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May 31 (Reuters) – Sempra Energy said on Friday the $10 billion Cameron liquefied natural gas export terminal in Louisiana had shipped its first cargo,

The Port of Corpus Christi is celebrating the start of dredging work in the project to expand the Corpus Christi Ship Channel to prepare the port for the

Hungarian police have now taken the Ukrainian captain of the river cruise into custody as part of the investigation into the accident.  By Marton Dunai

By Rod Nickel and Kelsey Johnson WINNIPEG, Manitoba/OTTAWA, May 30 (Reuters) – A lockout of longshore workers at Canada’s biggest port, the Port of

WASHINGTON, May 29 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he was unaware of any effort to move the USS John S. McCain that was

By Marton Dunai and Krisztina Than BUDAPEST, May 30 (Reuters) – Hungarian rescue officials said there was little chance of finding survivors after a

Belgian offshore construction and dredging group Jan De Nul has placed an order for its third and largest offshore wind turbine installation group at COSCO

By Paul Burkhardt (Bloomberg) — Royal Dutch Shell Plc is planning to acquire an oil-block stake in a second deal in South Africa’s relatively

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Around 16% of the ocean carrier global fleet – equating to 36% in terms of teu capacity – will be equipped with

PARIS, May 29 (Reuters) – Shipping giant CMA CGM expects volumes to continue growing this year as increasing activity from southeast Asia towards the

By Lisa Barrington ABU DHABI, May 29 (Reuters) – U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton said on Wednesday that naval mines “almost

The Champion class T-5 petroleum tanker, USNS Lawrence H. Gianella, completed its final underway mission for the U.S. Navy last week and is preparing for

The big story from over the weekend was without question the loss of the 40-meter sailing yacht MY Song in the Mediterranean Sea after the superyacht fell from

CAPE TOWN, May 28 (Reuters) – South Africa’s transport workers union Satawu threatened a “total shutdown” at major ports across the

By Karen Leigh and Shelly Banjo (Bloomberg) — The U.S. warned Hong Kong that it could face penalties if it does business with an oil tanker

By Leonid Bershidsky (Bloomberg Opinion) — Last weekend, Russia launched the last of a new crew of atomic icebreakers meant to consolidate the

By Mikael Holter (Bloomberg) — Seadrill Ltd. plunged to the lowest since it emerged from bankruptcy less than year ago after Carnegie Investment Bank AB

By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen COPENHAGEN, May 28 (Reuters) – Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) and CMA CGM, two of the world’s biggest container

By Michael Carr – At 23:00 on June 22nd, 1945, the general alarm bell was sounded onboard the USS Halloran, a 289 ft. United States Evarts class

ST PETERSBURG, Russia, May 25 (Reuters) – Russia launched a nuclear-powered icebreaker on Saturday, part of an ambitious program to renew and expand its

By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – A blanked sailing from the 2M+HMM grouping on the transpacific this week failed to halt the further erosion of

By Brian K. Sullivan (Bloomberg) — The rain across the Midwest and Great Plains that’s closed refineries, flooded streets and snarled Mississippi River

By Serene Cheong and Sharon Cho (Bloomberg) — The global push for cleaner-burning ship fuel is threatening to drive the value of Middle East

By Phil Stewart, Idrees Ali and Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON, May 24 (Reuters) – The United States announced on Friday the deployment of 1,500 troops

The International Transport Workers Federation is calling on Transport Canada to ban foreign-crew from undertaking lashing work while vessels are underway on