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The U.S. Bristow Group announced today that the United Kingdom has awarded its British affiliate a new contract to provide civilian Search and Rescue services

Overall confidence levels in the shipping industry recovered to their highest level in two years in the three months ending February 2013, according to the

On Tuesday, SpaceX’s Dragon capsule detached from the International Space Station at 3:56am PT and splashed down safely almost 6 hours later about 200

By Steve Scherer ROME, March 26 (Reuters) – Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi resigned on Tuesday over his government’s decision to return two

A jump in scrubber orders for Alfa Laval and Wartsila reflects a general trend of higher uptake of these systems. Finland’s Wartsila has received about

Brazilian shipbuilding and ship-leasing company OSX Brasil SA is in the process of raising a $265 million short-term loan due in 2014 from foreign investors to

March 26 (Bloomberg) — Rates for Panamax ships carrying grains ended their longest rally in a decade amid speculation demand temporarily declined before

As forewarned in December, Chinese shipbuilder Rongsheng Heavy Industries, posted a 2012 loss of USD $92 million, the opposite of the $90 million profit they

(Bloomberg) — India’s JSW Group, controlled by the billionaire Jindal family, plans to spend 40 billion rupees ($736 million) to build its first

(Bloomberg) — John Fredriksen, the richest shipping investor, is spending $2.6 billion on the biggest fleet of fuel-efficient ships in history, betting

At the Connecticut Maritime Association conference last week in Stamford, Connecticut, I sat down with Peter Evensen, President and CEO of Vancouver-based

The U.S. Coast Guard has taken delivery of its fifth Fast Response Cutter (FRC) from Bollinger Shipyards in Lockport, Louisiana. The 154-foot cutter, named the

With all the bad press Carnival has been receiving lately, we figured they could use some good PR for once. Over the weekend Carnival Cruise’s Carnival

Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Imabari Shipbuilding Co. have teamed up on a new company aimed at the large-scale design and marketing of

Talks of a merger between Germany’s largest container shipping companies have been suspended because terms of a deal could not be reached. Oetker Group,

SINGAPORE, March 25 (Reuters) – Demand for low sulphur bunker fuel in Singapore is expected to rise at least 20 percent this year, following tighter

According to Robert Bugbee, President of Scorpio Tankers, the answer to the eco-ship question can perhaps be found by considering the question, “Do you

(Bloomberg) — Centrica Plc, the U.K.’s largest household energy supplier, signed a 20-year deal to import natural gas from the U.S., securing

I suppose after racing on this boat, everyone on board can safely say that they’ve hit the pinnacle of their sailing career. I mean, what else could

NEW YORK, March 24 (Reuters) – Shares of cargo ship operator Seacor Holdings could climb as oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico picks up, according to a

March 22 (Bloomberg) — Iceland, which issued its first oil and gas exploration licenses this year, will probably order more supply vessels from Norway as

By Daniel Fineren DUBAI, March 24 (Reuters) – Three big Qatari liquefied natural gas (LNG) deliveries should help replenish vital heating supplies for

By Balazs Koranyi and Victoria Klesty OSLO, March 24 (Reuters) – Middle East-style oil wealth combined with a generous Nordic welfare model is slowly

123 new jobs were posted on gCaptain this week… here they are: Ships Operations Officer – Chief Mate – Galveston, TX Marine Surveyor- Nigeria

By Joe Bavier ABIDJAN, March 23 (Reuters) – Ivory Coast has named a consortium of French industrial groups Bollore and Bouygues and Denmark’s