyundai Heavy Industries for Subsea 7.

Marlink announced that Stolt Tankers has chosen the Sealink Global Ku-band VSAT service to upgrade its entire fleet of deep sea and regional tankers.

NOAA Fisheries Service is seeking comments on its proposal to make permanent the rules it implemented five years ago to reduce the number of collisions between

Four massive new ship-to-shore cranes arrived at Georgia Ports Authority’s Garden City Terminal on Wednesday, bringing the total number of

Shipping magnate John Fredriksen sees no quick turnaround on the market for crude oil tankers, but is more optimistic about the outlook for other arms of his

The offshore industry is “a legitimate child” of the marriage between oil and gas as well as maritime companies, says Sturla Henriksen, Director

Demand growth in the container- shipping industry probably won’t return to pre-crisis levels in the coming years as the pace of globalization slows,

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Rates to ship liquefied natural gas will benefit from the startup of the Angola LNG export facility as vessels dedicated to the project stop competing for spot

Here at gCaptain we typically hold off on the recreational fishing videos for the good ones... and this happens to be one of

While at the NorShipping conference in Olso, Rolls-Royce signed a contract with Bergen Tankers AS today to convert the Lloyd’s Register-classed chemical

June 4 (Bloomberg) — Shipping faces $500 billion in extra costs to meet environmental legislation at a time when a rout in rates has become so severe

Oslo-based shipping firm Belships ASA has placed an order for two fuel efficient Supramax bulk carriers from Imabari Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. The design provided

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Ulstein Group's next generation, harsh environment IMR vessel, M/V Seven Viking, has taken home the prestigious "Ship of The Year" award at the 2013

Congress will take a close look at the Pentagon’s $34 billion Littoral Combat Ship program and may consider restrictions on the Navy’s $2 billion

Over the weekend we posted a somewhat scary video of a cameraman getting a face full of wood at a unidentified ship launch. The video quickly went viral, but