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By Saket Sundria and Bill Lehane (Bloomberg) –Multiple oil refineries in Europe will be too unprofitable to continue trading once the industry has dealt

The first expedition cruise ship built in China has been delivered to Miami-based Sunstone Ships. The vessel is the first of potentially ten Infinity-class

Washington States Ferries has officially launched its new hybrid-ferry newbuild program at Vigor’s Seattle shipyard.  Washington’s legislature

The head of the busiest container port in the United States is calling for an end to the U.S.-China trade war even as cargo volumes hit a new single-month

With the remaining four Golden Ray crew members safe and sound, the U.S. Coast Guard and salvage crews are shifting focus to environmental protection and

By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES, Sept 9 (Reuters) – Federal authorities are conducting a criminal investigation into the fire on a California dive boat that

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Sept 9 (Reuters) – Britain’s position as a top hub for maritime services is being eroded by competition, a loss of

Sept 9 (Reuters) – Rescue workers on Monday freed the final crew member trapped inside a South Korean cargo vessel that flipped on its side off the coast

(Bloomberg) –As President Donald Trump dragged the brawl over his forecast for Hurricane Dorian into a sixth day on Friday, a U.S. agency released a

Update 1 (1615 EDT): Three of the four crew members have been extracted from the MV Golden Ray through a hole drilled in the side of the ship, the

DUBAI, Sept 8 (Reuters) – The British-flagged oil tanker seized by Iran could be released after the imminent completion of legal proceedings against the

By Grant Smith (Bloomberg) –While one Iranian tanker is attracting global attention, serious oil watchers remain absorbed by a bigger mystery: the hunt

Update 2 (1315 EDT): Rescue Underway for Four Missing Crew Members Found Alive Aboard Overturned Car Carrier Update 1 (1100 EDT): The U.S. Coast

By Koustav Samanta SINGAPORE, Sept 9 (Reuters) – Asia’s spot premium for 380-centistoke (cst) high-sulphur fuel oil (HSFO) is expected to ease

Update (Monday, Sept. 9, 2019): Contact Made with Missing Crew Members -Breaking (Sunday, Sept. 8, 2019): The U.S. Coast Guard and multiple agencies are

By Nick Brown and Zachary Fagenson NASSAU, Bahamas, Sept 7 (Reuters) – Thousands of displaced people are living in “rapidly deteriorating”

By Ira Breskin THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO– The deepwater port here will modestly increase volume this year by offering shippers attractive transit options for

Panama has be sworn-in Ricaurte Vásquez Morales, Ph.D. as the new administrator of the Panama Canal, superseding Jorge L. Quijano after seven years as the

PARIS, Sept 6 (Reuters) – CMA CGM, the world’s fourth-largest container shipping firm, reported a second straight quarterly loss as its takeover of

By Tom Hals Sept 6 (Reuters) – The company that owns a scuba dive boat that caught fire and sank off California, killing 34 people, has sought to avoid