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ROME, Feb 1 (Reuters) – A Spanish diver died on Saturday during work to salvage the Costa Concordia cruise liner, which capsized off the Italian island

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A cargo ship sank off the coast of Yemen killing all 12 crew, the Interior Ministry said on

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International shipping company, Clipper Group, says it has achieved an overall fuel savings of about 8.5% from a new bulbous bow recently installed on a

Heavy lift owner/operator Dockwise, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Netherlands-based Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis), has ended the first month of

By Eric Sabo Jan. 31 (Bloomberg) — It’s an overcast morning as the Zim Shanghai squeezes through the narrows locks near the eastern end of the Panama

The Caribbean Princess cruise ship is returning to Houston early this morning after 165 passengers fell ill with norovirus, the same intestinal disorder that

On January 31, 2014, the semi-submersible heavy lift Ro-Ro "Rolldock Storm" (Yard No. 759) was launched before a crowd at Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft

Australia’s largest livestock exporter, Wellard Rural Exports, said Thursday that their flagship carrier, the MV Ocean Drover, broke down in the Indian Ocean

The owner of Seward Ship’s Drydock has signed a letter of intent to sell the assets of the Seward, Alaska, shipyard company to Vigor

Australia's Great Barrier Reef watchdog gave the green light on Friday for millions of cubic metres of dredged mud to be dumped near the fragile reef to create

Swiss offshore shipowner Promar Shipping Services has pulled the trigger today on an order for two new 3300 dwt platform supply vessels from Damen Shipyards

Earlier this morning news of a broken down livestock ship got many people wondering what it's like to work on such a ship. Well, here's a

By Arno Schuetze and Andreas Kröner FRANKFURT, Jan 30 (Reuters) – As the European Central Bank prepares to test the resilience of the region’s

As Arctic ice melts away, opening the way for greater oil development and mining, the White House outlined a plan on Thursday to promote safety and security in

Royal Dutch Shell Plc Chief Executive Officer Ben van Beurden promised to slash capital spending and accelerate asset sales to revive earnings at Europe’s

Five suspected pirates arrived in Seychelles on Wednesday to be prosecuted following an unsuccessful attack in the Gulf of Aden earlier this

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore is coordinating the containment and clean-up of two oil spills following two separate collisions south of Jurong

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration has announced that the United State's six state maritime academies will receive $1 million