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Top U.S. military leaders including Admiral Brad Cooper, the head of Central Command, will brief President Donald Trump later on Thursday on potential military

The US is seeking forfeiture of two Iran-linked oil tankers seized by naval forces enforcing a blockade against the Islamic Republic, according to a senior

Why America’s Cargo Demand Is Building Maritime Capacity Everywhere but at Home By Bruce Kimbrell (Policy Op-Ed)   I spent last week at the Sea-Air-Space

Three years after bankrupt retailer Bed Bath & Beyond accused Orient Overseas Container Line of auctioning off contracted vessel space to higher-paying

Donald Trump discussed how to mitigate the impact of a possible months-long U.S. blockade of Iran's ports with oil companies, a White House official said on

The U.S. Navy has awarded HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding a $283 million contract to begin lead yard support work for the Navy’s new FF(X) frigate program,

Thorium, an abundant and largely overlooked radioactive metal, is emerging as the fuel of a new generation of compact molten salt reactors that could transform

A fully-laden Japan-linked oil tanker completed a rare transit of the Strait of Hormuz, as the effective closure of the waterway to most international traffic

Halifax Shipyard has launched the first Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship built for the Canadian Coast Guard, marking the latest milestone in Canada’s National

A federal appeals court has upheld a closely watched Federal Maritime Commission ruling against Evergreen Marine over container detention

The U.S. Treasury Department has issued new sanctions guidance warning that payments to Iran or the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps for so-called “safe

A 29-year-old Iranian supertanker has appeared at Kharg Island after years off the radar, a sign that Tehran could be using retired ships to keep loading oil

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday urged Iran to 'get smart soon' and sign a deal, following days of deadlock in efforts to end the conflict and a media

Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday released a joint statement with five Latin American and Caribbean governments backing Panama’s sovereignty

U.S. forces boarded a commercial vessel in the Arabian Sea on Monday as Washington stepped up enforcement of its blockade on Iranian ports, with U.S. Central

The United Nations Security Council heard urgent calls Monday to restore freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, as world leaders warned

The Trump administration’s decision to extend its broad Jones Act waiver another 90 days is drawing mounting opposition across the U.S. maritime sector, with

The United Arab Emirates said on Tuesday it was quitting OPEC, dealing a heavy blow to the oil producers' group as an unprecedented energy crisis triggered

 Two months into a war with the U.S. and Israel, Iran no longer has a single, undisputed clerical arbiter at the pinnacle of power — an abrupt break with

President Donald Trump said Iran has asked the US to lift a naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz while the two sides negotiate an end to the two-month war,

Royal Caribbean Group is doubling down on the world’s largest cruise ship class, confirming orders with Finnish shipbuilder Meyer Turku for a sixth and

Panama-flagged tanker Idemitsu Maru, carrying 2 million barrels of Saudi oil, is attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz, LSEG shipping data showed on

Four recently reflagged liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers linked to new Turkish-controlled entities are heading north in the Atlantic, in what analysts say

US President Donald Trump convened his national security team to discuss Iran’s proposal to end a war now in its third month and which has left thousands

The chair of the Federal Maritime Commission has joined the U.S. delegation to high-stakes climate talks at the UN’s International Maritime