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Two ships have been busted burning non-IMO 2020 compliant fuel in China, according to The Standard Club. The two ships were inspected by Chinese Maritime

By CW4 Michael Carr “Find the feet first,” I kept saying to myself. “Feet first, not the head.” I did not want to find the head. I had to

Often times mariners are heard joking to each other that “They will meet up again in Snug Harbor“.  What does this mean? Well, Snug

A Russian Navy ship made an aggressive approach on a U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the Arabian Sea on Thursday, the Navy’s Fifth Fleet said in a

South Carolina ports had their best year on record in 2019 despite trade war headwinds. The South Carolina Ports Authority announced this week that it handled

HAMBURG, Jan 10 (Reuters) – Tougher rules on sulphur emissions from ships set by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) from January burden the

A Brazilian contractor has died and six others were hospitalized after drinking a cleaning solution they likely mistook for ingestible alcohol on board an FPSO

By Stephanie Kelly and Collin Eaton NEW YORK, Jan 9 (Reuters) – The price of very low-sulfur fuel oil has risen in recent months, a sign of increasing

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has found that New York-based Bouchard Transportation and three of its

By Jessica Jaganathan and Koustav Samanta SINGAPORE, Jan 9 (Reuters) – Even as the United States and Iran appear to signal a keenness to avoid further

The United States has reissued an alert to commercial vessels in the Middle East to the maritime threat from the Iranian military and its proxies following the

More companies ranging from consumer goods to shipping lines are pledging to not ship goods through the Arctic even as melting sea ice opens makes the polar

In what is said to be an industry first for wireless vessel control, Boston-based robotics company Sea Machines Robotics has received approval from the U.S.

The salvage of the Golden Ray car carrier near the Port of Brunswick in Georgia is is moving into wreck removal phase now four months since the ship grounded.

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Although the 1 January switch to maximum 0.5% low-sulphur fuel for shipping appears to have passed without major

Offshore drilling contractor Transocean has announced nearly $353 million in new rig contracts and exercised options as the offshore drilling market continues

By Serene Cheong, Sharon Cho and Ann Koh (Bloomberg) –Owners of oil tankers are boosting their rates to haul crude on a key route from the Middle East as

With the United States’ killing of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, the threat of cyber attacks against U.S. businesses and government agencies has

The world’s largest cruise company is getting ready to launch four new ships across four global brands in 2020.  Carnival Corporation on Tuesday gave an

Maersk Tankers has announced the launching it a new standalone digital business that will help reduce carbon emissions and increase earnings for customers in

By Mikael Holter (Bloomberg) –The largest oil company in western Europe’s biggest petroleum exporter wants to drastically cut its carbon footprint.

The largest con-ro ever built in the United States is getting ready to depart on its maiden voyage to Hawaii from the U.S. west coast. Matson took delivery of

HOUSTON, Jan 6 (Reuters) – A flotilla of oil tankers is sailing empty from Europe and the Mediterranean toward the U.S. Gulf Coast to take advantage of

Pirates off the coast of Nigeria have abducted three crew members from a dredger after a deadly exchange of gunfire with the ship’s embarked security team,

HOUSTON (Reuters) – As a global clean-fuel mandate takes effect Jan. 1, testing companies examining newer, low-sulfur marine blends acquired in Antwerp,