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By Sheela Tobben (Bloomberg) –Supertankers laden with Saudi Arabian crude heading to U.S. shores are taking longer than normal to discharge as smaller

Fewer cargo containers moved through the Port of Long Beach in April as economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to impact global trade. The Port of

Development of the world’s first fully autonomous containership has been put on hold indefinitely amid the COVID-19 pandemic.  In 2017, Norwegian fertilizer

By Rozanna Latiff and A. Ananthalakshmi KUALA LUMPUR, May 12 (Reuters) – An oil exploration vessel contracted by Malaysian state energy company Petronas

The world’s largest containership has departed China carrying a record 19,621 TEUs.  South Korean shipping line HMM said its new HMM Algeciras departed the

The operator of a recreational sailboat has been cited for violating navigation rules after his sailboat crossed in front of tanker in a narrow channel near

By Lucila Sigal BUENOS AIRES, May 10 (Reuters) – Ships transporting cargo from Argentina’s Rosario grain hub through the Parana River are having to

Deepwater searchers have located the wreck of the famed USS Nevada off the coast of Hawaii. A team consisting of U.S.-based archaeology firm SEARCH, Inc. and

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Ocean carriers are scrambling to cut costs as the demand for liner services continues to plummet, and the off-hiring of

By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI, May 11 (Reuters) – One Iranian warship accidentally struck another with a missile during an exercise, killing 19 sailors and

TALLINN, May 8 (Reuters) – Estonia will give the Baltic Sea shipping firm Tallink, which has been badly hit by lockdowns, a 3-year loan of 100 million

Crane manufacturer Liebherr-MCCtec Rostock has addressed the crane collapse on board newbuild offshore installation vessel at a Liebherr yard in Rostock,

By Salvatore R. Mercogliano, Ph.D. – In his autobiography, The Second World War, Winston Churchill said of the Battle of the Atlantic, “The only thing

By Helen Coster and Joshua Franklin NEW YORK, May 7 (Reuters) – Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd’s $3.5 billion in cash on hand will be enough to

By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON, May 7 (Reuters) – The handling of a coronavirus outbreak aboard the Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier was

By Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg) — The Navy truncated orders for its ill-fated Littoral Combat Ship because the small vessels were vulnerable to attack and

By Brian Wingfield, Jack Wittels and Firat Kayakiran (Bloomberg) — When the supertanker New Vigorous arrived at the port of Antifer in northern France

May 6 (Reuters) – Carnival Corp’s Princess Cruises said on Wednesday its voyages would remain suspended through the end of summer as reduced

By Jonathan Saul and Charles Regnier LONDON, May 7 (Reuters) – Leading tanker operator Euronav posted record high first-quarter results on Thursday and

By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES, May 6 (Reuters) – Cargo volume at the Port of Los Angeles is down 15.5% so far this year as the novel coronavirus upends

Florida-based Eastern Shipbuilding Group has laid the keel for the U.S. Coast Guard’s first-of-class Offshore Patrol Cutter.  A virtual keel laying

Louisiana-based aluminum boat builder Metal Shark has delivered its first steel-hulled inland towboat from the company’s shipyard in Bayou La Batre,

By Olivia Raimonde (Bloomberg) — Oil snapped a five-day rally as a persistent supply glut outweighed signs of recovering U.S. fuel demand. Futures in

By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) is set to lose over $10m in revenue from container lines routing vessels via the Cape of

(Bloomberg) — In Brazil, the world’s top sugar producer, the queue for ships to export the commodity is lengthening in a bullish sign that the biggest