Maersk and the Dutch non-profit The Ocean Cleanup are extending their partnership to rid the world’s ocean of plastic pollution. Founded in 2013, The Ocean Cleanup’s mission is to develop...

By David Shepardson, Alexandra Alper and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON, Jan 14 (Reuters) – The United States announced sanctions on Chinese state-owned enterprise and military officials on Thursday and added Chinese...

By Lucia Kassai (Bloomberg) — The island nation of Palau says a tanker that recently loaded Venezuelan crude was using a false signal to disguise its identity, potentially putting the Pacific...

By Enda Curran and Brendan Murray (Bloomberg) — Shocks to supply chains are engulfing a wider swath of the global economy as the pandemic rages on, threatening to stifle Asia’s trade-led...

By Umberto Bacchi Jan 13 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Just 100 companies account for most of the profits from the world’s seas, researchers said on Wednesday, calling on them to...

International classification society DNV GL has announced plans to change it name to DNV. The current name has been in place since the 2013 merger between DNV (Det Norske Veritas)...

Norwegian energy giant Equinor has been selected to develop two large offshore wind farms off New York State in what is said to be one of the largest renewable energy...

The first ship in the U.S. Navy’s new class of fleet replenishment oilers has been launched at General Dynamics NASSCO in San Diego. The John Lewis-class oilers will provide underway...

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Jan 13 (Reuters) – A group of leading investors on Wednesday called for an end to a crisis involving hundreds of thousands of seafarers stuck on...

Crew kidnappings in the Gulf of Guinea surged to a new record in 2020, the International Maritime Bureau reported in its annual piracy report. Worldwide, the IMB Piracy Reporting Centre...

By William Mathis (Bloomberg) — Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA and Siemens Energy AG plan to spend 120 million euros ($146 million) to figure out how to generate hydrogen from wind...

By Anna Shiryaevskaya, Andy Hoffman, Stephen Stapczynski and Sergio Chapa (Bloomberg) — After years building out export capacity and hiring traders, producers of liquefied natural gas and commodity trading houses are...

By Ellen Francis (Reuters) – Interpol has issued red notices for the captain and owner of the ship that carried the chemicals which devastated Beirut in an explosion in August, killing 200...

A search involving U.S. Coast Guard, Navy and good samaritan vessels is continuing for 10 missing crew members of from an abandoned Taiwanese fishing vessel approximately 550 miles off the...

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Jan 12 (Reuters) – The cost of shipping liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United States to Asia hit a record high on Tuesday as appetite for the...

Qatari natural gas company Qatargas has announced the first ship-to-ship (STS) transfer of a liquefied natural gas involving one of its Q-Flex LNG carriers. The operation involved the Qatargas-chartered ‘Mesaimeer’...

By Richard Lough BOULOGNE-SUR-MER, France, Jan 12 (Reuters) – French fishmongers and seafood factories are suspending orders from Britain and battling to salvage just-in-time supply chains, after they were upended...

By Stephen Stapczynski and Anna Shiryaevskaya (Bloomberg) — North Asia’s liquefied natural gas benchmark rose above $30 per million British Thermal units for the first time, breaking a barrier that few...

By Nerijus Adomaitis OSLO, Jan 12 (Reuters) – Norway’s oil and gas reserves have made it one of the world’s wealthiest countries but its dreams for deep-sea discovery now center...

Nor-Shipping has pushed its planned June 2021 conference to January 2022 amid impacts the COVID-19 pandemic. The conference says its decision to postpone the event is part of an effort...