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– By Neville Smith Like their shipbuilding and shipowning clients, classification societies are contending with tough market conditions and an uncertain

Three port employees have been injured following an accident in the Port of Gdynia, following a collision between the Swedish ferry, Stena Spirit, and an arm

HONG KONG -(Dow Jones)- Orient Overseas (International) Ltd. (0316.HK) plans to raise rates again for container shipments for the north-Europe-to-Asia route

ABS says it has been selected by Ensco as the class society for a new advanced-capability, ultra deepwater drillship to be built at the Samsung Heavy

Rolls-Royce announced today they have secured a £6 million contract to provide an integrated design, power & propulsion and equipment systems package for

BP has placed an ordered for four new platform support vessels (PSVs) to support its operations in the North Sea, specifically in West of Shetland (WoS) and

(Dow Jones) Teekay Corp. (TK) swung to a first-quarter profit, due primarily to derivative gains, as the tanker-ship company’s revenue grew more than

Hanson-Wade’s Sara Patela speaks with Tony Foster, Marine Safety Superintendent/DPA and CSO at Gardline Marine Sciences on the subject of piracy off

On May 11, NYK accepted delivery of the Taharoa Destiny, a new 175,000 DWT class vessel dedicated to the transport of iron sand slurry from New Zealand. Never

SINGAPORE – Sembcorp Marine’s subsidiary Sembawang Shipyard, located on the northern tip of Singapore, has secured three major upgrade and

– by Deepak Johar, General Manager for Wilhelmsen Ships Service, India As local fuel supplies dwindle and the Indian subcontinent’s power demands

She has been forward deployed to the US 7th Fleet for a dozen years and was scheduled to finally arrive back to San Diego tomorrow, however instead of telling

As we saw yesterday, the European Union’s Naval force, known as EUNAVFOR, has conducted its first airstrikes on pirate targets along the beaches in

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/42291773[/vimeo] Video courtesy of NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program In crystal clear high definition video, NOAA’s Little

In about two months, energy supermajor Royal Dutch Shell gained a Facebook following of almost 1 million.  The world’s largest shipping company, Maersk,

Maritime Safety Committee (MSC), 90th session, 16 to 25 May 2012 (High-level segment on arms on board) Opening address by IMO Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu

KUALA LUMPUR – A unique contract was signed yesterday between Dutch naval architecture firm, Groot Ship Design, South Korea’s Sungdong shipyard,

Fairstar Heavy Transport N.V. (FAIR) announced today the award of  a new contract to transport the jack-up drilling rig OFFSHORE VIGILANT from Port of Spain,

COPENHAGEN (Dow Jones)–Danish oil and shipping conglomerate A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S is increasingly optimistic that its container-shipping arm Maersk

French oil major Total, announced that their well intervention efforts at the North Sea Elgin complex were successful in finally halting the flow of gas from

Singapore-based Otto Marine Ltd announced today that it has secured USD $16.6 million in ship chartering contracts from an undisclosed client for two AHTS

The UK’s Air Accidents Investigation Branch  (AAIB) released an interim Service Bulletin this morning regarding the investigation into the controlled

Notorious Sea Shepherd captain Paul Watson was arrested Saturday in Germany and is likely facing extradition to Costa Rica where he could be charged with

The Department of Defense will begin funding an Office of Naval Research (ONR)- sponsored project aimed at developing Web applications to help multinational

The rain yesterday beaded up perfectly on every square inch of the US Coast Guard’s latest Sentinel-class cutter, the USCGC Bernard C. Webber.