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May 18 (Bloomberg) — The conditional approval of a natural gas export terminal in Texas doesn’t necessarily open the floodgates for overseas sales

Safe Bulkers Inc. (SB) is a rare gem among the doom and gloom surrounding high-profile dry-cargo shipping companies.  SB owns a fleet of 26 dry-cargo vessels,

Transocean Ltd. shareholders voted in favor of one of billionaire investor Carl Icahn’s three board nominees, while rejecting his proposal for a

Four people have been arrested in Singapore after authorities acted on information pertaining to illegal bunkering activities in the country earlier this

As Congressman Lankford seemed to hint this week, good news was on its

IMO has taken the controversial decision to consider delaying the implementation of tighter limits for nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions from ships operating in

Nigeria LNG has declared force majeure on LNG exports from its 22 million tonnes-a-year terminal after a leak at a Royal Dutch Shell

A.P. Moller-Maersk is "100 percent certain" it can more than double freight rates in July despite market weakness that has seen prices fall by a third since

The cost of shipping LPG headed for the biggest weekly gain on record as surging U.S. exports of the cooking fuel and chemicals feedstock sap vessel

Deal signed to support the development, financing and construction of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility at the site of the Cameron LNG receipt

Gas carriers accounted for the highest share of total shipping investment last year since 2005, according to Clarkson Plc, the world’s largest

Investors in Songa Offshore (SONG:OSLO) reacted positively today to comments made by interim CEO and Chairman of the Board, Jens A Wilhelmsen.  Share prices

(Bloomberg) — Rates for iron-ore carriers fell for a sixth day on speculation Chinese steel mills are drawing on stockpiles instead of imports, according

Ships are seen anchored in Karnafuli river before cyclone Mahasen approaches in Chittagong May 16, 2013.

Six Russian crewmembers killed in fire in port of Wakkanai in

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) announced today an agreement with Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, to build a Sayaendo-series liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier.

d’Amico International Shipping S.A. (Borsa Italiana: DIS), announced today that it has exercised its option to purchase two additional 50,000 DWT

While not many of us were noticing, the U.S. Navy was off the coast of Virginia on Tuesday, changing the game of naval aviation forever.

A $180 million contract to dredge Miami's harbor was awarded to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock on Thursday, part of a plan to deepen the port channel to handle

May 15 (Bloomberg) — Hapag-Lloyd AG, Europe’s fourth- largest container-shipping line, said its first-quarter loss almost halved as freight rates