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Three seafarers have died and two remain missing after a rescue boat capsized during an emergency response from the South African emergency towing

Global shipping is not running short of ships. The bigger problem is that a growing share of them are getting caught in congestion. Roughly 12% of global

Saudi Arabia is planning an offensive against Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen, with options being considered including a coastal push to secure the Red

The Group of Seven nations and its partners are to release as much as 100 million barrels of emergency oil and diesel stocks amid pressure from the Trump

The Pentagon is deploying an additional aircraft carrier and 10,000 sailors and Marines to the Persian Gulf, according to a US official, a move that gives

The U.S. Coast Guard has intercepted a vessel carrying fuel to Cuba after an international enforcement operation found large quantities of fuel concealed

The tanker captain summoned his years of experience when he saw the blast in front of him. He veered his 300-meter-long ship around the vessel ahead

US President Donald Trump's push to steer $54 billion of South Korean investment into Alaska LNG is putting a fresh focus on a 20 million-ton-a-year export

The United Kingdom has imposed sanctions on eight ships as part of a broader package targeting Russian energy revenues, maritime logistics and individuals

A tanker has been struck by an unknown projectile while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, the latest in a string of attacks that have emerged over the past

The Trump administration expanded its economic campaign against Iran on Thursday, targeting the country’s rail system, major industrial companies and a

Strait of Hormuz transit data for the month of September reveals how the oil and container markets are tactically adjusting to the U.S./Israel war on

October will see almost all global ocean carriers make a tentative return to Suez transits on Asia-Europe sailings, after revised pro forma shipping schedules

A nuclear-powered LNG carrier could cost roughly 2.5 times as much to build as a conventional vessel, but lower fuel costs could significantly change the

(Bloomberg) — Turkey and the United Nations have set up fresh talks in Russia and Ukraine to discuss a Black Sea ceasefire, trying to coalesce scattered

More than 80 years after the SS Richard Montgomery sank in the Thames Estuary with roughly 1,400 tons of explosives still aboard, marine contractors

Alternative-fuel ship orders rebounded sharply in the third quarter, with September delivering the strongest monthly total in nearly two years as LNG remained

The United Kingdom has sanctioned five liquefied natural gas carriers as part of a new package of measures targeting Russia's efforts to expand a maritime

Persian Gulf oil producers are shifting critical cargo transfer operations even farther out of the war-hit region as waters just outside the Strait of Hormuz

A new federal watchdog report says gaps in training, coordination and emergency planning continue to complicate the response to ship fires at U.S. ports, three

Canada is committing C$1.2 billion (USD $843 million) to ocean protection and marine safety as the federal government prepares for a significant increase in

The American Association of Port Authorities wrapped up its annual convention in New Orleans on Wednesday after drawing its largest attendance ever, with more

Saronic Technologies has broken ground on its planned $3 billion Port Alpha shipyard in Brownsville, moving one of the largest new U.S. shipbuilding projects

Russia has warned NATO it would be ready to resort to nuclear weapons if the Western alliance attempted to cut off Kaliningrad, a Russian exclave that

Ships are being forced to wait significantly longer to refuel at China’s top bunkering hub of Zhoushan, where the fallout from the US-Iran war has