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Athens-based containership owner/operator, Costamare Inc. (NYSE: CMRE) announced today that it has purchased the 15 year-old, 2,458 TEU container vessel

(Bloomberg) — Samsung Heavy Industries Co. plans to offer 500 billion won ($440 million) of bonds next month as South Korean shipyards sell a record

Seadrill Ltd.’s (SDRL, SDRL.OS) second-quarter earnings fell 14% as higher operating expenses masked the Norwegian oil-services company’s rise in

SINGAPORE–Triyards Holdings, a unit of offshore services provider Ezra Holdings, has been granted conditional eligibility to list on the mainboard of

The tow boat Major General John Peabody uses to survey his domain as regional head of the Corps of Engineers couldn’t stop last week in Greenville,

I think I might have run into this guy a bar in Rio a few years back, or perhaps it was at that tiki hut in Saipan… Anyone ever

My name is Kumi Naidoo. I’m from Africa. I’m the executive director of Greenpeace International. I am participating in this action to draw

MOSCOW–OAO Gazprom (GAZP.RS) said Greenpeace activists who climbed onto its Prirazlomnaya offshore oil platform in the Arctic early Friday are not

The final three of six new ZPMC super-post Panamax cranes arrived at the Port of Seattle in late July aboard the heavy lift semi-submersible, Zhen Hua 23,

The Port of Miami on Friday announced that it has struck a deal with the U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers that allows for a massive dredging project to go

MS Zaandam is named for the city of Zaandam, Netherlands near Amsterdam. It was built by Italy’s Fincantieri yard in Venice and was delivered

Greenpeace activists scaled OAO Gazprom’s Prirazlomnaya platform in the Arctic to protest drilling plans on Russia’s first major oil project in the

Shipping lines that carry generators and giant trucks for General Electric Co. and BHP Billiton Ltd. are becoming takeover targets amid a lack of funding for

Hellenic Carriers Limited (AIM: HCL), an international provider of marine transportation services for dry bulk cargoes, announced today that, in continuation

The Saudi Port Authority has recently taken delivery of three Robert Allan designed RAmparts 3200-W tugs. The tugs, named Rasalkir 1, Rasalkir 2 and Rasalkir

The U.S. Navy on Wednesday announced that it has established a board of vice admirals tasked with tackling issues that have arisen from the often contested LCS

Asian refiners will reduce imports of West African crude in September by 9.4 percent from August to near the lowest level this year, a survey of six traders

HNLMS Evertsen (F805) a Dutch De Zeven Provinciën-class frigate conducts a high speed turn while operating in the Gulf of Aden. Powered by

‘Fishing Without Nets’ is an interesting short film on Somali pirates. While it is a fictional story shot in Kenya, you’d probably believe it

Contract negotiations between dockworkers and employers at U.S. East and Gulf Coast ports have turned frosty, raising the specter of labor unrest during the