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Feb. 11 (Bloomberg) — Total SA began life as Cie Francaise des Petroles, or CFP, almost a century ago. Thirty years since changing its name, the French

By Surfline/Buoyweather Chief Meteorologist Mark Willis By now you have likely seen the media coverage of Jose Salvador’s story. If not, Jose is the famous

U.S. federal prosecutors are dropping their case against a Somali man who was accused of negotiating a $1.7 million ransom payment for the release of the CEC

A general cargo ship carrying timber from Romania to Turkey has sunk in the Black Sea but not before all eleven crewmembers safely abandoned the vessel in life

A captain's "reckless decision to sail into the well-forecasted path of Hurricane Sandy" was the probable cause of the sinking of a ship off the North Carolina

New Zealand summoned Japan's ambassador on Monday to protest the entry of a Japanese whaling ship into its exclusive economic zone (EEZ), after clashes earlier

80 tons of fuel oil spilled into the already dirty waters around Singapore today after the Liberia-flagged containership “Hammonia Thracium” and

In December 2006, Dockwise’s heavy lift vessel, Mighty Servant 3 was offloading the semi-submersible drilling rig Aleutian Key in the port of Luanda,

By Aubrey Belford KUPANG, Indonesia, Feb 10 (Reuters) – On New Year’s day, 45 asylum seekers in a ramshackle wooden boat slid ashore on a small

In an emailed statement this morning, Maersk Tankers announced their plans exercise their option to order an additional two medium range product tankers from

Rome harshly criticized an Indian decision to try two Italian marines accused of killing two fisherman under an anti-piracy and anti-terrorism act, in a case

An Iranian naval officer said a number of warships had been ordered to approach U.S. maritime borders as a response to the stationing of U.S. vessels in the

Check out this infographic from A.P. Moller – Maersk Group about their record breaking Triple-E

Icy waters on the Illinois River brought barge traffic to a virtual halt this week, slowing transportation of grains and other raw materials to export

The companies working to widen the Panama Canal and the waterway's administrator on Friday each made new proposals aimed at reviving the multibillion dollar

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin announced on Saturday that Russia’s Ministry of Defense had given Rosneft the approval to go ahead with a

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The U.K. Ministry of Defense is inviting interested parties to bid on two former Royal Navy destroyers being sold for

Japan’s MOL has begun legal action against the shipbuilder of the ill-fated 8,100 teu MOL Comfort, which sank in July last

gCaptain reader Andrew Mackinnon sends us the following image today from Port Phillip, Australia of the Boskalis-Dockwise heavy lift vessel Blue Marlin,